Baseball legend Reggie Jackson just explained to Alex Rodriguez why America was NEVER great for Black people and other minorities in a powerful response that is making waves all across social media today. 
Calling out the fact that America has never been great for people of color, women, same sex couples, ect. is not hating America. It is pointing out the work we still need to do to make it truly great for everyone.
He made me cry. I hate hearing that crap. My mother saw it happen in Louisiana to a little boy. The owner called him the N word and was screaming and him...my mother said he was shaking so bad he couldn't even run away. He tripped and fell. 💔💔😭😭 Can you even imagine?? My mother said even she didn't know what to do and was scared to say anything.
And that’s where the DumpTruck and disgusting GOP want to drag us back to. The place where black people were slaves, women could not vote and gay people were completely marginalized and self-entitled white man were in control. NOT…😵💫🤨🧐😞
Honestly, I don't think I would have been able to be as kind and strong about it as Reggie was. Certainly a great man and legend. Shame that there's many who want to bring us back to that era.
*Larry Burkett's book on "Giving and Tithing" drew me closer to God and helped my spirituality. 2020 was a year I literally lived it. I cashed in my life savings and gave it all away. My total giving amounted to 40,000 dollars. Everyone thought I was delusional. Today, 1 receive 85,000 dollars every two months. I have a property in Calabasas, CA, and travel a lot. God has promoted me more than once and opened doors for me to live beyond my dreams. God kept to his promises to and for me*
It is the digital market. That's been the secret to this wealth transfer. A lot of folks in the US and abroad are getting so much from it, God has been good to my household Thank you Jesus
Marrying a Latina from Brazil opened my eyes to reality. Watching her family be forced to turn out their pockets before they were allowed to leave the store, being singled out for “enhanced security checks” EVERY SINGLE TIME they fly, watching my wife be treated as a second class citizen, bordering on being treated like a criminal at times. And this wasn’t back in the 1960s. This is late 1990s until today. Sorry, but the racism and xenophobia is undeniable. I’m glad Reggie said what he said. Sadly, the people that need to hear and understand it will not pay attention.
Unfortunately as a Latino male, living in mostly big cities, the only "racism" I've ever encountered didn't come from white people. When I got robbed by two thugs a few years back, they weren't white. When my mother was beaten and her purse stolen, they weren't white. Every time I hear people like Reggie Jackson or lebron james talk about racism, I just have to laugh. With their millions they left the hood, many of us are still here. Living with "racism" on a daily basis.
@@victormorales3604You are sounding condescending, you acting like what Reggie Jackson went through is nothing. But you want someone to sympathize and empathize with you though.
@@antwandukes I laugh because they're "race hustlers", they've made their millions but they still use the "race card" any chance they get, just like "reverend" Al Sharpton, and no I'm not looking for sympathy, far from it, I am stating fact. If somehow you feel insulted or if you feel I insulted your idols, that is not my problem.
Okay I sympathize with you now how do you think of black Americans and what we have had to put up with especially after fighting and dying in this country's Wars and the ones that didn't even serve or fought for this Freedom be the most racist now ain't that a b****
@@mojamaat its not the best, its not the worst either. Its mid range, i would say. Profit always come before what the ppl need. Thats america in a nutshell. big money comes first.
@@mojamaat In 2016 an immigrant friend of mine called to ask how the hell America had just elected Trump. I told him it's because at it's very core America is a deeply racist country populated in large part by rubes
When you are forced to stay in your hotel room because the other players were attacked at a chess tournament in the 90s you realize that racism is real. Luckily, we had the tournament directors warn us because we were good kids that we were out studying and practicing but we had to be in our rooms the next 2 days.
The United States was never great. Never. The United States murdered millions of indigenous people. Had millions of slaves who were exploited as labourers, for sex, and they were killed and tortured at whim, after that people were linch, forced in to segregation, mass incarnation, burned out of there homes and there town if they manage to succeed in life.
