Did not graduate from SB (Rice) but my children are in the SB system. Our mini metro 7/8 teams are the Rebels. I asked my daughter her thoughts and got a terse response that it was "ridiculous " to change. In the last 25 years this association that keeps coming up to the Confederate States is foreign to them. They see it as pride. I would argue that the community should have a say in this. As much as a 12 year old is innocent of this bias maybe the adults are guilty of over reactions.
Re: “SoBu Decision to Drop Rebels Nickname Sparks Backlash”
Did not graduate from SB (Rice) but my children are in the SB system. Our mini metro 7/8 teams are the Rebels. I asked my daughter her thoughts and got a terse response that it was "ridiculous " to change. In the last 25 years this association that keeps coming up to the Confederate States is foreign to them. They see it as pride. I would argue that the community should have a say in this. As much as a 12 year old is innocent of this bias maybe the adults are guilty of over reactions.