Portland Activists Say Evergreen Is a ‘Tree of Death’

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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.

"I’m wondering if there was any concern with the imagery there, in using a tree … as our mascot?" DePass said at the March 30 board meeting. "I think everyone comes with blind spots and I think that might’ve been a really big blind spot." 

The mascot-renaming committee proposed the evergreen for its "life-giving force" and "the depth of [its] roots." One committee member, however, said he understood how others could see the symbol as "a tree of death." 

"We did talk about it, but we were looking at the symbolism more as a tree of life, than a tree of death," Martin Osborne, a committee member, said. "You could certainly take it either way, depending on your position." 

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