You’d have to be living in a fantasy to think that things were great during Trump’s presidency. Yeah, gas was cheaper and inflation was lower. Then there was this pandemic and unemployment was suddenly at 15%. You couldn’t buy a lot of stuff because of disruptions in the supply chain. But all of that isn’t even the point. Donald Trump is horrifically divisive. He’s horrifically narcissistic. He is an utterly shameless liar. He likes dictators and wants to be one. We don’t want a fucking theocracy in this country and he doesn’t either but he will enable one running this country just to get their vote and have power. He HAS to HAVE power, to avoid seeing how utterly weak and immoral and criminal and grifting he is. Can’t believe anybody falls for his bullshit.
I taught for 27 long years in this country’s very dysfunctional public education system. We are not educating a large portion of our population. We are paying for it now.
There will always be "racism" ( incorrect word usage since the original meaning was proud of your tribe and culture ) ain't nothing you can do . By the way who are the biggest " racists " today ? I'll wait you out on this one .
@@petegarrido5406 "There will always be racism" is just a silly opinion when one looks at how far we've come. Imagine if our leaders took the stance that "there will just always be slavery in the USA" and so never even tried to improve and evolve. Today's nazis, white supremacist and other organized hate groups tend to vote for one side and not the other. I will wait you out on your thoughts on this. I have a suspicion which side you're on, but I will let you sink your own ship in that regard.
@@petegarrido5406 Incorrect information dude. The first utterance of the word 'racism' was by Richard Pratt in 1902, who was a staunch advocate of folding Native Americans into white life through forced assimilation. "Segregating any class or race of people apart from the rest of the people kills the progress of the segregated people or makes their growth very slow. Association of races and classes is necessary to destroy racism and classism." Your "original meaning" should stay in your own little world.
I’m Hispanic grew up in Chicago, and remember when Jackson played. Lots of white people I knew were low key racist when talking about Jackson as much as calling him uppity.
I was a white high school kid in the 60’s. I needed to buy a new master cylinder for my Jeep so I went and picked pears along with workers that had come up from Mexico. We started 4 am and quit at 6pm. Those guys could work so Fast! They showed me tricks, and started to like me. One evening they took me back to their encampment. The old beat up cars, their cooking fires, their tin shacks the landowner had put up with no plumbing: I had never dreamed people had to live like that. It made me mad at my own ignorance. And yet their generosity toward me a white boy, was touching. We got paid at the end of every week: 23 cents per 50# box. That was August; when I returned to school in September, a different kind of white boy was I.
Thanks for the comment. Immigrants still work in the fields in the U.S. The work and living conditions are terrible. Those people are tough! I am so fortunate that I got rid of my racism years ago. I now enjoy meeting people from different countries and it is awesome! I now see how ignorant I was.
And Larry Doby, first black player in the American League. I saw him on TV once in his later years and he was looking back to his first days in MLB. He met with the usual stuff, including name-calling. He said: 'Remember when you're a kid and you get called names and you come home crying and your Mom reminds you "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me"? Well, Mom meant well, but that's not true. *Words hurt!'*
@@zeebest1004 it was the same place, just because it was named America, doesn't mean it wasn't stolen, how can you discover something that wasn't lost.
I'm a white guy living in Phoenix, Arizona. Reggie lived in my neighborhood in Tempe, Arizona when I was a boy. I loved Reggie. Reggie, in the off season would run down at Hudson Elementary School. He was raw power, like none of us kids had ever seen. We would watch him run windsprints. It was the coolest. He was great to us too. He is an ASU alum like me. He was truly one of the greatest guys to come through the university. He was loved in our community, especially by me and my friends. When I heard what he was saying it broke me up. I wasn't raised like that. My dad worked Mesa Community College so we had athletes living with us on several occasions. Many of them were black. I see color, I see the pain and frustration in Reggie. I want to feel that pain. There's no doubt America has never been great for everyone. MAGAGA ( notice the gag in there??) supporters have no idea the pain marginalized people have and still do live with. I was lucky my folks were both educators so people from all backgrounds were extremely important to them. The division going on is a game to Trump but it's not a game for people of color. In fact, the game has been rigged against them for far too long. To me, MAGAGA is just dark space. I'm a truly blessed man to grow up like I did but anybody who says they don't see color, isn't looking hard enough. People of color built America as much if not more than anyone. They are the true patriots because they have been dealt the worst hand you could get in a poker game and always try to make the best of it that hand. Those like Reggie are truly what is great about America . They've endured the most and kept going. That's what makes someone great. There is not one thing that is great about Trump and his cult. Not one! Greatness isn't defined by what you have it's defined by what you don't. Think about that. Brighter days are coming. New leaders are coming up. Let's get out of the dark space in November. Let's put MAGAGA in the past where they belong along with the other not so great things some in America have allowed to happen.
