
South Dakota high school rodeo club cancels annual ‘Slave/Branding Auction’
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A high school rodeo club in the tiny South Dakota town of Faith has finally decided to end its annual “Slave/Branding Auction” after decades.
"I thought it was a joke. We have the event every year, for about 40 years now," McGinnis, vice president of the Community Action Club that owns the Legion Hall in Faith, told the paper. "I even got a call from a local cowboy who said: ‘How’s this going down? It’s not right.’ I told him we weren’t doing anything wrong. And he explained, ‘Well, it’s how it was advertised that’s wrong.’ " McGinnis went on to say: "I didn’t even think of ‘slavery’ in racist terms. It’s just kids work for free to raise money for their club. Now I see; this is a very bad choice of words. But I’m naive enough, I guess."More Related News