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cawacko said:
CC Sabathia: 'I've never been called the N word' anywhere but in Boston


Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, talking about Adam Jones' experience at Fenway Park Monday night, said players expect racist taunts in Boston.

He said it is talked about among black major leaguers: "We know. There's 62 of us. We all know. When you go to Boston, expect it,"

Talking Tuesday before the team's game against Toronto in New York, Sabathia said in his big league career "I've never been called the N word" anywhere but in Boston.

Sabathia said he has experienced what Jones did in Boston while traveling with the Cleveland Indians. He says he hasn't heard the same slurs while with the Yankees because the team has security guards that accompany players to the bullpen and other areas of the park.

Sabathia says it's sad and infuriating that players still have to deal with racism in baseball in 2017.


http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...athia-says-black-players-expect-racism-boston
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I want to say that this is probably because he's a Yankee. Were he a Cub or Cardinal, for example, it's likely he would have experienced this in Chicago/STL, and nowhere else.
 
Thing1 said:
To their credit, they gave Jones a standing ovation when he came up to bat tonight.

I do believe that the vast majority of people are not racist (yes, even in Boston) - but it only takes a few to give many a bad name.
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The Boston area is large, diverse and cosmopolitan... That does not change the fact that some of the most racist people in the country live in, or come from, South Boston.
 
I knew a kid from southie and he currently ranks as the person I have hated the most in my life. Also I shit you not his uncle was one of whitey bulgers main guys. There were times I literally feared that this sociopath (an actual sociopath) would get me in serious trouble with the law. He always had hard drugs on him and had goon friends with him. There is no doubt in my mind that this kid was capable of actual murder. The only reason he was around was because he was good friends with one of my suitemates.
 
{O said:
I knew a kid from southie and he currently ranks as the person I have hated the most in my life. Also I shit you not his uncle was one of whitey bulgers main guys. There were times I literally feared that this sociopath (an actual sociopath) would get me in serious trouble with the law. He always had hard drugs on him and had goon friends with him. There is no doubt in my mind that this kid was capable of actual murder. The only reason he was around was because he was good friends with one of my suitemates.
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Was there a story brewing here? :cof1:
 
cawacko said:
CC Sabathia: 'I've never been called the N word' anywhere but in Boston


Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, talking about Adam Jones' experience at Fenway Park Monday night, said players expect racist taunts in Boston.

He said it is talked about among black major leaguers: "We know. There's 62 of us. We all know. When you go to Boston, expect it,"

Talking Tuesday before the team's game against Toronto in New York, Sabathia said in his big league career "I've never been called the N word" anywhere but in Boston.

Sabathia said he has experienced what Jones did in Boston while traveling with the Cleveland Indians. He says he hasn't heard the same slurs while with the Yankees because the team has security guards that accompany players to the bullpen and other areas of the park.

Sabathia says it's sad and infuriating that players still have to deal with racism in baseball in 2017.


http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...athia-says-black-players-expect-racism-boston
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Well no shit he never got called the N word as a Yankee. In baseball there is no lower form of scum than a Yankee.
 
Thing1 said:
To their credit, they gave Jones a standing ovation when he came up to bat tonight.

I do believe that the vast majority of people are not racist (yes, even in Boston) - but it only takes a few to give many a bad name.
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Boston has more than a few brother. There is decidedly something about that culture that breeds racism.

See: Mark Wahlburg.

Last night Isiah Thomas had one of the most amazing performances in playoff history .. in a Boston uniform.

No, it isn't everybody, but Boston should openly address it's own demons.
 
stop it and get over yourself.
Racism will go away when we stop talking about it, like most of us have.
Seems such a pity to spend your whole life feeling sorry for yourself. Live man live.
 
Thing1 said:
The bolded is just a weird thing to say.

Can you explain that logic?
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It's exactly like it reads.
Older people have lived through it and most have learned , young adults know of the past but realize the progress, but
our children only know what they hear

Something tells me it might be beyond yours and blackas coals intellect though
 
coolbreeze said:
It's exactly like it reads.
Older people have lived through it and most have learned , young adults know of the past but realize the progress, but
our children only know what they hear

Something tells me it might be beyond yours and blackas coals intellect though
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That's absurd.

People don't become racist because other people talk about racism. That's completely braindead.
 
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