You DO NOT want to feel that pain. I understand you being empathetic and wanting to truly understand, but you don't want THAT. We live with that every day in so many ways I can't even explain. It's in the language, the laws, education, the media, the business world, politics, etc. It's everywhere, that pain, because we're always being told we don't matter. Hell, to hear them tell it, we're not even American. We're called African-American(which we ARE NOT...we're indigenous to these lands and have always been HERE) because we're still considered outsiders in our own country. That pain is why we're such a strong people, too, though. Struggle builds inner strength and hardens you. One thing you can do is watch "Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes" with this lady named Jane Elliott. It will give you some insight into what one lady did to try to make her grade school students understand what it's like, even if only for a few hours. We do definitely need more people like yourself who are trying to understand, though. Just wanting to understand is admirable. We all need to do a better job trying to understand and relate to each other.
Once again, they expect us to simply forget about it. My mother is in the hospital, deeply emotional as she reflects on the difficult life she's had. Since she might not be here with us much longer, we're putting her affairs in order, and now she's opening up about her life. I just saw her birth certificate with "colored" stamped on it. You can imagine how furious I am seeing this. I want to see the entire system of institutional racism destroyed in the West. I feel her pain as she recounts her childhood, growing up as a little girl who faced the harsh reality of segregation. My mother, growing up as little girl looking at no color allow sign as a 4 year old! But, years later, you discover that people of African descent have the richest history in the world. Your ancestors built the pyramids and temples of Kemet/Egypt and were the first people on Earth, originating from the Out of Africa theory. In addition, you find out your people have some of the greatest empires in the world.
I saw those signs, too. I am almost 67 and remember those days. Whites just don't want to acknowledge their racist thoughts, attitudes, and behavior. They're all over these comments gaslighting our people and those who halfway understand. Makes me sick. There is STILL racism in AmeriKKKa. I have been studying our history, before our culture was taken from us, and we are a mighty people!!!!!
Boy o boy, watching the video and reading through the comments reminds me of watching and reading flat earth videos. The mental gymnastics and the pure stupidity. do you all really believe that 50% of the country wants to bring slavery and discrimination back? Do you really get that upset over the word "again" You REALLY believe in your heart that "make America great again" does NOT simply mean #1 Lower rents and house prices compared to income #2 a time when "made in America" actually meant MADE IN AMERICA and those products were some of the best in the WORLD #3 when you could start a business without all the red tape and fees #4 when taxes were lower #5 when moral and family appropriate TV show were the ONLY THING you could find on TV #6 when your average person was more honest and stuck to their word #7 when EVERYONE from around the world wanted to come to America because they heard that the streets are paved in gold #8 when Kids could go out and play and for the most part not have to worry #9 when there were no school S*ootings #10 People in general cared and knew more about the country NO NO NO NO none of that ( you say to your self) You HONESTLY believe that when people say "make America Great again" they ONLY want to bring black racism and oppress women? They can't possibly want to keep the progress that we have made with race and gender and ALSO want the other good stuff back too? How Gross it must be inside your heads if you honestly think that you are so morally superior that you can easily believe that 50% of the country wants to bring back ONLY racism and sexism when they say "make America great again"
@@petegarrido5406 We already know them MF's down there treat us like wypipo do here. Forget that nonsense and don't gaslight us like you know how hard it is to be Black. No you don't.
