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College’s ‘Prospector Pete’ Mascot Guilty of Genocide

Farewell, Prospector Pete.

You have been unpersoned and must join the Dukes of Hazzard, Roseanne and the Founding Fathers in the gulag.

California State University, Long Beach, is retiring its controversial Prospector Pete mascot, which critics say represents the genocide of indigenous people during the Gold Rush.

The statue of Prospector Pete in the campus quad will be moved to the new alumni center next year, the institution said.

I like how anything the left opposes is controversial. While anything the right opposes is courageous.

What’s controversial about Prospector Pete? Apparently he represents the genocide that is associated with the Gold Rush? Didn’t you know about all the genocide?

Read the full story from Front Page Mag


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