NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 Washington DC 20037 World Wide Web: http://www.LP.org For release: March 19, 2002 Are the "Fighting Whities" offensive? Should the feds ban that "racist" name? WASHINGTON, DC -- The surprising popularity of the "Fighting Whities," a college basketball team whose sarcastic name was intended to get revenge for Indian-named sports teams like the Redskins, shows why the government shouldn't have the power to determine which sports team names are racist. "As the Fighting Whities prove, racism is not a matter of black and white," said George Getz, the Libertarian Party's...