[M. Thatcher]

From: "The Fighting Whites Team" Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 16:15:47 -0800 To: < snip > Subject: Fighting Whites TShirts now online

Thanks for asking about shirts! We finally got a store online where you can

get them. It's at:

http://www.cafepress.com/fightinwhite

We're working on a Web site too (it's not up yet but will be soon). It will

be at:

http://www.fightingwhites.org

Thanks for your support,

The Fighting Whites Team

[Diago]

I thought the point of this was to demonstrate to us whites how hurtful these mascot names can be. I guess when these fellas discovered that whites aren't so easily offended, they turned into Capitalists. Good for them.

They proved the opposite of their argument (they proved that mascots are just good clean fun and that ethnic mascots are harmless) and made a few bucks.

[ThePythonicCow]

Here's the above Fighting Whites web page, with the links fixed.

The Fighting Whites Official Homepage

	--> Home | Store | View Cart | Customer Service | Shipping
Fighting Whites won't change mascot debate Insensitivity training in Colorado 'Whities' mascot about education, not retaliationthe fighting whities Fightin' Whities swamped with T-shirt requests 'Fightin' Whites' Team May Go Into T-Shirt BusinessFor Press Inquiries, contact pr@cafepress.com	This is the official homepage of the Fighting Whites from Northern Colorado University Our mission statement is as follows for the Fighting Whites: The Fighting Whites basketball team was organized in early February (2002) by a group of Native American and non-Indian students of the University of Northern Colorado with the intent of playing intramural basketball. We came up with the "Fighting Whites" logo and slogan to have a little satirical fun and to deliver a simple, sincere, message about ethnic stereotyping. Since March 6, when our campus newspaper first reported on the "Fighting Whites", we have been launched into the national spotlight, propelled by a national debate over stereotyping American Indians in sports symbolism. Our objective as students was to make a straightforward statement using humor; to promote cultural awareness through satire. Now that national attention has come to us, we hope that our message will reach a wider audience. As a part of our involvement in this ongoing issue, we have formed the Fighting Whites Scholarship Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization, the profits of which will go entirely to support the educations of Native American students. Written by Ryan White, John Messner, Charles Cuny	This is the official store of the Fightin' Whites from University of Northern Colorado. All proceeds from this store will go to the FIGHTING WHITES SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC. Visit the Store
	© Copyright 2002 Fighting Whites Scholarship Fund, Inc. All rights reserved. Fighting Whites, Fightin' Whites, Fighting Whities, Fightin' Whities, Every thang's gonna be all white, and all Fighting White images are trade marks of Fighting Whites Scholarship Fund, Inc.

[brat]

Fanfreepingtastic, M. Thatcher! I'll wear mine every chance I get! LOL

[Howlin]

I have just laughed and laughed at this.

[Bonaparte]

It took me 10 minutes to find their "copyrighted" image right here in the public domain of "authentic 50s clip art."