Georgia school logo resembling a Nazi symbol sparks outrage

Apparently the town I went to school in has multiple elementary schools now and I only found one logo for one of them, but it looks quite appropriate for elementary school. Georgia should learn from it!

What logos did your elementary school have?

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No. No eagles and no bent lines because they could be put together to resemble a swastika. Every elementary school logo must look like a beaver and have nice round lines because you don't want to offend anyone's sensibilities.
 
JustDave said:
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Thanks. Now people have something to base an opinion on.
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Didn't anybody there think, 'Hey this might look too much like a NAZI insignia. Maybe we should go with something else.' It's an elementary school, for craps sake. Lighten up a little! Hell, use a cartoon eagle if an eagle is the school mascot.

I wonder how much the designers were paid to come up with that and how much money (tax dollars) was wasted on the idiotic design.
 
JaniceM said:
Regardless of its origins and use in the distant distant past- I've heard it was based on a Native American symbol, and much later used in the military- "everybody" these days knows what it represents, and it has no place in THIS country, period.
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Actually, the swastika itself was originally East Indian in origin, Hitler's interest in mysticism coupled with him having heard the Aryan 'race' originated in India led to the Nazi appropriation of the symbol.

But i agree everyone in a USA should know the negative associations with it. Sadly a lot of people don't perceive those
associations as negatative. Keep in mind the anti-Semitic slogans some of the Proud Boys wear on their shirts, jackets.
 
Chet said:
There was a modest department store in the town where I grew up. The floor entrance was decorated with tiles and in the corners there were tiles in the form of a swastika. The store's owners were Jewish.
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Did it occur to you they were making a statement? Every business day people were 'walking all over' the despised symbol. I would not have been able to resist asking about it, even as a child.
 
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Warrigal said:
Exactly. I'm also curious about the statement that the school has an eagle as its mascot.

Truly, a live eagle??? In captivity???
Perhaps they should consider releasing it and adopting an owl instead.
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I doubt that elementary schools have live mascots. The school mascot is usually just a traditional symbol, like a state flower. Now that I think about this, I have no idea where or why this tradition started. But you gotta' have a mascot, or you're just not getting with the program, and you will be shunned.
 
JustDave said:
I doubt that elementary schools have live mascots. The school mascot is usually just a traditional symbol, like a state flower. Now that I think about this, I have no idea where or why this tradition started. But you gotta' have a mascot, or you're just not getting with the program, and you will be shunned.
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Thanks for the clarification. I still think an owl is a more appropriate symbol for a school. It symbolises knowledge and wisdom. The eagle symbolises power and domination. Both are raptors but the owl is a much softer symbol IMO and is appropriate for little girls as well as little boys.

Edit - I just looked up the meaning of the word mascot, because that is what threw me initially. Then I looked up the word emblem, which is what I was confusing it with. With this in mind, I guess the eagle is perfectly OK as a mascot but the stylised depiction is ghastly for an elementary school. Just my opinion, of course.

mas·cot

a person or thing that is supposed to bring good luck, especially one linked to a particular organization or event: "the team's dolphin mascot"

em·blem

a heraldic device or symbolic object as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family:
"America's national emblem, the bald eagle"
 
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JustDave said:
Maybe a bit too militaristic for elementary school.
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Yea, that's what I'm thinking. This, plus:
Graffiti depicting swastikas was found in two Cobb county high schools during the Jewish high holidays. Several Cobb middle school students were disciplined earlier this year for sharing antisemitic imagery on social media.

Antisemitic incidents in Georgia more than doubled between 2020 and 2021, according to a report by the Anti-Defamation League. Georgia tallied 49 incidents in 2021.

“This is not the first time Cobb county schools have been tone-deaf to antisemitism,” said Dov Wilker, director of the American Jewish Committee Atlanta region, in a statement about the logo design.

“Pretending that antisemitism doesn’t exist won’t make it go away. The children who attend Cobb County schools – and their families – deserve better.”
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fuzzybuddy said:
This sounds like a slow news day at the local TV channel. Instead of showing authentic Nazi logos, it might be nice to actually see what the school's logo is.
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Exactly ! They did not show the schools symbol. Just many Nazi swastikas. Very, very misleading.
 
JaniceM said:
I meant there were numerous Native American tribes in Oklahoma, which one were you referring to?
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I really do not know ....... But I believe it was Apache. Read the links.

https://45thdivisionmuseum.com/index.php/history/from-swastika-to-thunderbird/

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS779US779&sxsrf=ALiCzsZsGAyZ_DqABCax_r-ArUbfHbzAnQ:1658491902091&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=45th+infantry+original+symbol&fir=-47XZ04GZbcGWM%2C02lCN_5ZsqncrM%2C_%3B3-ZO7Brbvqk0eM%2CtEIZZho8Jw6RFM%2C_%3Bp7dHsHE0p3c3RM%2CNNZx8DBr_JKI3M%2C_%3BQjqOO3MyZIHasM%2ChWklHga9mzA8-M%2C_%3Bkd7mmcoO_WxBJM%2CNpPVVtzHvGCCYM%2C_%3BjMkbJb58Vw1_nM%2C_VerVukjkd8v_M%2C_%3Bn6-3sNPUvPdGPM%2CAHRLgOTIZFHKbM%2C_%3BF7pB6N1ZKyihIM%2CNNZx8DBr_JKI3M%2C_%3BqS5vSvjL2xHkvM%2CvNPZlRXl8yWChM%2C_%3BaPv5CFbkno9YmM%2CgLgs7TEVdAToRM%2C_&usg=AI4_-kTOlWQ1NBIcLoWjh75fd6uBtwmrzA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjth7_lu4z5AhU1j2oFHUJrCFwQjJkEegQIERAC&biw=885&bih=405&dpr=1.5

Forgot to add ........

The 45th Infantry Division earned their nickname "Rock of Anzio" during WWII where, with 511 days in combat, they received this praise from Gen. George S. Patton: "Born at sea, baptized in blood, your fame shall never die. The 45th Division is one of the best, if not the best division, in American Arms."
 
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OK, I was wrong ...... the symbol of the 45th was changed in 1939 ..... before our involvement in the war ....... See below.

45th Infantry Division NicknameClick here to copy a link to this section​

The 45th Infantry Division gained its nickname, "Thunderbird" division, from the gold thunderbird. This Native American symbol became the division's insignia in 1939. It replaced another previously used Native American symbol, a swastika, that was withdrawn when it became closely associated with the Nazi Party.

Insignia of the 45th Infantry Division. The 45th Infantry Division gained its nickname, Thunderbird division, from the gold thunderbird. [LCID: n05638]

Insignia of the 45th Infantry Division​

Insignia of the 45th Infantry Division. The 45th Infantry Division gained its nickname, "Thunderbird" division, from the gold thunderbird. This Native American symbol became the division's insignia in 1939. It replaced another previously used Native American symbol, a swastika, that was withdrawn when it became closely associated with the Nazi Party.
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To me it more resembled some Native American symbolism, and I have studied WW2 a bit.

I am thankful for tv reruns from 60 years ago as half of what the say would be prohibited in this crazy day where “Nothing Goes” yet “Everything Goes”.
 
Michael Z said:
To me it more resembled some Native American symbolism, and I have studied WW2 a bit.

I am thankful for tv reruns from 60 years ago as half of what the say would be prohibited in this crazy day where “Nothing Goes” yet “Everything Goes”.
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I think I agree but ...... In those days, folks were becoming very sensitive about anything Nazi.
 
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