{"id":1952114,"date":"2023-06-20T16:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-liberal-woman-cries-racism-over-cartoon-tree-mascot\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T16:35:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:35:58","slug":"white-liberal-woman-cries-racism-over-cartoon-tree-mascot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-liberal-woman-cries-racism-over-cartoon-tree-mascot\/","title":{"rendered":"White liberal woman accuses cartoon tree mascot of racism."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-liberal-woman-cries-racism-over-cartoon-tree-mascot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1952114&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Controversial Mascot Sparks Debate<\/h2>\n<p>A member of the Sarasota-Charlotte Progressive Caucus expressed concern over a new mascot that was recently adopted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/florida-college-overhauled-by-desantis-will-accept-standardized-exam-based-on-classical-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New College of Florida\u2019s<\/a> Board of Trustees \u2014 a cartoonish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/and-then-we-drank-each-others-blood-megan-fox-and-machine-gun-kelly-get-engaged-and-celebrate-with-bodily-fluid-swap\/\" title=\"\u2018And Then We Drank Each Other\u2019s Blood\u2019: Megan Fox And Machine Gun Kelly Get Engaged And Celebrate With Bodily Fluid Swap\">banyan tree<\/a> that she claimed was racist.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint came from Robin Williams, whom New College Board of Trustees member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/christopher-rufo-god-bless-all-of-the-parents-and-activists-in-virginia-who-made-this-happen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Rufo<\/a> described as an \u201caffluent white female liberal,\u201d and alleged that the banyan tree in question had been \u201canthropomorphized to resemble an angry brown individual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocal affluent white female liberal claims that the New College mascot, a banyan tree, \u2018closely resemble[s] an angry, threatening brown individual.\u2019 Advice for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/science-white-libs-more-likely-to-have-mental-health-problems\/\" title=\"SCIENCE: White Libs More Likely To Have Mental Health Problems\">white libs<\/a>: if you see a tree and immediately think \u2018looks like a scary minority to me,\u2019 you might be the racist,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chris-rufo-new-book-lays-out-road-map-for-returning-to-sanity-in-our-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rufo<\/a> tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Local affluent white female liberal claims that the New College mascot, a banyan tree, &#8220;closely resemble[s] an angry, threatening brown individual.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advice for white libs: if you see a tree and immediately think &#8220;looks like a scary minority to me,&#8221; you might be the racist. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mi2SuIXPc3\">pic.twitter.com\/mi2SuIXPc3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1670840671320809472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI love the new mascot, which was designed by a New College student and inspired by the massive banyan trees on campus,\u201d Rufo added.<\/p>\n<p>Christina Pushaw, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-americans-killed-by-coronavirus-in-20-days-under-biden-than-died-in-vietnam-war-media-grilled-trump-over-same-milestone\/\" title=\"More Americans Killed By Coronavirus In 20 Days Under Biden Than Died In Vietnam War; Media Grilled Trump Over Same Milestone\">rapid response director<\/a> for Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019 2024 presidential campaign, agreed that the mascot was a good one \u2014 and someone else responded to her, comparing the \u201cparasitic\u201d banyan tree to the professors at the New College.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBanyan trees are technically parasitic, much like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/30-republicans-sign-bill-to-counter-teaching-of-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"30 Republicans sign bill to counter teaching of critical race theory\">liberal professors<\/a> at New College,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Banyan trees are technically parasitic, much like liberal professors at New College.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cryptid Politics \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc0a (@CryptidPolitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CryptidPolitics\/status\/1670868410572341267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEducated people know what a banyan tree looks like, + that mascot looks like a banyan tree. Kids today, however, are indoctrinated experts in pronouns + social justice only, so they don\u2019t know about banyan trees. They are consumed with race, racism, and hate. That\u2019s all they see,\u201d one tweet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SexHarassed\/status\/1670868505174867968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Others quickly made comparisons to the anthropomorphic tree-like characters \u2014 Ents \u2013 from J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s \u201cLord of the Rings.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looks like a Chad Ent from LOTR <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dkg5baDyEW\">pic.twitter.com\/dkg5baDyEW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Geoffrey Miller (@primalpoly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/primalpoly\/status\/1670880102983569408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI hope they don\u2019t watch LOTR \u2018The Two Towers\u2019 \u2026 Treebeard will be mega triggering,\u201d another account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DunedainRanger9\/status\/1670842130166693901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> in response.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A member of the Sarasota-Charlotte Progressive Caucus raised concerns about the New College of Florida&#8217;s new mascot, a cartoonish banyan tree, deeming it racist. Robin Williams, a member of the caucus, expressed her complaint, while Christopher Rufo, a trustee of the college, referred to her as an &#8220;affluent&#8221; individual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1952115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4640,17709,5206,12250,5243,10672,3765,3983],"class_list":["post-1952114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-accuses","tag-cartoon","tag-liberal","tag-mascot","tag-racism","tag-tree","tag-white","tag-woman"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1952114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1952115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1952114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1952114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1952114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}