Another Washington, D.C., institution has decided to put the kibosh on the Washington Redskins and the use of the team’s nickname.
In their year-end letter, Sidwell Friends School announced that wearing any apparel sporting either the Redskins’ name or logo would be a violation of the school’s dress code. Bryan Garman, the school’s headmaster, wrote in the letter that the team’s nickname is “offensive and antithetical to the values of the community.”
“Our student government passed a resolution stating that the mascot of the District’s National Football League team is offensive and antithetical to the values of the community,” Garman wrote. He added that the school’s administration “fully supports” the decision.
The announcement was made after the school’s student government said Redskins-related clothing conflicts with the dress code, which states that “children may not wear clothing with messages or images on clothing that conflict with the school’s values.”
“Thus, we have reached the consensus that Washington Football Team apparel (i.e. clothing with the team’s logo or official name, as long as it contains the word ‘Redskins’) is in direct violation of our dress code, and should be enforced like any other violation,” reads the student government’s proposal.
Obama’s oldest daughter Malia just graduated from Sidwell Friends, and his youngest daughter Sasha still attends. The White House announced in early May that Malia Obama will be attending Harvard University in 2017 after taking a gap year. Sasha Obama still has two more years at the school, during which the Obamas will live in Kalorama, a neighborhood in the nation’s capital, after leaving office in January.
