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More than 200 George Washington University students have signed a petition to have the mascot name "Colonials" changed to something else. From the article, “It’s very wrong for us to call ourselves an open and welcoming university when the name means such demise and terror for students who could possibly come here,” sophomore Andrew Hesbacher told the student newspaper.
“Colonialist, terrorist, murderer. In a lot of places that’s what colonials mean to people,” he said. “Why would we continue to call ourselves that?”
This is another example of how our education system is failing miserably. These students apparently are unable to comprehend the definition of colonial and the context in which it is used as the school's mascot name. George Washington, the Founding Fathers and everyone else at that time living in what became the first states of this country were inhabitants of colonies established by the British. They were colonials who organized a revolution against those who were ruling over them and formed a new nation with a constitution that prohibits a regime to rule them and those after them.
“Colonialist, terrorist, murderer. In a lot of places that’s what colonials mean to people,” he said. “Why would we continue to call ourselves that?”
This is another example of how our education system is failing miserably. These students apparently are unable to comprehend the definition of colonial and the context in which it is used as the school's mascot name. George Washington, the Founding Fathers and everyone else at that time living in what became the first states of this country were inhabitants of colonies established by the British. They were colonials who organized a revolution against those who were ruling over them and formed a new nation with a constitution that prohibits a regime to rule them and those after them.