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Portland School Delays Vote on Changing Mascot to Tree Over Racism Concerns

Portland School Delays Vote on Changing Mascot to Tree Over Racism Concerns
An image from Google Street View shows Ida B. Wells Barnett High School in Portland, Ore. Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
4/5/2021|Updated: 4/5/2021

The adoption of a new mascot for a Portland, Oregon, high school has been delayed because officials believe using a tree could be connected to the history of lynching in the United States.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School, which was recently renamed from Woodrow Wilson High School, is also in the process of changing its mascot to an Evergreen from a Trojan.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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