"The Post recently published a spate of columns, by different writers, calling for the local National Football League team’s nickname to be changed to avoid its racist overtones. You know, the red and gold team led by Robert Griffin III.

Meanwhile, on Jan. 28 The Post pulled from publication a short high school sports story about the girls swim team at Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, the Panthers. It was held because the photo that went with the story showed the girls, who dress in a different theme each meet to encourage team spirit, wearing face paint and feathers — seemingly Native American warrior garb.

As Matthew Rennie, sports day editor, explained, “We didn’t want to offend anyone, if anyone would be offended, and we didn’t want to put the girls on the receiving end of something they didn’t deserve.”

So what’s behind this? A sudden attack of political correctness? No, actually. "

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