What Can We Do?

Well, this week in one of my classes, we looked at different tools of colonization that have been used and are still used today in our society. The topic that stood out most to me was that of offensive sports teams mascots. As a huge sports fan, this really got me thinking about how I have watched teams like the Cleveland Indians and Washington Redskins and have thought they needed to be changed but what could I do? Both these professional sports teams are consistently successful and popular money makers so why would the greedy people that run them want to change the mascot and jeopardize this success? I certainly don't have enough power or money to influence a change. So I thought maybe I could try and make people aware of these offensive mascots and see if we could have a chance at strength in numbers. But most people seems to say "what's the big deal" or "it doesn't really matter because it doesn't effect me".  So after becoming somewhat passionate about this topic, I had to end my episode of frustration by saying "what can we do?" How can we make people realize that these mascots are contributors to the drug abuse, violence, and suicide problems that occur on reservations? I guess this is why I am learning to be a social worker...so I can come up with an answer to that question.