Re: Team names with color

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As far as I am aware, there have never been any problems with
that.

But....perhaps throwing black and white in there makes it
somewhat different.

On 7/24/12, suggestion wrote:
> On 7/24/12, Hellen wrote:
>> We are a middle school with three teams at each grade
>> level. We have always referred to them by number: 6-1, 6-
>> 2, 6-3, 7-1, 7-2, etc.
>>
>> This year we are looking at changing it up and are
>> considering using our school colors: green, black and
>> white. Our student population is 45% black, 45% white, and
>> 10 Asian. Some staff are concerned using colors may cause
>> issues along racial lines. I think they are our school
>> colors so who cares. Students are evenly distributed on
>> teams.
>>
>> Have any of you had this issue or do you have thoughts?
>
>
> I agree, don't do it. If the concern has come up already, it
> will come up again.
> I could see a parent misunderstanding, for example when their
> child comes home and says they've been placed on the "black"
> or the "white" team. Obviously you'd explain, but in the
> meantime you've got an upset parent.
> If you're really set on using colors, such as so that you can
> color-code folders or banners or whatever, you might come up
> with three team names that can each be associated with a
> color - the Blackbirds, the Snowy Owls, and the Green
> Parrots.... or whatever... you can probably come up with
> something better, birds were the first thing that came to
> mind. Use the animal names for the teams, and then color-code
> them with the relevant color, so that VISUALLY any time you're
> color-coding things you've got your school colors there. But
> you'd avoid calling them the "black" team, the "white" team
> and so on.
> Or come up with something entirely different. What is the
> reason for the change from numbers?

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