@@petegarrido5406 You sound like a fool. How many of those people are dealing with another race of people ruling over their land and oppressing them. But then again they wiped out the dark indigenous population and now you have the light classes ruling.
Bragging about how 'great' we are is just embarrassing. We need to grow up, stop the bragging, and focus on what needs to be done so not one single American goes to bed hungry, or has no place to sleep, or doesn't have enough food to feed their family.
They want a Christian Nation, but then GLORIFY the past where we ENSLAVED Jesus according to The Bible. Since Jesus LITERALLY says how what we do to Humans, we do to JESUS. An when you look at how the Wealthy Ruling Elite have ALWAYS treated Jesus, then we were NEVER "Great" OR a "Christian Nation." Hell if we DID have the Republicans as REAL Christians, our Nation would be in a FAR better place Economically for the Average Citizen, ESPECIALLY the most vulnerable among us.
@@57highland He was, I don't know the presenter's name, but I attributed his statement with the time stamp. As for Sean, I've always called him Sham Hannity.
I have to respectfully disagree. It was always there, Trump just amplified it and gave those in the closet racists the green light to go out and be emboldened to practice their hate without any shame! They were always there!
ALL the Trumpers are like him with undealt with childhood trauma. The feel they have the right to bully and hate because DonaldVonshitzhizpantz thinks is so cool. Disgusting....
Racism has never stopped my grandfather Puerto riRcan World War 1 injured. He came out from a different door that white people came out when he got off the military plane. But in the meantime, my father, World War 2 veteran, and my whole family, who have served Usa .Puerto Rican are still second-class citizens . Reggie Jackson is 100 percent right. The USA is a very racist.
I hate the fact that they're 2nd class citizens. It's disgusting and horrifying. Most ESPECIALLY for so called "Christian Nation" and for so called "Christians" whose faith is ONLY on their tongue. NEVER truly in their Heart or Mind.
I know during ww2 here in the UK 🇬🇧American soldiers would complain that people with darker skin weren’t segregated as they were in 🇺🇸. They were told to piss off. Civilians in particular were shocked by it! Rightly so My ex 🇺🇸 mom in law was one of the most racist people I’ve ever met, just little things slipped out. Not constantly though, I was disgusted! I’m sorry that happened to your grandad 😢 it’s disgusting 😤
Yes, it’s far more racist than here in 🇬🇧 it actually did get worse when tramp was spreading his hatred, it was like rude obnoxious people were given permission because he did it 😤 my ex in laws are American so I’ve had a long time to compare 🇬🇧& 🇺🇸
@@lilacscentedfushias1852 Earth only has one human race, that "racist" word is made up, along with "racisim". You can't have racisim or racist with only one human race. Simple logic.
Far from Great PERIOD! It can and will get better if EVERYONE VOTES BLUE FOREVER! WATCH its GAME OVER GQP LUNATICS, in the 2024 Election Democrats & POTUS Joe Biden will WIN EVERYTHING!💯 🍊🤡🤦♂️🤣✊️🥳✊️🌊🌊🌊💎🩵💦💙🍾🎉✔️
Well...white supremacists, misogynists, "christians," straight, cis men would disagree. That is why Republicans want to turn back the clock to where the aforementioned men were the only ones with all the rights and freedoms. For everyone else, it wasn't that great. Hell, women couldn't even have their own credit cards, without a man's sign off, until the 1970s.
So glad Mr. Jackson told his story. People, particularly many of the white ones want to romanticize the history of this country. Completely ignoring or flat out dismissing the experience of others, like Reggie Jackson. America has become BETTER for black people, but it was NEVER great for them. Thank God for the few whites that understood early on, when it wasn't popular to do so and the famous ones who used their influence like Marilyn Monroe for Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra for Sammy Davis Jr. Demanding thet their black colleagues got equal treatment.
