The Native American imagery that was being used here at East High was never to offend anyone and won’t ever be to offend anyone. The students at East call themselves the Tribe, for a reason. Not to disrespect people or their heritage but to call ourselves a family. East High Tribe has brought many students together and has turned the sporting events into family gatherings, Which is not in any way meant to be offensive. We get together to cheer on our team and our fellow students. The Native American imagery just further represents our tribe here at East, further represents our family, and further represents our pride to be East High Scarlets. If any offense is taken simply because someone is wearing feathers and face paint for school pride, that someone’s a little soft and doesn’t understand that its school pride, not taunting.
The Native American was used as our mascot by our parents and grandparents and they found no harm in it. It’s a rich tradition of ancient pride us students have for East High. The Tribe here at East will do everything they can to pass this pride on. We all have Scarlet pride, we all have our very own Indian in us. We all are a Scarlet. The Tribe runs deep in our veins either passed on from generations or born a new. We all know we belong here at East, with our brothers and sisters, best friends, enemies, these teachers we love or hate. We all belong here; we’re all a part of The Tribe.
