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Florida announces it will stop ‘Gator Bait’ cheer because of ‘horrific historic racist imagery’

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The University of Florida will no longer use the "Gator Bait" cheer at sporting events, citing the racist imagery associated with the phrase.

      
Graham Hall, The Gainesville Sun
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