My family were poor but white , but because my granddad stood up to the haters, they had a cross burned in their yard and ran out of town. That was in the 1930s Texas. I have great respect for the survivors of those times. Mr October is the best.❤
I bet that that was a real shock to the Fox audience, but Mr. October knocked it out of the park again by telling the unvarnished truth of his experience. and if people were treating one of the biggest sports stars in the country like that, you can be certain that it was far worse for everyday black American.
Another stupid comment about Fox. Fox is equally as corrupt as CNN and all the others. Regardless, it's mind-numbingly idiotic to actually believe that a large group of people in this country some how don't know about what Reggie is saying. Come on, for God's sake. Grow up!
Thanks Reggie for not white washing what took place back then. People are in disbelief but, this shit happened!!! You too Reggie was a helluva ball player.
frank is a god. he went to a diner with sammy davis jr. as he wanted to eat something after a night of partying but the diner refused to serve sammy. frank got pissed and told the owner "we ain't eating in your diner ever". when frank left that diner. that diner pretty much closed. don't f*ck with the rat pack.
Starts with Atonement and reparations for Freedman descendants aka FBA'S. Unapologetically. Confederates,segregationist received reparations. The Irony of lies is the Truth in real-time.
I'm 61 and grew up in Florida with no baseball team I chose Oakland A's as my team with Rollie Fingers, Burt Capinaras, Catfish Hunter ,Reggie Jackson and more! I have more respect for those teammates and managers now for their support for Reggie Jackson and Vida Blue and others who played for the A's
My whole family watched baseball together on t.v. So that we could cheer on the Oakland A s . Mom had a crush on both Reggie Jackson and Rollie Fingers and would cheer them on so much that I watched the whole game instead of going outside to play .
Did you catch all the orange “Reggie” bars on the table?, in front Reggie, & everyone else, & they never even mentioned it. Was there something they’re supposed to do a bit about? Or was it just for show? (& the only the people who were old enough to remember 1977 & 1978, would recognize those bars) - I’m guessing how the tone of the conversation changed,?they must’ve ran out of time. - I watched the show pregame show live, yesterday & After this segment they did not go back Reggie nor the Reggie bars
@@smoothlyabrasive9805 I was primarily pointing it out to the original poster,of the original comment on this thread. (who said he went crazy for the Reggie bar). I saw the pregame live on TV on a big screen TV, & I noticed it then. But through the luxury of RU-vid, anyone can see. Yes, I know Reggie’s comments change the tone of the interview. But I noticed the Reggie bars right from the beginning of the interview. (before any distractions) So I was curious to see what they were gonna do with that not-Mike
This tears me to pieces. I remember watching Reggie with my dad in the 70’s. I had no idea this was happening to him. He was one of my heroes I am so pissed that there were people that treated him this way or anybody for that matter.
One of my all time favorite Jackie Robinson stories is he had a teammate in 1947 named Eddie Stanky a second basemen. That year the Phillies had a manager named Ben Chapman who was notoriously brutal with his racist taunts to Jackie and in one game it got really bad and Stanky finally got in Chapman's face and told him to knock it off even though he previously said he wasn't in favor in integration but was willing to support Jackie because Jackie was his teammate and the movie 42 depicts it brilliantly.
A lot of that is because Jackle FORCED the White People to Humanize him. To Humanize African Americans in general. The average white person had little to no interactions with PoC back then. They didn't really have black friends. Didn't go to school or do work where they would see them as Equals and Full Humans. Jackie CHANGED that. He FORCED his Team Mates to see him as a person. FORCED them to confront the Injustice of Racism. An they saw how THEY could benefit from Racial Equality.
Can you imagine a person you admire saying “I have done more for blacks than MLK and Lincoln because I made corporations strong and gave blacks a place to clean”
If they ever tell me that I hate America… I inform them that I’m a veteran, then I ask have they served. If they say no, I say, obviously I love it more because I actually volunteered my life for it…
“I love America more than any other country in the world, and exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” James Baldwin Notes of a Native Son* (1955)
❤❤❤ I spent 39 months in Germany when stationed at NATO HQs. I traveled to other countries every chance I got. I was glad to be back in the U.S., but I loved my time in Germany. It helped me appreciate my country and appreciate other countries, too. I feel very lucky to have had that opportunity.
