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Portland school postpones vote on changing mascot to evergreens over racism concerns
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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.
Portland school fears Evergreens mascot tied to lynching
Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School wants to swap Trojan mascot for evergreen tree.
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.