Happy MLK day!

[Votto]

I would like to celebrate MLK day by talking about his close friend, Jackie Robinson.

It has been said that Jackie Robinson had as much to do with the progress of civil rights as MLK himself. For you see, baseball had been a big influence of the culture during that time, and Jackie was the first black to be allowed to play in MLB. Before accepting the role, the owner of the Dodgers, Branch Rickie, took Robinson aside and made him understand what confronted him. He would be verbally and physically assaulted. He would receive death threats for himself and his family. He would be the focal point for every racist group in America and it would probably continue for the tenure of his MLB career. Branch Rickie then added, that he must take it and not fight back in any way, at least for the first few years or the project would have to come to an end.

And that is exactly what happened, and exactly what he did. America saw his class, his dignity, and the fact that he was the best player on the team, if not in all of MLB, and it won over converts. More than one of the players on the team and around the team, including fans, said that Jackie Robinson made them better men as he helped them overcome racism.

Interestingly, Jackie Robinson was also a Republican, for he thought that the doctrine of self help was exactly what the black community needed to hear. Of course, he was not a partisan shill. In fact, he did not like Barry Goldwater in the least.

“I’m a black man first,” he once calmly stated, while appearing on a 1968 television program, “an American second, and then I will support a political party—third.”


Like the vast majority of black Republicans in 1964, Robinson vehemently opposed Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. That year, he chaired a chapter of “Republicans for Johnson” and likened black Goldwater supporters to racial sellouts and “Uncle Toms.” But his rejection of Goldwater did not affect his affiliation—in fact, he remained a Republican, and in July 1964 he helped found the National Negro Republican Assembly, a national black Republican protest organization that grew out of the nightmarish experience of black Republicans at the 1964 Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco

So the next time someone tries to sell you the notion that all Republicans are racists via their mindless and toxic partisan drivil, tell them this. In fact, Hillary once referred to herself as a "Goldwater girl".

 

[Moonglow]

Evangelicals supported Trumpet,yet do not like his wife's porn pictures...Go figure...

 

[Harry Dresden]

Evangelicals supported Trumpet,yet do not like his wife's porn pictures...Go figure...

i was just the opposite....

 

[Moonglow]

Evangelicals supported Trumpet,yet do not like his wife's porn pictures...Go figure...

i was just the opposite....

You have pictures of naked evangelicals and didn't support Trumpet?

 

[Votto]

Evangelicals supported Trumpet,yet do not like his wife's porn pictures...Go figure...

 

[Moonglow]

Nothing better than ironic humans...

 

[Pogo]

I would like to celebrate MLK day by talking about his close friend, Jackie Robinson.

It has been said that Jackie Robinson had as much to do with the progress of civil rights as MLK himself. For you see, baseball had been a big influence of the culture during that time, and Jackie was the first black to be allowed to play in MLB. Before accepting the role, the owner of the Dodgers, Branch Rickie, took Robinson aside and made him understand what confronted him. He would be verbally and physically assaulted. He would receive death threats for himself and his family. He would be the focal point for every racist group in America and it would probably continue for the tenure of his MLB career. Branch Rickie then added, that he must take it and not fight back in any way, at least for the first few years or the project would have to come to an end.

And that is exactly what happened, and exactly what he did. America saw his class, his dignity, and the fact that he was the best player on the team, if not in all of MLB, and it won over converts. More than one of the players on the team and around the team, including fans, said that Jackie Robinson made them better men as he helped them overcome racism.

Interestingly, Jackie Robinson was also a Republican, for he thought that the doctrine of self help was exactly what the black community needed to hear. Of course, he was not a partisan shill. In fact, he did not like Barry Goldwater in the least.

“I’m a black man first,” he once calmly stated, while appearing on a 1968 television program, “an American second, and then I will support a political party—third.”


Like the vast majority of black Republicans in 1964, Robinson vehemently opposed Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. That year, he chaired a chapter of “Republicans for Johnson” and likened black Goldwater supporters to racial sellouts and “Uncle Toms.” But his rejection of Goldwater did not affect his affiliation—in fact, he remained a Republican, and in July 1964 he helped found the National Negro Republican Assembly, a national black Republican protest organization that grew out of the nightmarish experience of black Republicans at the 1964 Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco

So the next time someone tries to sell you the notion that all Republicans are racists via their mindless and toxic partisan drivil, tell them this. In fact, Hillary once referred to herself as a "Goldwater girl".