I heard during the 1960's a slogan many seemed to embrace, " America right or wrong." First heard as a retort to what was being said by the protesters of the Vietnam war. But out of that came an answer that I embrace, "America, right its wrongs." I'm over seventy years old now and to hear what people like Mr. Jackson say, and endured, and watching what is happening brings me to tears. America, right its wrong so to have hope of greatness.
I also grew up a Red Sox fan and booed Reggie Jackson not over his race just his uniform. I love baseball and it for me is a distraction from all the craziness in the world. Saying that I am glad Reggie spoke up, just watching David's reaction is telling. MAGA has made it okay to be a racist, sexist, homophobic bigot again. I was a die hard Republican who voted straight Republican since 1988 to 2012. After Jan. 6 I left the party and vote against anyone who supports Trump or is connected to MAGA. Thanks Reggie! I never booed you sir just the uniform. Keep speaking your mind sir.
Reggie played strong, looked strong, but we didn’t no what was going on in the background. I applaud him for speaking the truth. I hope for the best for Reggie and all the guys who backed him up! HGUERRA
The legendary Beatles would never play if the venue was segregated. The Rolling Stones preferred hanging out with black families. Every little bit helped!
Regis is STILL Mr. October!!! Bad ass man!!! Baseball has been a microcosm of white supremacy through the United States and it is pathetic that MAGA wants to go back to that!!!
Huh, you do know that the South in Reggie days was run completely since slavery by the Democrat party who created the KKK ever heard of Bull Connor a Democrat or George Wallace Democrat, Jim Crow all done by the Democrats not by the Republicans party smh it shows how little you liberals know about the history of your own country. Smh
Let's be truthful with history. Reggie should have also said the segregationist and Jim Crow were democrats. The racist Jim Crow were created by democrats. Klan were created by democrats. That should be told over and over, I agree.
As a conservative tired of the culture wars and tired of us Americans hating each other, I will be voting for Biden. Not the biggest fan of him by any means but this Trump nonsense needs to end once and for all
@@ABitefLife democrat,, republican or independent, as long as you vote for our Democratic Republic you are alright with me. We need all kinds to keep our Republic. Bravo to you and welcome aboard!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@seraeirian2 Right! This too will be corrected! I hear a LOT of opposition to that decision. It will be corrected. Not soon enough for many, but it will happen.
Being from Canada I was sheltered from racism. My first experience with racism was in about 2007 and was driving for Schneider National. I was at a truck stop near Mobile Alabama and was waiting in line at the cashier to pay for my purchase and a guy was paying for his gas. He made a racist comment to the cashier because he was told to look at his pump number was. The cashier to her credit remained calm and respectful. I told her to send the manager out to my truck and I'll back her up if there is a complaint. No one deserves to be treated like that no matter who you are.
I'm crying. It breaks my heart to see what people deal with. Brought back memories of me and my siblings being the only black people in our school. America is racist, not great.
Wanna tell the good people here why there were more Black owned business back then...why per cápita Blacks graduated high school and collet than Whites back then .....why there were more two parent homes back then ? Malcom was right but you chose to listen to the grifter .
You mean not being able to lynch people....this country was never meant to work for any one but the rich...that's what CAPITALism is ..this country is about money not people
I grew up in a racist and baseball loving family. I was young but my father said “don’t ever let the boys tell you you can’t play ball” He was such an advocate but so patriarchal and racist in so many other ways. Very confusing and I always spoke up. Needless to say I wasn’t too popular. Coming full circle I’m glad to see some improvement. Now we must continue fighting against sexism and homophobia as well.
