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'Fighting Whities' T-Shirts Sell [$100,000.00 in Less than a Year]
Chicago Sun Times ^
| December 2, 2002
| Robert Well
Posted on 12/02/2002 7:39:21 AM PST by ewing
The effort began last winter when a group of Indian students at the University of Northern Colorado asked nearby Eaton High School to change the nickname from 'Fighting Reds' because they thought the nickname was offensive.
When the school refused, members of the UNC intramural basketball team, made up of Indians and whites decided to get even.
They named themselves the 'Fighin Whites' and began wearing T-shirts bearing the name.
After getting national media attention, they began selling the shirts, which bear the slogan 'Everything's going to be all white,' from their Web site.
More than 15,000 shirts and hate have been sold, raising at least $100,000.
'It's actually kind of an amazing thing that happened here in Colorado. Not only did they raise the level of debate but they turned it around and raised money for Native American scholarships,' said Charlene Teters VP of the American Indian Movements National Coalition on Race in Sports.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: colorado; fightingwhities; intermurals; tshirts
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Congrats to the people buying T-Shirts that poke fun at PC nonsense!
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:39:21 AM PST
by
ewing
To: All
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:41:01 AM PST
by
ewing
To: ewing
15,000 shirts and hate Some typo.
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:42:52 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: ewing
To: ewing
Is the word "hate" in the article supposed to be "hats" or is it actually in the article that way?
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:43:41 AM PST
by
FreePaul
To: FreePaul
Typo.
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:44:33 AM PST
by
ewing
To: martin_fierro
LOL!
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:44:50 AM PST
by
ewing
To: FreePaul
Exact cut-and-paste from the article link:
More than 15,000 shirts and hats have been sold, raising at least $100,000.
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:47:40 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:50:04 AM PST
by
ewing
To: ewing
I can't help it. Try as I might, I just can't get angry at this.
Will someone please explain to me, then, why you can get angry at "Redskins" or "Reds" or "Indians" or "Braves" or "Seminoles," etc.?
I guess if someone named a team "Sambos" I might see their point.
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:50:52 AM PST
by
Illbay
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:53:40 AM PST
by
ewing
To: Illbay
Wow, you're on a roll today.
To: ewing
More than 15,000 shirts and hate have been sold, raising at least $100,000. I always thought you could get hate for free.
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posted on
12/02/2002 8:05:42 AM PST
by
Junior
To: ewing
I bought mine last year. In the wifebeater model no less. Thinking about getting the golf shirt.
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posted on
12/02/2002 8:09:27 AM PST
by
doodad
Comment #15 Removed by Moderator
To: Junior
This article is poorly written:
When the school refused, members of the UNC intramural basketball team, made up of Indians and whites decided to get even.
Get even with who?? Are the students mad at UNC for requesting the name change? Are they angry at the high school for not changing their name? They should be teaching journalism students the 5 W's instead of finding a liberal slant.
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posted on
12/02/2002 8:12:25 AM PST
by
reegs
To: ewing
I love the T-shirt and mug designs, but I can't fathom how stupid these kids are. They must've thought white people would have gotten all bent out of shape over the team name.
Wrong. Most people of all colors are that overly sensititive.
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posted on
12/02/2002 8:15:16 AM PST
by
jjm2111
To: ewing
"Fightin' Whities" sure beats "Fightin' Honkies".
To: heidizeta
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posted on
12/02/2002 8:40:44 AM PST
by
doodad
To: ewing
Not only did they raise the level of debate but they turned it around and raised money for Native American scholarships,' said Charlene Teters VP of the American Indian Movements National Coalition on Race in Sports.Yep, it was all a great success.
Except the part where we were all supposed to be outraged. Which of course was the main objective in the first place.
In fact I'd venture to guess that the only folks secretly outraged by this whole farce are its organizers.
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posted on
12/02/2002 8:41:38 AM PST
by
skeeter
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