Black history needs to stay in schools. Its people who are not young ,who need to be educated like Bryon Donald's who is trying to make it seem Jim Crow was good for Blacks. Republicans like Ron DeSantis, Kay Ivey and Abbott ban black history in schools. We will have more uneducated people who belive the lies that slavery was a choice and Jim Crow was good
Jackie died of a heart attack and it was the death of his son His son Jackie Jr died in a car accident in 1971 Jackie died a year later in 1972. People can die from a broken heart.
@@AJ-id2qf It was the death of his son, that did. Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack in 1972. His son had went through a lot. When he came back from Vietnam War, he wasn't the same. He started doing drugs. He went to rehab and started getting his life together People who knew Jackie said it, it was his son's death that did it. Jackie Robinson son died a year before he did. His son Jackie Jr died in a car accident in 1971 Jackie Robinson Sr. died in 1972. People can die from a broken heart I had teachers who went to Vietnam War and that war really messed up people. Vietnamese kids and women trying to kill soldiers with bombs. They had to kill women and children That war did a number on a lot of men.
You think racism wasn't breaking his heart as well? You tjink stress isn't a killer? You think his seeig his son destroyed by fighting another white man's war for profit against other ppl of color in Vietmam wasn't the heartbreak of racism. Yes, his son's death might have been the hardest reality, but know of a certaintity, it came because of racism. A series of life events in dealing with racism led to his stress on his heart his son's death was "the staw that broke the camel's back" (broke his heart) & brought him to an early grave. Why ppl can't put two & two together for a real understanding is beyond me. @@mlynettepinky595
❤ that segment was so powerful. I am 65 and I remember going to my uncles house with my father and my uncle was driving and we passed a Chevrolet Impala with the letters KKK on the side and I remember my father freaking out and the fear in his eye was undescribable I remember that like it was yesterday this was in Virginia very well. This was in 1968, when people tell me to forget about it or try to push it under the rug or tell me that was so long ago think again. Reggie was powerful.
My friends mother witnessed a hanging when she was a little girl in GA. She never wanted to go back to GA after she became an adult. The look in her eyes when she told that story was terrifying. She passed away a few years ago at the age of 88.
I grew up in the 70s, 80s in Alabama. White people were dangerous. I started school during the time of integration. It was bad. Even the teachers, Principals, School Board was bad. They didn't want to teach us and they were mean. Most of them. We used to get chased home by trucks of white boys and girl, stuff thrown at us walking down the street, we couldn't walk or ride our bikes through white neighborhoods. Dogs would get get sic on us. This was happening in the 80s. Grown white men would tell us to get out of there neighborhood. I get so upset with people today that are ignorant to what my parents went through,what we went through.
Yes but we do not talk about this enough the laws from the Supreme Courts protected them them and that is the biggest reason they did that and persecuted blacks if they fought back.
We lost Jim Brown and Bill Russell. Thank God we still have Mr. October to tell us these horrific stories he went thru and what many FBA'S had and are still going thru white supremacy today!
Makes me proud that Reggie told his story and The great Jim Brown (RIP) telling his story about civil rights and social justice. Glad you guys are continuing to tell the truth.
Kudos to Reggie Jackson for his honesty. My dad grew up in the south & was in military. It was bad. Hats off to Reggie Jackson, Bill Russell, Jackie Robinson.
Best not to join the military. Because they use troops to go abuse others overseas, for the benefit of oil companies, defense contractors, and weapon manufacturers. Most of the wars are offensive and NOT defensive. Stay out of the military.
Reggie used his platform to address a wrong in society he had to face, and even though the situation improved for him in MLB , it didn't change as much for the majority of Black people in society. They weren't protected by billionaire team owners and their influence, but it shouldn't have taken that for Black people to live in society with all rights guaranteed by the constitution. Thx you Reggie for not forgetting your history and people and exposing the hypocrisy to those who either don't know or don't care. When Colin Kaepernick spoke up about this same hypocrisy, team owners retaliated against him. Politicians, owners , ignorant fans, and many in the media tried to create an atmosphere of sports without politics, even though they were contributing to the presidential campaign of the most racist, corrupt, and divisive politician who did nothing to improve the police Brutality and killing of unarmed Black men, women, and children. That is why athletes use their platforms to address what inequities exist in society and give a voice to those who are not listened to. Thank you all!!
