People can be silly.
UF stopped their famous "Gator Bait" chant because someone found an old racist carton, not associated with UF, that had a black baby being thrown to alligators and the tag line "alligator bait". Then racist postcards, ads, and caricatures from the late 1800s–early 1900s surfaced showing Black children as “alligator bait.” The university nevertheless suspended the cheer out of sensitivity to imagery documented in American history, even though that imagery was not created by or connected to UF in any way.
Just cant have nice things sometimes.
UF stopped their famous "Gator Bait" chant because someone found an old racist carton, not associated with UF, that had a black baby being thrown to alligators and the tag line "alligator bait". Then racist postcards, ads, and caricatures from the late 1800s–early 1900s surfaced showing Black children as “alligator bait.” The university nevertheless suspended the cheer out of sensitivity to imagery documented in American history, even though that imagery was not created by or connected to UF in any way.
Just cant have nice things sometimes.
