Trees are racist now: Portland school wants to cancel mascot

Trees are racist now: Portland school wants to cancel mascot because trees were used for lynching -- Society's Child -- Sott.net


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Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School (formerly Woodrow Wilson High School) in Portland, August 15, 2019 The adoption of a new mascot for Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School was put on pause, after concerns about potential connotations of lynching.
After adopting a new namesake earlier this year, the Southwest Portland high school also wants to ditch its Trojan mascot. A committee comprised of students, staff and community members suggested the evergreens as the school's new mascot.
"Evergreens are characterized by the life-giving force of their foliage, the strength of their massive trunk, and the depth of their roots — in an individual tree and as a forest of trees," Ellen Whatmore, a teacher and mascot committee member at Wells-Barnett High School said, reading from a resolution. "They provide shelter and sustenance. They have histories that preclude us and will continue in perpetuity after we are no more."

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