A high school in Portland has delayed a change to its mascot after the city's public schools director expressed concern that an evergreen tree could be interpreted as a symbol representing lynching. Just before the vote to confirm the tree as the Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School’s new mascot, Public Schools Board of Education Director Michelle DePass shared her concerns, saying: “I'm wondering if there was any concern with the imagery there, in using a tree ... as our mascot?” “I think everyone comes with blind spots and I think that might've been a really big blind spot,” she declared. DePass' concerns appeared to be related to the sc
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