Use of Indian Masots - "Fightin' Whites" two years on
Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at 02:09AM
TheSpook
Two years after creating a
firestorm of controversy, the "Fightin' Whites" are still around, set
on using humor to bring attention to the use of Indian mascots. The
intramural basketball team at the University of Northern Colorado has
given $100,000 to the college for the Fightin' Whites Minority
Endowment Scholarship Fund, but there are indications that the founders
of the team may be changing tactics, a change attributed to frustration
over the college and the use of mascots in general. [more] and [their site]
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