Actually Jackie wasn't the first black to play in MLB. That would be Moses Walker in the 1880s.

That's why Baseball Inc always goes out of his way to say JR "broke the color line" rather than "was the first black player". Weasel words to avoid saying they kept blacks out for decades by "gentleman's agreement'.

Actually JR has his own day, when MLB has every player on every team wear number 42.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

I would like to celebrate MLK day by talking about his close friend, Jackie Robinson.

It has been said that Jackie Robinson had as much to do with the progress of civil rights as MLK himself. For you see, baseball had been a big influence of the culture during that time, and Jackie was the first black to be allowed to play in MLB. Before accepting the role, the owner of the Dodgers, Branch Rickie, took Robinson aside and made him understand what confronted him. He would be verbally and physically assaulted. He would receive death threats for himself and his family. He would be the focal point for every racist group in America and it would probably continue for the tenure of his MLB career. Branch Rickie then added, that he must take it and not fight back in any way, at least for the first few years or the project would have to come to an end.

And that is exactly what happened, and exactly what he did. America saw his class, his dignity, and the fact that he was the best player on the team, if not in all of MLB, and it won over converts. More than one of the players on the team and around the team, including fans, said that Jackie Robinson made them better men as he helped them overcome racism.

Interestingly, Jackie Robinson was also a Republican, for he thought that the doctrine of self help was exactly what the black community needed to hear. Of course, he was not a partisan shill. In fact, he did not like Barry Goldwater in the least.

“I’m a black man first,” he once calmly stated, while appearing on a 1968 television program, “an American second, and then I will support a political party—third.”


Like the vast majority of black Republicans in 1964, Robinson vehemently opposed Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. That year, he chaired a chapter of “Republicans for Johnson” and likened black Goldwater supporters to racial sellouts and “Uncle Toms.” But his rejection of Goldwater did not affect his affiliation—in fact, he remained a Republican, and in July 1964 he helped found the National Negro Republican Assembly, a national black Republican protest organization that grew out of the nightmarish experience of black Republicans at the 1964 Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco

So the next time someone tries to sell you the notion that all Republicans are racists via their mindless and toxic partisan drivil, tell them this. In fact, Hillary once referred to herself as a "Goldwater girl".

Actually Jackie wasn't the first black to play in MLB. That would be Moses Walker in the 1880s.

That's why Baseball Inc always goes out of his way to say JR "broke the color line" rather than "was the first black player". Weasel words to avoid saying they kept blacks out for decades by "gentleman's agreement'.

Actually JR has his own day, when MLB has every player on every team wear number 42.

And blacks mainly don't play or watch baseball.
They wear their ironed-brim baseball caps and St Louis caps (Mike Brown) in the name of blackness and name-drop Jackie Robinson in the name of self-segregating blackness. Phony and racist.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Thanks for the taxpayer paid day off.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

King's birthday is actually today (Sunday, 1-15) which today is also the 50th anniversary of the first NFL-AFL championship game, later given the juvenile title of Super Bowl.
Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10.

 

[Pogo]

King's birthday is actually today (Sunday, 1-15) which today is also the 50th anniversary of the first NFL-AFL championship game, later given the juvenile title of Super Bowl.
Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10.

Yep, it was a showcase for the idea that the vastly inferior AFL could hang with the NFL. Didn't quite pan out that year.
Absolutely agree on the nomenclature.

 

[Pogo]

I would like to celebrate MLK day by talking about his close friend, Jackie Robinson.

It has been said that Jackie Robinson had as much to do with the progress of civil rights as MLK himself. For you see, baseball had been a big influence of the culture during that time, and Jackie was the first black to be allowed to play in MLB. Before accepting the role, the owner of the Dodgers, Branch Rickie, took Robinson aside and made him understand what confronted him. He would be verbally and physically assaulted. He would receive death threats for himself and his family. He would be the focal point for every racist group in America and it would probably continue for the tenure of his MLB career. Branch Rickie then added, that he must take it and not fight back in any way, at least for the first few years or the project would have to come to an end.