To directly address the question. I was talked with an individual in a dive bar in Cleveland (after I almost got locked in the downtown mall that apparently closes at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="300">5:00</a>pm) and he told me a story of when his father was working one of those high paying manufacturing automotive jobs. When the factory was fully integrated his father's black coworker assumed a similarly high salary. Years later his father was shocked to learn his black coworker hadn't fled to the burbs but instead still lived in the city projects. The man explained that that was his community and getting to be santa claus for ever kid on the floor beat having a nice lawn and a long driveway...... That was a better America.
Mr Jackson is not exaggerating. I was 11 years old in 1967.Visited my mother's family down in Louisiana starting in the late 1950s. But i can still remember the how Black people were totally humiliated in public spaces as early as five years old. I mean you were made to feel like absolutely nothing.My first image was the separate water fountains. The White one was nice and big and shining. The colored one was much smaller,duller and beat up.But here is the kicker.Both fountains shared a common water line.I was so thirsty. But my parents could see my confusion Both they and the elders made it emphatically clear that none of us three kids were to drink from the colored fountain. The next images were the Confederate statues,Flags,plaques and memorials. EVERY WHERE. Those elders were so happy and comfortable in the sanctuary of their homes. But man once they ventured into public spaces ,their whole demeanor changed. The strongest and most dignified people i ever saw.Stern and quiet. They did their shopping or whatever else they had to do. As i look back to that experience, the whole set up was a psychological mindf**k.Designed to destroy the spirit of a people. But i learned early on how dangerous it could be if any of us three kids violated the racial codes and the Jim Crow etiquette.
I worked for the team physician for the Oakland A's. I remember Reggie Jackson trying out a speech he planed for Mr. Finley. He was very articulate and well spoken. I can remember saying it sounded great to me, but that l obviously wasn't Mr. Finley!!!! I was very young then, now l am no longer young, but l remember that clearly. Years later, my brother begged me to get a licence place holder that said "Reggie Jackson Chevrolet". He is thoughtful and articulate.
I truly believe that the MAGA crowd believes that the days of Jim Crow, black segregation, before women could vote, and before brown immigrants came from Latin America was when America used to be great. We can't allow our country to revert back to those days. Vote!!
What is really sad is to see Clarence Thomas, Tim Scott, the rep from Florida and other blacks who have embraced Trump. In the MAGA world they are nothing more than tokens who have false power as long as they promote the cause.
@samcdonald123: Yes they believe that! The question is, do they believe it because they are profoundly stupid and/or uneducated? Or is it because of an illogical yearning to hate every and all things that does not comport to themselves? Not to mention the psychological disposition that many of them suffer from.
The city that slaughtered church goers but yet say we're a Christian nation,the country that says we're a Christian nation but evangelicals rally around a known crook and womanizer and racist and stand by as the leader say proud boys stand back and stand by,where corruption was rampant as the leader of the free world and his cohort Mr Johnson skim 10 billion dollars off the top in Wisconsin promising good jobs and better living.2 and a half trillion dollars tax break for the wealthy who don't need it but since 1965 civil rights era have put on blinders when the conversation of reparations come up, America will never prosper until the white powers that be do the right thang and pay that debt...
I’m 70 and back in the in the mid 70’s Reggie Was the man, black’s and other minorities had to struggle and that includes the LGBTQ community. I’m of Puerto Rican decent, my Father Served 20 years in the USN and is buried at the military cemetery at Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico, with full Honors, I served 77’’-89’ and hope the day I pass I can be buried next to him. I was looking at his flag and the tears started to flow. My wife asked what was wrong and I spoke about my Father who dedicated his life to serve and I give him and my mother major thanks for raising me the was they did. Vote 💙💙💙🇺🇸💙💙💙
I didn't know about what Marylin Monroe did for Ella Fitzgerald. Her imagine of bimbo just disappeared in my mind. Like Ella, she was a national treasure. Rest in peace the two of ladies. You were the best the USA can produce
62 here and have even as a child questioned why we called ourselves the greatest country in the world and when did we start calling ourselves that, TY Reggie Jackson for speaking the truth of that time and still this time more and more often😢
