{"id":1028574,"date":"2021-11-18T17:29:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T22:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1028574"},"modified":"2021-11-18T17:29:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T22:29:33","slug":"british-school-cancels-winston-churchill-replaces-house-name-with-24-year-old-soccer-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-school-cancels-winston-churchill-replaces-house-name-with-24-year-old-soccer-player\/","title":{"rendered":"British School Cancels Winston Churchill, Replaces \u2018House\u2019 Name With 24-Year-Old Soccer Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbritish-school-cancels-winston-churchill-replaces-house-name-with-24-year-old-soccer-player%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1028574&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The names of Winston Churchill, the British prime minister who guided Britain through World War II, and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling have been axed as school \u2018house\u2019 names at one British school in an attempt to promote diversity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/news\/uk\/school-drops-winston-churchill-and-jk-rowling-from-house-names-in-diversity-push-41066616.html\">to<\/a> the Belfast Telegraph, \u201cHoly Trinity Church of England Primary School in Richmond has renamed houses honouring Britain\u2019s wartime leader and Harry Potter author after footballer Marcus Rashford and nurse Mary Seacole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Churchill, who at one point stood nearly alone against the encroachments of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, will be removed, and Rashford, a 24-year-old soccer player for Manchester United will take his place.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a newsletter was sent out to explain the decision to cut Churchill and Rowling\u2019s names. It explained how students at the primary school were \u201ckeen\u201d to be \u201cmore diverse.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe children across school have been keen to change some of the names of the school houses to be more diverse,\u201d the school explained, \u201cWe are pleased to be able to announce the name changes during Black History Month. Churchill has been replaced by Rashford and Rowling by Seacole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school\u2019s headteacher explained that the changing of the names was something that students at the school started thinking about last year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe changing of our school\u2019s house names was an activity that our children began discussing last year as they did not feel the names reflected the diverse community of our school,\u201d Alison Bateman said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Daily Mail, the once-beloved Churchill has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10216119\/Church-England-school-CANCELS-Winston-Churchill-JK-Rowling.html\">come<\/a> under fire in recent years in England, with even pictures of the former prime minister being taken off of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, which will also be renamed.<\/p>\n<p>Rowling, the author of the bestselling Harry Potter books, has also drawn a lot of criticism to date. The ire toward her is because of comments and positions she took on transgenderism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both Rowling and Churchill were targeted at British schools earlier this year as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Seaford Head School in East Sussex in February removed the names of the two from \u2018houses\u2019 after students complained about them being \u2018intolerant.\u2019&nbsp; According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2021\/02\/09\/school-drops-winston-churchill-jk-rowling-house-names\/\">The Telegraph<\/a>, their names would be replaced by \u201cnew titles based on local topography.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Students accused Churchill of \u201ctorture\u201d and racism and faulted Rowling as not a \u201csuitable representative\u201d because of her comments about transgenderism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChurchill was a figure who promoted racism and inequality, unfairly imprisoning and torturing many,\u201d said students of the wartime leader. Historians have hit back at claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The names of Winston Churchill, the British prime minister who guided Britain through World War II, and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling have been axed as school \u2018house\u2019 names at one British school in an attempt to promote diversity.\u00a0According to the Belfast Telegraph, \u201cHoly Trinity Church of England Primary School in Richmond has renamed houses honouring Britain\u2019s wartime leader and Harry Potter author after footballer Marcus Rashford and nurse Mary Seacole.\u201dChurchill, who at one point stood nearly alone against the encroachments of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, will be removed, and Rashford, a 24-year-old soccer player for Manchester United will take his place.Last month, a newsletter was sent out to explain the decision to cut Churchill and Rowling\u2019s names. It explained how students at the primary school were \u201ckeen\u201d to be \u201cmore diverse.\u201d\u00a0\u201cThe children across school have been keen to change some of the names of the school houses to be more diverse,\u201d the school explained, \u201cWe are pleased to be able to announce the name changes during Black History Month. Churchill has been replaced by Rashford and Rowling by Seacole.\u201dThe school\u2019s headteacher explained that the changing of the names was something that students at the school started thinking about last year.\u00a0\u201cThe changing of our school\u2019s house names was an activity that our children began discussing last year as they did not feel the names reflected the diverse community of our school,\u201d Alison Bateman said.\u00a0According to the Daily Mail, the once-beloved Churchill has come under fire in recent years in England, with even pictures of the former prime minister being taken off of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, which will also be renamed.Rowling, the author of the bestselling Harry Potter books, has also drawn a lot of criticism to date. The ire toward her is because of comments and positions she took on transgenderism.\u00a0Both Rowling and Churchill were targeted at British schools earlier this year as well.\u00a0Seaford Head School in East Sussex in February removed the names of the two from \u2018houses\u2019 after students complained about them being \u2018intolerant.\u2019\u00a0 According to The Telegraph, their names would be replaced by \u201cnew titles based on local topography.\u201d\u00a0Students accused Churchill of \u201ctorture\u201d and racism and faulted Rowling as not a \u201csuitable representative\u201d because of her comments about transgenderism.\u00a0\u201cChurchill was a figure who promoted racism and inequality, unfairly imprisoning and torturing many,\u201d said students of the wartime leader. Historians have hit back at claims against Churchill and defended him from criticism.\u00a0\u201cParents of children at Seaford School, and anyone considering sending their children there in future, need to know that the historical knowledge there is so abysmally low that the teachers believe that Winston Churchill committed crimes of which he was in fact entirely innocent,\u201d said historian Andrew Roberts.\u00a0Roberts added, \u201cInstead of trying to combat woke ignorance, they have submitted to it without trying to discover the truth. Churchill is in fact an incredibly inspirational figure for youth.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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