Another university is bending the knee to the woke mob.
George Washington University (GWU) is getting a new moniker after students complained the “Colonials” mascot was “extremely offensive.”
Following months of debate, the university located in Washington, D.C. announced its new nickname will be the “Revolutionaries” according to The Daily Wire.
“This is an exciting day for the George Washington University Revolutionaries,” said Mark Wrighton, the president of the school. “I am very grateful for the active engagement of our community throughout the development of the new moniker. This process was truly driven by our students, faculty, staff and alumni, and the result is a moniker that broadly reflects our community—and our distinguished and distinguishable GW spirit.”
An announcement video focused on the school's commitment to making change around the world.
“We are a truly global community, shaping the future of the world every day. We are always pushing, always learning. We are excited by new people, new experiences, new ideas, and new ways of thinking. We are in the center of power where our energy and drive fuels Washington, D.C., and beyond. We are dedicated to changing the world for the better,” a narrator said.
“The use of ‘Colonials,' no matter how innocent the intention, is received as extremely offensive by not only students of the University, but the nation and world at large. The historically, negatively-charged figure of Colonials has too deep a connection to colonization and glorifies the act of systemic oppression,” the students said.
The school said it received more than 47,000 responses during its search for a new name.
“To have 47,000 points of feedback from the GW community is a testament to the pride people have in this institution, and we are proud to offer them a new moniker that will propel us as we move ahead in our third century,” said Vice President for Communications and Marketing Ellen Moran.
The moniker “Colonials” was coined in 1926 and referenced many of those in the original 13 colonies. Other names considered as replacements included Ambassadors, Blue Fog, and Sentinels.
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Stupid people run the stupid stupid mills stupid people go to the stupid stupid mills to become even more stupid, and by golly whiz ITS WORKING!!!!!!!
Name it Marxist Revolutionaries OK to be accurate
Du ya gotta be correct to be correct? Jus wondering.
As a GW alum, I will no longer send any contributions to this woke institution. They are so ignorant of what a COLONIAL was. They were the revolutionaries against the oppressive BRITISH colonizers!!!
Another university has come out of the closet and proudly proclaims it’s true allegiance to the WOKE COMMUNiST AGENDA.
Why are we allowing less than 10% of the population to dictate what the 90% say he** NO
If you want to be a loser at everything, then by gosh be a loser.
Your new moniker should be: The GW “Regressive’s”!
Because the majority of Americans already know, for people claiming to be “Progressive”, that they’re actually regressive losers at real life.
Let’s go whole hog and rename George Washington University as ‘GEORGE SOROS University..
I guess this is one more University that has gone to the Trash ! Woke Universities are common and young woke mentally ill, uneducated, Antifia type loud moths are the future. P.S. if it weren’t for colonists and British religious settlers, there wouldn’t be a United States to scream your hatred and loathing .