South Dakota high school rodeo club cancels annual ‘Slave/Branding Auction’

South Dakota high school rodeo club cancels annual ‘Slave/Branding Auction’

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.

The fundraiser, in which Rodeo Club members would offer labor to a rancher in exchange for a donation, was nixed after the local Legion Hall host Glenda McGinnis told The Washington Post she received dozens of calls from people around the country wanting to know “how such a racist and hurtful name could be used in 2021.”

“I thought it was a joke. We…

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