And that is exactly what happened, and exactly what he did. America saw his class, his dignity, and the fact that he was the best player on the team, if not in all of MLB, and it won over converts. More than one of the players on the team and around the team, including fans, said that Jackie Robinson made them better men as he helped them overcome racism.

Interestingly, Jackie Robinson was also a Republican, for he thought that the doctrine of self help was exactly what the black community needed to hear. Of course, he was not a partisan shill. In fact, he did not like Barry Goldwater in the least.

“I’m a black man first,” he once calmly stated, while appearing on a 1968 television program, “an American second, and then I will support a political party—third.”


Like the vast majority of black Republicans in 1964, Robinson vehemently opposed Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. That year, he chaired a chapter of “Republicans for Johnson” and likened black Goldwater supporters to racial sellouts and “Uncle Toms.” But his rejection of Goldwater did not affect his affiliation—in fact, he remained a Republican, and in July 1964 he helped found the National Negro Republican Assembly, a national black Republican protest organization that grew out of the nightmarish experience of black Republicans at the 1964 Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco

So the next time someone tries to sell you the notion that all Republicans are racists via their mindless and toxic partisan drivil, tell them this. In fact, Hillary once referred to herself as a "Goldwater girl".

Actually Jackie wasn't the first black to play in MLB. That would be Moses Walker in the 1880s.

That's why Baseball Inc always goes out of his way to say JR "broke the color line" rather than "was the first black player". Weasel words to avoid saying they kept blacks out for decades by "gentleman's agreement'.

Actually JR has his own day, when MLB has every player on every team wear number 42.

And blacks mainly don't play or watch baseball.
They wear their ironed-brim baseball caps and St Louis caps (Mike Brown) in the name of blackness and name-drop Jackie Robinson in the name of self-segregating blackness. Phony and racist.

"Blacks don't" huh. You talked to all of them then?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

I would like to celebrate MLK day by talking about his close friend, Jackie Robinson.

It has been said that Jackie Robinson had as much to do with the progress of civil rights as MLK himself. For you see, baseball had been a big influence of the culture during that time, and Jackie was the first black to be allowed to play in MLB. Before accepting the role, the owner of the Dodgers, Branch Rickie, took Robinson aside and made him understand what confronted him. He would be verbally and physically assaulted. He would receive death threats for himself and his family. He would be the focal point for every racist group in America and it would probably continue for the tenure of his MLB career. Branch Rickie then added, that he must take it and not fight back in any way, at least for the first few years or the project would have to come to an end.

And that is exactly what happened, and exactly what he did. America saw his class, his dignity, and the fact that he was the best player on the team, if not in all of MLB, and it won over converts. More than one of the players on the team and around the team, including fans, said that Jackie Robinson made them better men as he helped them overcome racism.

Interestingly, Jackie Robinson was also a Republican, for he thought that the doctrine of self help was exactly what the black community needed to hear. Of course, he was not a partisan shill. In fact, he did not like Barry Goldwater in the least.

“I’m a black man first,” he once calmly stated, while appearing on a 1968 television program, “an American second, and then I will support a political party—third.”


Like the vast majority of black Republicans in 1964, Robinson vehemently opposed Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. That year, he chaired a chapter of “Republicans for Johnson” and likened black Goldwater supporters to racial sellouts and “Uncle Toms.” But his rejection of Goldwater did not affect his affiliation—in fact, he remained a Republican, and in July 1964 he helped found the National Negro Republican Assembly, a national black Republican protest organization that grew out of the nightmarish experience of black Republicans at the 1964 Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco

So the next time someone tries to sell you the notion that all Republicans are racists via their mindless and toxic partisan drivil, tell them this. In fact, Hillary once referred to herself as a "Goldwater girl".

Actually Jackie wasn't the first black to play in MLB. That would be Moses Walker in the 1880s.

That's why Baseball Inc always goes out of his way to say JR "broke the color line" rather than "was the first black player". Weasel words to avoid saying they kept blacks out for decades by "gentleman's agreement'.

Actually JR has his own day, when MLB has every player on every team wear number 42.

