OUT WITH THE OLD

2017-08-18 - Colleges in “The Ole South” have held on to their “Johnny Reb” mascots, which only champion Southern Hate. Ole Miss’ Colonel Reb (c.) was dropped in 2010, but he can still be found everywhere during football Saturdays, while UNLV still holds on to a moder

The Rebel and the Confederate Flag aren’t symbols of Southern pride. They’re propaganda of continued Southern hate.

But Ole Miss, UNLV, and Eastern Kentucky have nothing on Nicholls State University in Louisiana. Because, their mascot, Col. Tillou, looks just like a Nazi. Trust me. Google it. Outraged by the image’s “menacing” appearance, hundreds of people have flooded social networking sites and college sports forums to vent their concerns about the revamped logo design, with a number likening the black, red and grayhued colonel to a soldier from Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich or a member of Soviet Russia’s Red Army,” read a New Orleans Times-Picayune article from 2009.

“It looked like a Nazi soldier — a very angry Nazi soldier,” said Nicholls alumna Hollie Garrison, 27, who saw the logo online for the first time this month. “My jaw dropped. I was speechless. I kind of thought it was a joke.” Imagery can evoke memories. nd memories can evoke pain.

Which is why some schools and fan bases will at some point have to get over their so-called “school pride,” and realize what they’re championing.

OUT WITH THE OLD

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