University intramural team calls itself 'Fighting Whities' to mock Indian mascot

AP ^ | 3-11-02

[Oldeconomybuyer]

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) --

[NativeNewYorker]

This is great!

I want a Brooklyn Jews t-shirt!

[KevinB]

What's the big deal? I'm not offended at all - and I'm so white I get a sunburn walking to the mailbox.

[TexasNative2000]

Actually, it's pretty funny.

Two bits, four bits
Six bits, a dollar
All for the Anglos
Stand up and holler!

[Donaldpaul]

Real original. Clever. Old Solomon Little Owl doesn't seem to be aware that some 85% of Indians prefer to be called just that. American Indians. Any halfwit (and even some liberals) knows that anyone born on this soil is a native American. Fools like this make me feel ashamed of that part of me that is Cherokee Indian.

[anothergrunt]

Thanks for the compliment!

[TontoKowalski]

I'm part Choctaw, part average-white-boy. Neither team name offends me.

[Donaldpaul]

Ever hear of the Texas country band, Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys? Kinky made a fortune with it.

[AlGone2001]

There is aready an institution that calls itself the "Fighting Irish."

The last time I checked, most Irishmen are white. No offense taken.

The difference between these Indian nations and regular sprts fans is that we do not mean to be offensive.

Apparantly they do.

[TexasNative2000]

So is this team actually going to beat their opponent by being better or by poisoning them with imported diseases?

[FreeTally]

Oh, they should have used "Forked-tounge Whities".

[Born to Conserve]

Oooo, how mean of them. I hope some evil Viking ghosts haunt them.

[NativeNewYorker]

Yes, Imus has talked about them for years. Kinky's dad was a prof at UT IIRC.

[Drew68]

wears jerseys that say "Every thang's going to be all white."

ROTFLMAO!!!

Oh, wait. I'm supposed to be deeply offended.

[CaptRon]

The difference between these Indian nations and regular sprts fans is that we do not mean to be offensive.

I might add that we're also not looking to become professional victims.

[TexasNative2000]

"We got racism, yes we do"
"We got racism, how 'bout you?"

[Clemenza]

Kinky's dad Tom Friedman was also a decorated WWII fighter pilot before relocating with his family to Texas, where he both taught as a Professor and ran a summer camp in Medina.

I know all this because I am a devoted member of the Kinky Friedman Crime Club. Is it any wonder why I have trouble getting dates (until recently).

[Petronski]

Apparantly they do.

And even though they intend to be offensive, this white boy is STILL NOT OFFENDED. I think it's funny.

[Mr. Thorne]

I'm so upset! Which side of me gets to be offended first? The injun side (Blackfoot) or the whiteboy side (Irish)?

I shall doubtless need therapy after all this is done.

[Donaldpaul]

French, Kraut, Irish, British, Scots or Scotch, Cherokee and who knows what else?

When my oldest daughter was in college they were discussing heritage. When she mentioned the Cherokees and French, a girl said "I bet you had a hell of a time during the French/Indian War. What is a word other than a mere word?