And blacks mainly don't play or watch baseball.
They wear their ironed-brim baseball caps and St Louis caps (Mike Brown) in the name of blackness and name-drop Jackie Robinson in the name of self-segregating blackness. Phony and racist.

"Blacks don't" huh. You talked to all of them then?

Blacks mainly don't. Your agenda conveniently left out a significant modifier.
I live in a predominantly and prominantly self-segregating black county.

 

[Pogo]

I would like to celebrate MLK day by talking about his close friend, Jackie Robinson.

It has been said that Jackie Robinson had as much to do with the progress of civil rights as MLK himself. For you see, baseball had been a big influence of the culture during that time, and Jackie was the first black to be allowed to play in MLB. Before accepting the role, the owner of the Dodgers, Branch Rickie, took Robinson aside and made him understand what confronted him. He would be verbally and physically assaulted. He would receive death threats for himself and his family. He would be the focal point for every racist group in America and it would probably continue for the tenure of his MLB career. Branch Rickie then added, that he must take it and not fight back in any way, at least for the first few years or the project would have to come to an end.

And that is exactly what happened, and exactly what he did. America saw his class, his dignity, and the fact that he was the best player on the team, if not in all of MLB, and it won over converts. More than one of the players on the team and around the team, including fans, said that Jackie Robinson made them better men as he helped them overcome racism.

Interestingly, Jackie Robinson was also a Republican, for he thought that the doctrine of self help was exactly what the black community needed to hear. Of course, he was not a partisan shill. In fact, he did not like Barry Goldwater in the least.

“I’m a black man first,” he once calmly stated, while appearing on a 1968 television program, “an American second, and then I will support a political party—third.”


Like the vast majority of black Republicans in 1964, Robinson vehemently opposed Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. That year, he chaired a chapter of “Republicans for Johnson” and likened black Goldwater supporters to racial sellouts and “Uncle Toms.” But his rejection of Goldwater did not affect his affiliation—in fact, he remained a Republican, and in July 1964 he helped found the National Negro Republican Assembly, a national black Republican protest organization that grew out of the nightmarish experience of black Republicans at the 1964 Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco

So the next time someone tries to sell you the notion that all Republicans are racists via their mindless and toxic partisan drivil, tell them this. In fact, Hillary once referred to herself as a "Goldwater girl".

Actually Jackie wasn't the first black to play in MLB. That would be Moses Walker in the 1880s.

That's why Baseball Inc always goes out of his way to say JR "broke the color line" rather than "was the first black player". Weasel words to avoid saying they kept blacks out for decades by "gentleman's agreement'.

Actually JR has his own day, when MLB has every player on every team wear number 42.

And blacks mainly don't play or watch baseball.
They wear their ironed-brim baseball caps and St Louis caps (Mike Brown) in the name of blackness and name-drop Jackie Robinson in the name of self-segregating blackness. Phony and racist.

"Blacks don't" huh. You talked to all of them then?

Blacks mainly don't. Your agenda conveniently left out a significant modifier.
I live in a predominantly and prominantly self-segregating black county.

Ah, so you counted 'the blacks' in your county. Well, everybody needs a hobby.

I can't think of a baseball team that doesn't have a healthy mix of black and white players.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

I would like to celebrate MLK day by talking about his close friend, Jackie Robinson.

It has been said that Jackie Robinson had as much to do with the progress of civil rights as MLK himself. For you see, baseball had been a big influence of the culture during that time, and Jackie was the first black to be allowed to play in MLB. Before accepting the role, the owner of the Dodgers, Branch Rickie, took Robinson aside and made him understand what confronted him. He would be verbally and physically assaulted. He would receive death threats for himself and his family. He would be the focal point for every racist group in America and it would probably continue for the tenure of his MLB career. Branch Rickie then added, that he must take it and not fight back in any way, at least for the first few years or the project would have to come to an end.

And that is exactly what happened, and exactly what he did. America saw his class, his dignity, and the fact that he was the best player on the team, if not in all of MLB, and it won over converts. More than one of the players on the team and around the team, including fans, said that Jackie Robinson made them better men as he helped them overcome racism.

