--- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > I think that perjorative terms, losing the power to > hurt is a good thing. > And this seemingly PC attitude you espouse actually > perpetuates a perjoratives ability to hurt. > > There is a sports team called the Whities. And their > motto is "Everythings > gonna be all White". The team is mostly Native > Americans and they named > their team in order to make light of the "Redskins" > lawsuit supporters. > > I believe they are in Colorado with Debbie. <G> <snip>
"The Fighting Whites" are indeed a basketball team from the U of Northern CO; here is their 'mission statement:' http://www.fightingwhites.org/ "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 education of Native American students. Their mascot/logo is a stereotypical 1950's guy in a suit and tie...kind of Ward Cleaver-ish. Most people here think it's funny (which may or may not have been the original intention; according to this fellow, "The team's anglo-centric identity came about because of a desire to embarrass nearby Eaton High School and force it to abandon its big-nosed Indian mascot and change the name of its team to something other than The Fighting Reds."). http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2002/05/22/3e4d7ef027f68?in_archive=1 FWIW, once when some punk called me "bitch" I actually sneered back at him "You forgot to say ALPHA first!" He didn't quite know how to respond to that...<evil alpha bitch smile> A friend's retort when that is yelled at her is to look puzzled and say loudly, "You say that like it's a *bad* thing..." Again, the would-be humiliator is left confounded. But it's fairly easy for an adult to slap down or laugh off such insults; they are far more hurtful to children (I certainly didn't know what to do when my best friend in 4th grade was called "wetback," other than say "don't pay any attention to those jerks..." and walk away with her). Debbi whose favorite insults to yell are "tapeworm!" and "schistosome!" ;) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
