Portal of Evil News has a story about a little bit of racial-role-reversal. Sort of.
It seems Solomon Little Owl, director of Native American Student Services at the University of Northern Colorado, is highly offended at Native American mascots. So, in a brilliant move of retaliation, he found an intramural team called the “Fighting Whities”, hoping that outraged whites would see what it’s like to be on the other side of the fence. As if there aren’t Already White Mascots.
Personally, I think it’s not offensive, just humorous. I also think that white people identify less with being white than minorities do with their races. Every white person I know identifies themselves more by country heritage than just by being “white”. I also think that it has less to do with the nature of the mascot than the way in which the mascot acts. I can understand if people got upset at a drunken gambling Native American mascot, but not about one that is supposed to be strong, swift, and brave.
Anyways, the story was originally carried by The Greely Tribune, but that site is bogged down at the moment.
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