Eventually, inevitably, someone will decide that your well-meaning gesture was a terrible error.

The revelations about Cesar Chavez are grim and disturbing: multiple incidents of rape and abuse, in some cases involving girls as young as 12 and 13. But Chavez has been dead for more than 30 years and can’t be held accountable. What to do besides commiserate? One loud response: Erase his name from the dozens of schools, streets, and parks around the U.S. that had honored him.

It’s a start. Here’s what to do next: Stop naming all those things after any people. Just stop.