@white_swan53 Said
What is the best way to go about helping with this ?
Would writing to our elected officials in Washington be something that would help?
Some of us are not sports fans and so have no idea which schools or organizations uses Offensive mascots .
The only public school and collage I am familiar with both are local to my area and both use animals as their mascots, Oneuses the mustang hoirse and one uses the Wolf .
Chi-migwetch!
Yes- speak out about it when you see racism. Do it gently because most people don't even realise that they are in fact condoning racism in their schools, community, nationwide. It has gone on far too long since the civil rigths battles of the 60's and 70's (which me & my family participated in) for good people to avoid speaking out for the most endangered minority of americans.
The nation's capital for start must change it's
@edskin racist name. We got it, we know your people won (as wrong & unfairly as they did). Why continue to rub it in?
Washington was the last holdout in allowing blacks to play in the NFL.
I think one of the signs held by the supporters of that racism period speaks volumes and was not even comprehended by 99.9% of americans including people in the civil rights side.
It read:
"KEEP THE REDSKINS- WHITE!"
This is a good read:
https://race.change.org/blog/view/wisconsin_becomes_the_first_state_to_outlaw_indian_mascots
A timeline (stops about 2003)
https://www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/timeline%20for%20Indian%20Mascots.htm