Portland Activists Say Evergreen Is a ‘Tree of Death’
5th April 2021
Portland Public Schools’ Board of Education delayed a vote to approve an evergreen mascot over concerns that the symbol is connected to lynching and could be misperceived as “a tree of death.”
Students and faculty at Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School overwhelmingly selected an evergreen tree to replace its former Trojans mascot in a recent survey. Board director Michelle DePass delayed the board’s approval vote on the mascot over concerns that evergreens could evoke ties to lynchings, the Portland Tribune reported.
Uh, guys? Nobody was ever lynched from an evergreen tree. The branches aren’t strong enough.
You’d think that somebody in Portland would know that.