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Go Fightin' Whities!

(variant spellings for searchengines: Fighting Whites, Fightin' Whites, Fighting Whiteys, Fightin' Whiteys, Fighting Whities... maybe even Whitey's and Whitie's)

belated discovery: [official homepage] [BBS] [mailto]

University of Northern Colorado [UNC] intramural basketball team, founded by Charles Cuny (other original team members: Solomon Little Owl [pic], Ryan White, Jeff VanIwarden, John Messner?) (3 Native Americans, 2 Hispanics, and ~5 Anglos: cite)

Official team memorabilia, $16 to $25 [CafePress] (shirts, hats, shorts, mugs, mousepads)

[Bob-Dobbs lookalike]

timeline

1968: National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) launches campaign against stereotypes in the media [cite] (1200 schools eventually change mascots, 600 still haven't) [AIM]

1970: Stanford changes team-name [cite]

1997: award-winning one-hour documentary on mascot-fight in Illinois [website]

no-date: Dan Ninham founds Coloradans Against Ethnic Stereotypes in Colorado Schools [cite] (they'll create first Whities t-shirts)

2001: Apr: US Commission on Civil Rights says Indian-themed sports teams may violate anti-discrimination laws and should be dropped [cite]

2001? Kacy Little Owl resigns from Eaton High School [cite] (mascot of "Fightin' Reds" is Indian caricature with big nose, 80% of 400 students are Anglo)

2002: Coalition to Eliminate Native American Caricatures and Mascots in Colorado High Schools protests Eaton High School's "Fightin' Reds" [cite]

2002: early-Feb: UNC's 'Native Pride' changes name to 'Fighting Whites' [cite] [cite] [site]

media sensation

2002: 10Mar: local, AP [more]

2002: 12Mar: RockyMtnNews

2002: 12Mar (Tues): mentioned by Jay Leno [cite] (jokes that the name was already taken by the Republicans)

2002: 13Mar: NewsNet, WashTimes [mirror]

"Ken McConnelloghue, the university's spokesman, harrumphs that he is not amused, and the university is officially 'disappointed' by the team's decision."

2002: 14Mar: 1600 inquiries for t-shirts in 1st 24 hours [cite]

2002: 14Mar: SFChron

2002: 15Mar: AP2, Boston, kuro5hin

2002: 16Mar: CNN [expired?]

2002: 17Mar: WashTimes2, TxMerc [more]

2002: 18Mar: EHunter

2002: 19Mar: LATimes [expired] ditto

2002: 20Mar: Libertarians

2002: 21Mar: NewnanGA

2002: 22Mar: AZcentral

2002: 27Mar: tournament

2002: 01Apr: Gadfly

2002: 08Apr: DecaturAL

2002: late-Apr: march against Eaton mascot planned [cite]

2002: 22May: NWU

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