Elite NYC private school updates logo, motto to combat racism as parents cry ‘wokeism’By Selim Algar
January 31, 2022
It’s a Dutch re-treat.
Manhattan’s elite Collegiate School set up a special task force and spent three years debating its “Dutchman’’ mascot and motto — then issued a 400-page report that’s a lesson in wokeness-run-amok, critics say.
The Herculean effort at PC reform led the $60,000-a-year Upper West Side school to not only drastically alter its winking playful mascot image — but also toss “God” from its motto and even “A.D.” from its seal, considering both potentially offensive.
“A lot of folks think the whole thing was just ridiculous overkill,” a parent told The Post. “Four hundred pages? For a mascot? A motto?”
The K-12 school — which counts John F. Kennedy Jr. and David Duchovny as former students — began probing its “history and symbols” in 2019.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/01/31/elite-nyc-private-school-updates-logo-and-motto-to-combat-racism/
