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If Washington’s NFL team can finally ditch its racist name, why can’t these local schools do it? | Jenice Armstrong

Two Pennsylvania high schools — Neshaminy in Bucks County and Sayre in Bradford County — and Wayne Valley High School in Passaic County, N.J., use the same racist slur that the Washington team did.

Washington Commanders president Jason Wright speaks during an event to unveil the NFL football team’s new identity on Feb. 2, in Landover, Md. The new name comes 18 months after the once-storied franchise dropped its old moniker following decades of criticism that it was offensive to Native Americans.
Washington Commanders president Jason Wright speaks during an event to unveil the NFL football team’s new identity on Feb. 2, in Landover, Md. The new name comes 18 months after the once-storied franchise dropped its old moniker following decades of criticism that it was offensive to Native Americans.Read morePatrick Semansky / AP