Effort to change Juanita High School's 'Rebel' mascot gets new life

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Though Juanita High School in Kirkland will have a new look after renovation, the debate over its past association with the Confederate battle flag is not new.

“The black community at our high school was was not heard,” said Jadyn Muralt, a recent graduate of the school.

Muralt, other alumni and current students started a new petition asking the school to change its "Rebel" mascot and denounce past use of Confederate imagery.

“Right now, we have about 8,500 signatures,” she said.

Juanita High School's current logo does not currently use Confederate imagery, but they are still called the "Rebels." Students in the past have used the Confederate flag at games.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/effort-to-change-juanita-high-school-s-rebel-mascot-gets-new-life/ar-BB15opHq?ocid=hplocalnews

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. Good... just do it!!

[leftieNanner]

2. My Husband's HS mascot (Bay Area) was the Rebels

I wonder if it's being considered there as well.

[Grokenstein]

4. My high school? The Red Devils.

White Christian community didn't have a problem with it, oddly enough, but that was in the '70s... (checks) Dang, they still don't.

[Glorfindel]

3. No reason to do away with the "Rebel" nickname/mascot entirely

There's a perfectly acceptable substitute