(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The Colorado Commission on Indian Affairs said that 10 Colorado public schools are “out of compliance” with the law due to their use of “Thunderbirds” as a mascot, implying that the Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds squadron is too, just in time for Memorial Day.
The commission, directed by legislation in 2021 to “Prohibit American Indian mascots” by schools, forced public schools to comply with the demands to remove the Thunderbirds mascot and symbol by giving them a $25,000 fine every month if they fail to comply within a year.
The amount of money that a school would be willing to sacrifice per year is shocking, according to the Denver Gazette.
“That’s $300,000 a year that would not go toward teaching children or paying teachers the money they deserve because of a Thunderbird emblem,” the Gazette noted.
The Air Force is famous for its Thunderbirds squadron, and the squadron itself is famous for its annual F-16 air show that draws people from all around the country.
The Indian Affairs Commission and its leftist leadership doesn’t have any authority over the Air Force. However, it is clear what the commission thinks the squadron should do with its title – scrap it as racist.
The superintendent of Sangre de Cristo schools, David Crews, became concerned about breaking the law and asked the commission what could be done to comply.
“[CCIA] suggested covering up trophies and anything else that contains the Thunderbird symbol,” the Gazette reported.
“Students, [Crews] was told, could turn uniforms and T-shirts inside out to hide the offensive bird.”
Aside from Sangre de Cristo schools, other institutions of learning were found “out of compliance” with the law: Hinkley High School, Aurora; Arrowhead Elementary, Cherry Creek; Thunder Ridge Middle School, Cherry Creek; Cheyenne Mountain Junior High, Colorado Springs; Thunder Mountain Elementary School, Grand Junction; Johnson Elementary School, Poudre Valley; and Shawsheen Elementary School, Greeley.
Schools should “remain ‘out of compliance’ with the state” to protect these traditions and images, the Gazette editorial board declared.
“This is nothing more than left-wing revolutionaries getting drunk with power and control.”