Interestingly, Jackie Robinson was also a Republican, for he thought that the doctrine of self help was exactly what the black community needed to hear. Of course, he was not a partisan shill. In fact, he did not like Barry Goldwater in the least.

“I’m a black man first,” he once calmly stated, while appearing on a 1968 television program, “an American second, and then I will support a political party—third.”


Like the vast majority of black Republicans in 1964, Robinson vehemently opposed Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. That year, he chaired a chapter of “Republicans for Johnson” and likened black Goldwater supporters to racial sellouts and “Uncle Toms.” But his rejection of Goldwater did not affect his affiliation—in fact, he remained a Republican, and in July 1964 he helped found the National Negro Republican Assembly, a national black Republican protest organization that grew out of the nightmarish experience of black Republicans at the 1964 Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco

So the next time someone tries to sell you the notion that all Republicans are racists via their mindless and toxic partisan drivil, tell them this. In fact, Hillary once referred to herself as a "Goldwater girl".

Actually Jackie wasn't the first black to play in MLB. That would be Moses Walker in the 1880s.

That's why Baseball Inc always goes out of his way to say JR "broke the color line" rather than "was the first black player". Weasel words to avoid saying they kept blacks out for decades by "gentleman's agreement'.

Actually JR has his own day, when MLB has every player on every team wear number 42.

And blacks mainly don't play or watch baseball.
They wear their ironed-brim baseball caps and St Louis caps (Mike Brown) in the name of blackness and name-drop Jackie Robinson in the name of self-segregating blackness. Phony and racist.

"Blacks don't" huh. You talked to all of them then?

Blacks mainly don't. Your agenda conveniently left out a significant modifier.
I live in a predominantly and prominantly self-segregating black county.

Ah, so you counted 'the blacks' in your county. Well, everybody needs a hobby.

I can't think of a baseball team that doesn't have a healthy mix of black and white players.

Lots of highspanic, very few blacks. Some of our largest high schools here in PG County had to drop baseball as a result of lack of participation as the county became mostly black.
Same thing happened with wrestling and cross country. But baseball is a highly visible sport but blacks generally don't play. Look at the audience at a baseball game. Look at the crowd at a basketball game.
Why do you think MLB has had several pushes to recruit blacks to play? It's why they have pandered so much to the JR legacy.

 

[Votto]

I would like to celebrate MLK day by talking about his close friend, Jackie Robinson.

It has been said that Jackie Robinson had as much to do with the progress of civil rights as MLK himself. For you see, baseball had been a big influence of the culture during that time, and Jackie was the first black to be allowed to play in MLB. Before accepting the role, the owner of the Dodgers, Branch Rickie, took Robinson aside and made him understand what confronted him. He would be verbally and physically assaulted. He would receive death threats for himself and his family. He would be the focal point for every racist group in America and it would probably continue for the tenure of his MLB career. Branch Rickie then added, that he must take it and not fight back in any way, at least for the first few years or the project would have to come to an end.

And that is exactly what happened, and exactly what he did. America saw his class, his dignity, and the fact that he was the best player on the team, if not in all of MLB, and it won over converts. More than one of the players on the team and around the team, including fans, said that Jackie Robinson made them better men as he helped them overcome racism.

Interestingly, Jackie Robinson was also a Republican, for he thought that the doctrine of self help was exactly what the black community needed to hear. Of course, he was not a partisan shill. In fact, he did not like Barry Goldwater in the least.

“I’m a black man first,” he once calmly stated, while appearing on a 1968 television program, “an American second, and then I will support a political party—third.”


Like the vast majority of black Republicans in 1964, Robinson vehemently opposed Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. That year, he chaired a chapter of “Republicans for Johnson” and likened black Goldwater supporters to racial sellouts and “Uncle Toms.” But his rejection of Goldwater did not affect his affiliation—in fact, he remained a Republican, and in July 1964 he helped found the National Negro Republican Assembly, a national black Republican protest organization that grew out of the nightmarish experience of black Republicans at the 1964 Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco

So the next time someone tries to sell you the notion that all Republicans are racists via their mindless and toxic partisan drivil, tell them this. In fact, Hillary once referred to herself as a "Goldwater girl".

Actually Jackie wasn't the first black to play in MLB. That would be Moses Walker in the 1880s.

