December 2, 2002
Fightin' Whites fellowships
Last year, a group of Native American students at the University of North Colorado asked a local high school to change its "Fighting Reds" mascot to something less offensive. When the school refused, UNC students formed an intramural basketball team called the "Fightin' Whites." Conceived as a means of making the point about how mascots can carry and reinforce stereotypes, the team drew enough media attention that it began selling Fightin' White-obilia bearing the slogan "Everythang's going to be all white." Proceeds were put into a fund to provide scholarships for Native American students. Today the Washington Times reports that the Fightin' Whites have sold over 15,000 shirts and hats, and that the scholarship fund now contains at least $100,000.
Attention campus censors: this is what's called fighting offensive speech with more speech. Ain't it great?
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