You have GOT to be kidding me

[stannsblog]

Josh:

(1) The fact that a high school football team in Pekin, Illinois used to be called The Pekin Chinks is mostly horrifying*, but some small part of me wishes that right now, on the other side of the world, a small Asian man is sweating up a storm in a horrifying racist caricature of a Caucasian, mascot of the Bejing Opium Warriors

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[remainfabulous]

You ever heard of the Fighting Whities? It's a real intramural basketball team from the University of Northern Colorado. They chose the name to draw attention to ethnic stereotypes in athletic team names. The have a CafePress store where you can get t-shirts! www.fightingwhites.org

[stannsblog]

I had actually seen that. That was, I thought, pretty funny. It reminded me of this Jack Handey quote:

"I hope in the future Americans are thought of as a warlike, vicious people, because I bet a lot of high schools would pick 'Americans' as their mascot."

Josh