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Monday, March 18, 2002Subj: Order "Fightin' Whitie" Shirts! / contact for School District Date: 3/18/02 11:28:39 AM Eastern Standard Time "Every thang's gonna be all white" on the front with a pic of an old fashioned, typical white man - suburbia-type. On the back it says, "GO FIGHTIN' WHITIES! 10 Fighting the use of Native American stereotypes Get YOURS today!! $20 and up to $35 for a limited edition Hooded Sweatshirt. http://www.cafepress.com/fightinwhite/products.aspx?storeid=fightinwhite Eaton SchoolDistrict RE-2 Eaton, Colorado The Eaton School District RE-2 has a long-standing history of providing quality education to its students. The District serves over 1,300 students in kindergarten through high school. Schools: The District is composed of four schools. Galeton Elementary School is a K-4th grade school located seven miles east of Eaton. The other District schools are Eaton Elementary and it is a K-3rd grade school, Eaton Middle School serves 5th grade through 8th grade, and Eaton High School is 9th grade-12th grade. All three schools are located in the Town of Eaton. Community: Eaton, Colorado is located 7 miles north of Greeley, Colorado and 60 miles north of Denver, Colorado. The mountains are visible to the west and the plains to the east of this small town. Population is approximately 2,500. The area is mainly agriculture, but is slowly becoming a convenient place to live and raise a family and still work in other larger communities along the front range. The town is located within minutes of the University of Northern Colorado, Colorado State University and Aims Community College. Staff: Approximately 60% of the teaching staff have earned a Masters degree. The District offers a competitive salary and benefits package. The Eaton School District staff is committed to successfully implementing the Eaton School District RE-2's Mission Statement: "A Diverse, Accountable, Community Partnership" We Develop Productive Citizens and Life-Long Learners by Maximizing Each Student's Educational Opportunities. For additional information, please contact: Karen Benzel Eaton School District RE-2 200 Park Avenue Eaton, CO 80615 Phone: 970-454-3402 Fax: 970-454-2685 E-Mail: kbenzel@psd.k12.co.us Please Be Sure To Mention That You Saw This Opportunity On The NationJob Network! ===================== In Colorado, FIghtin' Whities Play hardball http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/074/nation/In_Colo_Fightin_Whities_play_hardball+.shtml Basketball team picks unusual nickname in protest of Indian mascots By Chryss Cada, Globe Correspondent, 3/15/2002 GREELEY, Colo. - Besides handling all the media attention, the biggest challenge facing the Fightin' Whities is coming up with a battle cry. ''It's interesting to sit around and think, what noise does a white person make?'' said Solomon Little Owl, a member of the Fightin' Whities intramural basketball team at the University of Northern Colorado. ''When you say that about a white person, you realize how ridiculous the whole idea of having people as mascots is. This is our way of making that point.'' Little Owl, director of Native American Student Services at the university, suggested adopting the mascot to draw attention to the use of American Indians as mascots for sports teams. All 10 team members - three Native Americans, two Hispanics, and five Anglos - supported the move. ''I grew up in the Indian world, learning the traditions, learning what an eagle feather means,'' said Charles Cuny, the Lakota Indian who organized the team. ''And then I turn on a [Florida State University] game on a Saturday and see a blue-eyed boy dressed up in eagle feathers throwing down a spear and dancing around like a fool.'' Cuny said that he, and most other young Indians, are more interested in larger issues, such as health care and land rights, but that taking on offensive mascots is a good starting point to bring awareness to more substantial issues. The use of American Indians as sports mascots has been an issue for at least three decades. It was in 1968 that the National Congress of American Indians launched a campaign to address stereotypes in the media. The National Congress has approached the Cleveland Indians and the Washington Redskins. ''Officially, the NCAI can't really sanction what they're doing, but it's definitely a new and unique approach,'' said Adam Bailey, the legislative associate who handles the mascot issue for the Indian Congress. ''They've certainly opened the eyes of a lot of Americans.'' About 1,200 school teams have changed their mascots in the last 38 years, said Dan Ninham, founder of Coloradans Against Ethnic Stereotypes in Colorado Schools. ''We've still got about 600 who haven't.'' Ninham, a graduate student at UNC, launched a campaign at the start of the year to change the mascot at nearby Eaton High School. The school's teams are called the Reds, and the logo is of a big-nosed American Indian. His coalition got a boost when the UNC intramural team, officially named ''Native Pride,'' adopted the ''Whites'' mascot to draw attention to the issue. The coalition provided the team with T-shirts with a cartoon mascot of a white male with slicked-back hair and wearing a tie and dark coat. The T-shirts are imprinted with ''Every thang's going to be all white!'' on the front and ''The Fighting Whites '' on the back. The nickname has since evolved to the catchier ''Fightin' Whities.'' ''We've tried to open a dialogue for over two months with the [Eaton] School District,'' Ninham said. ''But to them, we're invisible. Maybe this will get their attention.'' posted by Webmaster@ AIM Support 1:06 PM Last updated:
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