.GWtweets announced Wednesday that it will retire the school's nearly century-old 'Colonials' nickname after a university committee recommended the change over cultural sensitivity concerns.
George Washington University announced Wednesday that it will retire the school's nearly century-old"Colonials" nickname after a university committee recommended the change over cultural sensitivity concerns.
The announcement caps a two-and-a-half-year process that began in November 2019 when the Board of Trustees established the"task force on naming," according to the university. The nickname gained further scrutiny in July 2020, when then-university President Thomas LeBlanc formed the"Special Committee on the Colonials Moniker," which ultimately made the recommendation to the Board of Trustees that the nickname be scrapped.
The Washington, D.C.-based university said the school community was divided on whether to ditch the"Colonials" nickname, so the committee ultimately determined that because of the division, the name"does not adequately match the values of GW and can no longer serve its purpose as a name that unifies the community."
"The special committee identified a significant difference in connotation for the term Colonials," the university said."For supporters, the term refers to those who lived in the American colonies, especially those who fought for independence and democracy. For opponents, Colonials means colonizers who stole land and resources from indigenous groups, killed or exiled Native peoples and introduced slavery into the colonies.
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