That's why Baseball Inc always goes out of his way to say JR "broke the color line" rather than "was the first black player". Weasel words to avoid saying they kept blacks out for decades by "gentleman's agreement'.

Actually JR has his own day, when MLB has every player on every team wear number 42.

1880's? Seriously? How does that even change what I was trying to say?

That's right, it doesn't.

 

[Sundance508]

I would like to celebrate MLK day by talking about his close friend, Jackie Robinson.

It has been said that Jackie Robinson had as much to do with the progress of civil rights as MLK himself. For you see, baseball had been a big influence of the culture during that time, and Jackie was the first black to be allowed to play in MLB. Before accepting the role, the owner of the Dodgers, Branch Rickie, took Robinson aside and made him understand what confronted him. He would be verbally and physically assaulted. He would receive death threats for himself and his family. He would be the focal point for every racist group in America and it would probably continue for the tenure of his MLB career. Branch Rickie then added, that he must take it and not fight back in any way, at least for the first few years or the project would have to come to an end.

And that is exactly what happened, and exactly what he did. America saw his class, his dignity, and the fact that he was the best player on the team, if not in all of MLB, and it won over converts. More than one of the players on the team and around the team, including fans, said that Jackie Robinson made them better men as he helped them overcome racism.

Interestingly, Jackie Robinson was also a Republican, for he thought that the doctrine of self help was exactly what the black community needed to hear. Of course, he was not a partisan shill. In fact, he did not like Barry Goldwater in the least.

“I’m a black man first,” he once calmly stated, while appearing on a 1968 television program, “an American second, and then I will support a political party—third.”


Like the vast majority of black Republicans in 1964, Robinson vehemently opposed Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. That year, he chaired a chapter of “Republicans for Johnson” and likened black Goldwater supporters to racial sellouts and “Uncle Toms.” But his rejection of Goldwater did not affect his affiliation—in fact, he remained a Republican, and in July 1964 he helped found the National Negro Republican Assembly, a national black Republican protest organization that grew out of the nightmarish experience of black Republicans at the 1964 Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco

So the next time someone tries to sell you the notion that all Republicans are racists via their mindless and toxic partisan drivil, tell them this. In fact, Hillary once referred to herself as a "Goldwater girl".

Like most moderates aka politically correct republicans you are way too sensitive to charges of racism...get over it...most pay no attention to those who cry 'racism' that term is being relegated to the dustbin of history as it should have been long ago.

Meanwhile the science of genetics continues to advance which proves things liberals and politiccally correct morons get all nervous about.

 

[Sundance508]

I would like to celebrate MLK day by talking about his close friend, Jackie Robinson.

It has been said that Jackie Robinson had as much to do with the progress of civil rights as MLK himself. For you see, baseball had been a big influence of the culture during that time, and Jackie was the first black to be allowed to play in MLB. Before accepting the role, the owner of the Dodgers, Branch Rickie, took Robinson aside and made him understand what confronted him. He would be verbally and physically assaulted. He would receive death threats for himself and his family. He would be the focal point for every racist group in America and it would probably continue for the tenure of his MLB career. Branch Rickie then added, that he must take it and not fight back in any way, at least for the first few years or the project would have to come to an end.

And that is exactly what happened, and exactly what he did. America saw his class, his dignity, and the fact that he was the best player on the team, if not in all of MLB, and it won over converts. More than one of the players on the team and around the team, including fans, said that Jackie Robinson made them better men as he helped them overcome racism.

Interestingly, Jackie Robinson was also a Republican, for he thought that the doctrine of self help was exactly what the black community needed to hear. Of course, he was not a partisan shill. In fact, he did not like Barry Goldwater in the least.

“I’m a black man first,” he once calmly stated, while appearing on a 1968 television program, “an American second, and then I will support a political party—third.”


Like the vast majority of black Republicans in 1964, Robinson vehemently opposed Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. That year, he chaired a chapter of “Republicans for Johnson” and likened black Goldwater supporters to racial sellouts and “Uncle Toms.” But his rejection of Goldwater did not affect his affiliation—in fact, he remained a Republican, and in July 1964 he helped found the National Negro Republican Assembly, a national black Republican protest organization that grew out of the nightmarish experience of black Republicans at the 1964 Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco

So the next time someone tries to sell you the notion that all Republicans are racists via their mindless and toxic partisan drivil, tell them this. In fact, Hillary once referred to herself as a "Goldwater girl".

