For many years, University of Nebraska-Lincoln mascot Herbie Husker has held a football in one hand and thrown up an “a-OK” sign with the other. That has now changed. The reason: White supremacists.
Jordan Pascale Flatwater Free Press For nearly 50 years, fans have loved the burly Husker mascot who wears blue overalls, sports a big red cowboy hat and keeps an ear of corn in his pocket. The depiction of the blond-haired, blue-eyed farmer with a barrel chest and chiseled chin is, for many Nebraskans, a representation […]
Internet trolls and white supremacy groups have tried to turn the OK sign into a symbol of white power, claiming the three fingers up form a W and the circle
For nearly 50 years, fans have loved the burly Husker mascot who wears blue overalls, sports a big red cowboy hat, and keeps an ear of corn in his pocket.