Wednesday, March 13, 2002

 

To protest a high school that calls its sports teams The Reds, a group of American Indian students at the University of Northern Colorado have named their intramural basketball team the Fighting Whities. A few years ago, I would have said "Oh geez, how lame." But after my college went through a little battle about the name of its sports teams -- the Brown Indians -- I'm on the side of the American Indians. (Although I don't particularly like that I have to root for "The Bonnies" now.) At about the same time St. Bonaventure changed the name of its teams, St. John's in NYC changed from the Red Indians (I think) to the Red Storm. I'm wondering, though, when the Washington Redskins, Atlanta Braves, Florida State Seminoles, Kansas City Chiefs, Cleveland Indians are going to change their names.

posted by Anne 3/13/2002 10:11:00 AM