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University of Virginia changes its athletics logo for the second time in two months
 - [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] The University of Virginia changed its athletics logo after that last one which debuted about two months ago had connotations to slavery on campus
- A new logo introduced Tuesday lacks the curls added to the handles of the sabers which have come to represent the school's Cavaliers athletics
- The school's athletics director Carla Williams says she did not realize at the time the previous logo had a 'negative connotation' to the school's past links to slaves
- The curls recall the serpentine walls that the school used going back to the 1820s to mask slaves that lived and worked there, drawing criticism
- The walls have since come down because of space issues, but shorter ones erected in the 1950s remain on campus
- Anyone who purchased university clothing with the old logo is being offered exchanges by the school
Posted by: Fred 2020-06-19 |
