Almost everything can be used in someone’s imagination to remind them of something bad. There is probably nothing that anyone could think of to be used as a mascot that wouldn’t raise doubts in some minds. Some just want to stir up problems.
Alternately, they could be attention whores or they are trying to show that they have power and relevance.
In general, all these ‘triggered’ people are evil.
This is a pretty good insight how a progressive mind works. No reasoning, no rational thought, just “trees are racist”. They don’t understand the mechanics,so all trees are racist. Kinda the same with “all whites”.