I remember this well. I was at Paschal High School on the other side of town, and I had a lot of friends at Southwest.
At the time, I'll admit I didn't fully understand why their mascot suddenly became such a big deal. Looking back now as an adult, I see it through a completely different lens.
But as high schoolers living it in real time, that wasn't how we processed it. No one around me was thinking, "this school must be racist because they're the Rebels with a Confederate flag." To us, it felt no different than a school being the "Pirates" with a skull and crossbones. It just didn't carry that deeper meaning in our young minds until it was pointed out and framed that way.
That's what really makes me pause now. It shows how much perspective is shaped over time and through conversation. Things we never questioned back then carry weight and meaning we didn't yet understand. It's a reminder of how powerful awareness is-and how much growth can happen when we're willing to look back and see things differently.
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