I have loved the Los Angeles Dodgers since I was a kid. I have been a fan for 37 years. I saw them win their second world series title in a row, and it honestly felt bitter sweet. It didn’t feel right. After learning about the owner investing in The Geo Group (For-Profit Prisons and For-Profit Immigration Detention Company) and Palantir (Surveillance) and after writing the team three letters to voice my discontent, and yet still no reply. I find it sad, that the team that used to be known for breaking the color barrier, and Jackie Robinson, is now known as the team that commodifies peoples suffering.
I am done. I have been disappointed before. My country disappointed me. My religion disappointed me, and now even my sports teams disappointed me. It saddens me because in this crazy cruel world, ran by evil people, we all just want to escape into something that was supposed to be innocent but I guess everything is about money now. I no longer watch many films anymore, and I am turning off the sports too. It will leave me with more time to fight for a future. I talked to a young lady in her twenties the other day, and she told me, she no longer believed in a future. It is time to fight back.
Fighting Racism Workshop 