Reggie was very disliked during his playing days because he was unapologetically black and transparent. Cocky as hell, too as a player! He's always had a lot to say on topics that make whyppl uncomfortable. He'd be a great tell-it-like-it-is & was guest.
Reminds me of Prime. People don't like what he says.. I'm like, do you actually listen to what he is saying? Or just dismiss him because he's loud and black?
Most respect for Mr. October. He tells his truth, and white people get uncomfortable. Mr. October existence make them uncomfortable because His legacy includes the dark cloud of this country. He's the athlete who reveals that when you start up to racism, you are considered difficult. With respect, we will listen and not stop telling the truth.
He was not cocky. He was a Man. Same as Kareem. In an era when they were told they were less than men. Some Men stayed quiet. Some didn't. Nothing about that is cocky.
It was unfiltered history that he spoke about? Reminds those that it happened. Cocky or not , I’ll be pissed if I’m getting kicked out for something about color.
Sir, you don’t need to be sad for Reggie Jackson. He like yourself and me, is his OWN man and facing the hate we face, just makes us better men! Yes, he is Mr. October. Thank you and your guests for talking about the interview and for keeping it real! ✊🏾🤜🏾🤛🏾✌🏾🙏🏾
My dad was born in 1908, he was 57 years old when the Civil Rights Act was passed. I can’t imagine being told that your rights were violated still 2-3 years later. My dad and my sports legends from those times and the men and women before them were stronger people than we could ever imagine. Thank you for your sacrifice and bravery.
Reggie is cut from the same cloth as Bill Russell, Jim Brown, Kareem Abdul Jabbar etc. he says what he feels, either you agree with him or you don't, if you don't, so what. None of that Field of Dreams stuff they were expecting. Respect to Mr. Jackson.
Respect!! He had to cocky..growing up playing baseball being call " n""ga every day...takes a mental aspect on anybody.....give reggie jackson his flowers 🌺
Bravo, Gentlemen! This was a fantastic conversation. As a baby boomer, each of you is spot on in your analysis of Reggie Jackson's treatment and sacrifices. Had he NOT shared some of his experiences, the world would have never known...
Reggie is concerned at the state of this country. He’s seeing the same things happening again. You can’t deny our history. No one benefits from lying. Thank you Mr. Jackson!✊🏾
I appreciate this platform it’s informative for the younger generation and many who are unaware of recent history . I am 71 and very proud of the vital work that you do THANK YOU ¥
My dad told me the story about Bear Bryant when I was a kid (I'm 56 now), which is why I never liked Alabama Football. The other day, he told me a story about changing buses in Alabama when coming back from basic training (He's from Camphill, AL). He said he experienced having to sit on the back of the bus. He said he didn't have to go on that day because he was wearing his Army Greens. I thank Mr. Jackson for his story...
I love everything you guys do! Can you guys interview Reggie Jackson and other athletes and people that can speak on their experiences, for the younger generation and people that don’t know? That would be so dope! Thanks
Good take guys. Shout out to Reggie Jackson for speaking truth, and for speaking the truth about racism and discrimination you faced while playing for the Yankees. Shout out to the white folks who stood up against racism; from back in the day to now. We the black community acknowledge, and appreciate y’all for standing up against segregation, hatefulness, and discrimination. ✊🏿
The people who fought for and with Reggie and others are heroes also. It shows not everyone support the racist despicable behavior but it important to ensure that those who promote racism need to be called out, revealed in plain light and defeated especially in positions of power. Shame on you if you let go on and do nothing. Evil thrive when good men and women do nothing!
