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University of Nebraska changes mascot logo to avoid confusion with white power sign
The University of Nebraska- Lincoln has altered its mascot logo to remove an "OK" hand gesture that white nationalists have co-opted in recent years. The original logo featured a cartoon version ...
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University of Nebraska updates Herbie Husker mascot to change hand gesture associated with white supremacy
The University of Nebraska has changed its ... and we decided to move forward with a revised Herbie Husker logo,” Nebraska Athletics said in an email to CNN. “The process of changing the ...
Salon3y
University of Nebraska alters mascot logo to omit hand gesture adopted by white nationalists
The University of Nebraska is altering its athletic mascot logo to remove a hand gesture that in recent years has been adopted by the white nationalist movement, reports said. In past versions of ...
The Conversation2y
A tweak to the University of Nebraska’s logo shows how the once benign ‘OK’ sign has entered a ‘purgatory of meaning’
Instead, an index finger is raised to indicate that the team is No. 1. The change was made, University of Nebraska officials explained, because the universal symbol of approbation – curling the ...