UVA changes athletics logo design linked with slavery

The College of Virginia introduced they’re going to exchange their new athletics trademarks to steer clear of a design part that refers back to the college’s historical past with slavery

June 16, 2020, 10:55 AM

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. —
The College of Virginia is converting the trademarks it makes use of for its athletics groups simply two months when they had been unveiled after complaint design part referred to the varsity’s historical past with slavery.

Lovers raised objections to the serpentine curves put at the handles of the sabres underneath the V for Virginia and at the Cavalier defend. They had been supposed to imitate “the design of the serpentine partitions” that lengthy stood at the campus, in step with a observation from the varsity’s athletics division on Monday.

Athletic Director Carla Williams stated she made up our minds to modify the trademarks after she used to be “made conscious about the destructive connotation between the serpentine partitions and slavery.” Historians identified that former President Thomas Jefferson designed the unique eight-foot-high partitions to muffle the sounds of slaves and conceal them from public view.

“There used to be no intent to purpose hurt, however we did, and for that I express regret to those that undergo the ache of slavery in our historical past,” Williams stated.

The varsity has redesigned the element within the trademarks to take away the curved handles, and can substitute it with any other model that has straight-line handles, Williams added.