Actually Jackie wasn't the first black to play in MLB. That would be Moses Walker in the 1880s.

That's why Baseball Inc always goes out of his way to say JR "broke the color line" rather than "was the first black player". Weasel words to avoid saying they kept blacks out for decades by "gentleman's agreement'.

Actually JR has his own day, when MLB has every player on every team wear number 42.

And blacks mainly don't play or watch baseball.
They wear their ironed-brim baseball caps and St Louis caps (Mike Brown) in the name of blackness and name-drop Jackie Robinson in the name of self-segregating blackness. Phony and racist.

"Blacks don't" huh. You talked to all of them then?

Blacks mainly don't. Your agenda conveniently left out a significant modifier.
I live in a predominantly and prominantly self-segregating black county.

Ah, so you counted 'the blacks' in your county. Well, everybody needs a hobby.

I can't think of a baseball team that doesn't have a healthy mix of black and white players.

What is healthy about race mixing? I am referring to negroes...i have no problem with more advanced races aka orientals, spanish, Jews....just sub-saharan types....who are not quite human.

 

[Sundance508]

King's birthday is actually today (Sunday, 1-15) which today is also the 50th anniversary of the first NFL-AFL championship game, later given the juvenile title of Super Bowl.
Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10.

Giving a sexual pervert and serial plagiarist a national holiday just proves how sick this society is.

Martin Luther King Jr. - A Historical Examination: The REAL truth about Martin Luther King Jr.

 

[Votto]

I would like to celebrate MLK day by talking about his close friend, Jackie Robinson.

It has been said that Jackie Robinson had as much to do with the progress of civil rights as MLK himself. For you see, baseball had been a big influence of the culture during that time, and Jackie was the first black to be allowed to play in MLB. Before accepting the role, the owner of the Dodgers, Branch Rickie, took Robinson aside and made him understand what confronted him. He would be verbally and physically assaulted. He would receive death threats for himself and his family. He would be the focal point for every racist group in America and it would probably continue for the tenure of his MLB career. Branch Rickie then added, that he must take it and not fight back in any way, at least for the first few years or the project would have to come to an end.

And that is exactly what happened, and exactly what he did. America saw his class, his dignity, and the fact that he was the best player on the team, if not in all of MLB, and it won over converts. More than one of the players on the team and around the team, including fans, said that Jackie Robinson made them better men as he helped them overcome racism.

Interestingly, Jackie Robinson was also a Republican, for he thought that the doctrine of self help was exactly what the black community needed to hear. Of course, he was not a partisan shill. In fact, he did not like Barry Goldwater in the least.

“I’m a black man first,” he once calmly stated, while appearing on a 1968 television program, “an American second, and then I will support a political party—third.”


Like the vast majority of black Republicans in 1964, Robinson vehemently opposed Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. That year, he chaired a chapter of “Republicans for Johnson” and likened black Goldwater supporters to racial sellouts and “Uncle Toms.” But his rejection of Goldwater did not affect his affiliation—in fact, he remained a Republican, and in July 1964 he helped found the National Negro Republican Assembly, a national black Republican protest organization that grew out of the nightmarish experience of black Republicans at the 1964 Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco

So the next time someone tries to sell you the notion that all Republicans are racists via their mindless and toxic partisan drivil, tell them this. In fact, Hillary once referred to herself as a "Goldwater girl".

Like most moderates aka politically correct republicans you are way too sensitive to charges of racism...get over it...most pay no attention to those who cry 'racism' that term is being relegated to the dustbin of history as it should have been long ago.

Meanwhile the science of genetics continues to advance which proves things liberals and politiccally correct morons get all nervous about.

You think I'm PC? LOL.

No, I'm just making the point that the left is just poisoning the minds of people with race, for it is ONLY the left who continually mentions it.

It is like Obama. He refuses to mention the words "Islamic terrorist" so as not to incite violence against Muslims but then in the next breath says how racist the system is and wonders why innocent police are being shot around the country.