The Cobb County School District says it’s pausing to reconsider a new logo for one of its elementary schools. Parents and students were outraged when the image was revealed this week, saying it resembles a Nazi war eagle.
District officials say the new logo for the East Side Eagles was based on eagles’ wings worn by U.S. Army colonels. But the design has drawn comparisons to an eagle created by the Nazi party, which has also been adopted by white supremacists.
Dov Wilker, the regional director for the American Jewish Committee, doesn’t think the antisemitic imagery was intentional.
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