[misc] gotta give tnx to Fox, yes.. for airing this clip of Reggie Jackson (fwd)
[superseding... in my earlier note I linked to a censored version] Fox sports asked Base Ball Legend Reggie Jackson his feelings about coming back to the stadium where he had gotten the MVP award in 1973 In his reply he talked about the extensive racism he encountered and thanked his manager and teammates for sticking by him, as in, for example, walking out of restaurants that refused to serve "the Nigger". Yes, Reggie used that word. And yes, Fox aired it. [twitter version. The other copies I've found don't play on my legacy system): about 2 minutes https://x.com/Ben13Porter/status/1803926645763400042 _ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dan...@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
[misc] gotta give tnx to Fox, yes.. for airing this clip of Reggie Jackson
Fox sports asked Base Ball Legend Reggie Jackson his feelings about coming back to the stadium where he had gotten the MVP award in 1973 In his reply he talked about the extensive racism he encountered and thanked his manager and teammates for sticking by him, as in, for example, walking out of restaurants that refused to serve "the Nigger". Yes, Reggie used that word. And yes, Fox aired it. [twitter version. The other copies I've found don't play on my legacy system): about 3.5 minutes https://x.com/Ben13Porter/status/1803931057991061584 _ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dan...@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
