'Retire the Red Raider': Protesters demand Gaston County school mascot change, school board passes blame
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) — The team Retire the Red Raider has been desirable to the Gaston County school board for pretty much two decades. They want the South Level Substantial Faculty mascot altered.
Indigenous people today with ties to North Carolina shouted in protest before the faculty board conference expressing the mascot is offensive.
“Wrong is incorrect, and ideal is correct,” stated a single person in the group. “When it occurs you can feel it in your heart. You really don’t have to have far too much discussion about it.”
“Would the Gaston County faculty board have the same resistance versus getting rid of a mascot referred to as the Black raiders, what about white raiders?” additional protester Hayley Brezeale. “Why are Indigenous American troubles disregarded and silenced?”
The ask for is remaining renewed all through Indigenous American Heritage Thirty day period, ahead of going into the conference, a team danced and hoped this would be the working day the college board mentioned a little something.
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Nevertheless within, additional pleas, “Why following all these speakers and protests do you carry on to ignore us? Probably as an alternative of safeguarding students, you choose to secure your wallet. Probably you sense it would be too high-priced to update the mascot?”
The board did not remark in the course of the conference, but a spokesperson did release a statement stating 1st the Gaston County Board of Schooling does not have a coverage that addresses college mascots.
The assertion even more says, “The Board of Training realizes that folks have robust feelings relevant to faculty mascots. Some people say the South Position mascot is tradition although others say it is inappropriate. The Board has read both sides of the problem and thinks altering a mascot must start at the faculty and local community stage because it is at this level the place faculty mascots, hues, logos, etcetera. are generally identified.”
Protesters say they will keep creating the ask for till a alter is created at South Level.
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