Racism Allegations Lead University Of Virginia To Change Its Athletics Logo For Second Time This Year
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A minor part of the University of Virginia's new athletics logo has apparently caused major offense, leading to the announcement that a second new logo will be created.
UVA introduced a new athletics logo on April 24, which featured the school's large gray "V" outlined in orange with two sabers underneath, Fox News reported. The "grips of the sabers were supposed to mimic 'the design of the serpentine walls found on the Grounds,'" the outlet reported.
The serpentine walls, however, were originally erected at the school in the 1820s to ensure students and faculty didn't have to see slaves working on the other side. In the 1950s, the walls were removed and replaced with shorter ones that still occupy the space today. UVA athletics director Carla Williams apologized for the new design of the program's logo, which featured small marks on the handle of the sabers that looked like grips but apparently represented the walls.
"After the release of our new logos on April 24, I was made aware of the negative connotation between the serpentine walls and slavery," Williams said. "I was not previously aware of the historical perspective indicating the original eight-foot-high walls were constructed to mask the institution of slavery and enslaved laborers from public view."
"Over the last few weeks, I have worked to better educate myself and that education will continue," Williams continued. ...
Ah yes, Carla ... your education certainly is amiss. So, let's begin, shall we?
Okay, Carla ... this is a spine ...
And this, Carla ... is a brain ...
You, Carla ... are in desperate need of both. Grow one of each in a big hurry ... because you're getting punked.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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