# @nbcwashington on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-10-14T14:18:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC4 Washington (@nbcwashington) — https://gondola.cc/nbcwashington

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“It stays with you.”⁠
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That is how one person described the appearance of "racist imagery" in materials distributed for a tournament hosted by the University of Maryland (UMD) Club Tennis Team last weekend.⁠
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The club team president for Howard University, one of the participating schools, described it as a recognizable symbol associated with the Ku Klux Klan.⁠
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"I don't really understand how it ended up on a tennis club document,” said Benjamin Jancewicz.⁠
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“The only way to find it is if you search for ‘racist Maryland flag.’ Then the article comes up, and the image comes up.”⁠
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Jancewicz said he was horrified when he learned the online flyer distributed for last weekend’s tennis tournament contained an image he’d created for his 2017 article on how a Confederate symbol — the red and white Crossland Banner — became, and remains, part of the Maryland flag.⁠
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“People ought to be offended as much by the illustration as they are with Confederate symbols in our flag,” Jancewicz said.⁠
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In a letter to the campus community, UMD President Darryll J. Pines said, “[…] importantly we condemned the image in no uncertain terms. It was deeply harmful and offensive, and I offer my apology for its detrimental impact on one and all.⁠
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