Reggie shut a lot of mouths up on his great play. One heck of a baseball player. Will never say I know how you feel, BS no one but the person themselves will ever know how they felt. Nuff said. Thanks Mr. October there will never be anyone like you in the field
Alot of players back in the day was mad cause Jackie wasnt the best player to be the first to go to the Majors. Cause the best player back then was Josh Gibson & he had to play in Cuba to get good money😢
Satchel Page was also one of the best from the Negro leagues. There is a movie on him. The late Lou Gossett Jr played Page. I learnt a lot about the negro leagues from watching that. I am not sure if it is on Netflix. But it is worth viewing. I remembered that when Reggie spoke the other day.
@donnawalker8937 Yeah, he was a pitcher, I saw that movie. He told all his teammates to leave the field & struck out a player that's known for hitting Homer's. He was the truth also.
I've read a couple of biographies from black athletes from 50's and 60's, so I have a pretty good knowledge of what they endured during that time. But what's shocking about Reggie's experience is that he came in a decent number of years later, so the expectation isn't that it would cease to happen; but that it wasn't so prevalent.
Yes we have made some progress, but we are still nowhere, where we need to be. I’m talking about ownership, front office and head coaching positions to say the least. We as Black People still have a long way to go.
You have to realize that, not only was those incidents not that long ago, that racism is still going right now TODAY. There are housing discrimination laws that are still being passed right now.
Young men. You have to understand, that the reason whyppl fought so hard to keep blacks out of major sports was because they KNEW, given a LEVEL PLAYING FIELD that God's Chosen would rise to the VERY top. And they would be left on the sidelines to merely TALK and report on what the Chosen are accomplishing. If you don't believe those statements, take a look at any NFL or NBA game today. All white squads would be as popular as women's professional basketball. If they bring Little League Baseball back to the hood, you will have similar RESULTS. THEY KNOW THAT, TOO. Parenthetically, perhaps we should have ALL black umpires because they probably would not call a STRIKE a Ball and a BALL a Strike. Maddening!!!
Reggie Jackson tells a story, but you have people like Ernie banks, Roberto Clemente, Frank Robinson, Hank, Aaron, Kurt, flood curt flood tells a story about when he was in a minor leagues. They had a doubleheader, and he wanted to get his uniform washed, and they had to take it across town because it can be washed with the other players. So, just like in the Pipeline business, the chemical business is the same way I still have to deal with it every single day somebody’s perception I think you might be yelling at somebody, but you’re not. He’s just being stern.
My dad tells me often how when he returned from Europe while in the military in the early 60’s he was with a white service member. They walked into a restaurant in their uniforms and was told, I can serve the white man but N--er I can’t serve you! You’re gonna wanna get out before the sheriff and his deputies show up! Welcome to America. Make America Great Again?!?? When and where was America great?!?
I'm 77 loved sports all my life and watched all the great men murdered in the 60's went to Vietnam and later got caught up in being a carpenter (50 years) chasing women drinking beer during the 70's and never had a clue that this kind of racial hatred was everywhere . I mean I would hear shit talk now and then but ... damn it's so so wrong
We have trauma and scars. Our everyday experiences that are non American become scars. There is no such thing as being a Victim the scars remain. Our social and Human capital has been trivialized for decades. Their is a value and untold cost that only a certain type of people gets valued for.
Reggie Jackson played in the 1980s, racism is still alive and well in 2024, people were sleep in 1980s and they still sleep in 2024. People will not wake up, smh.
Mr. Jackson retire from the game in 1987 it was not that long ago. It is important to note that baseball is considered "America's Game" thus, Black men from the start had to fight greatly just to be able to play the game. The hell Jackie Robinson had to endure was just horrendous still In spite of it all the 1960's and 1970's it was consider the hey day of baseball for Black players, almost every team had a Black baseball superstar. Heck, you know you made it when they put your name on a candy bar. lol Black players from the time they entered MLB changed the game, and of course viewership went up and the game became even more entertaining not just with the long ball but, the speed of the players that resulted in stealing of bases that added to the game and made it so much more exciting to watch . You had to be on your game as a pitcher because once the pitcher turned to throw the ball the runner would take off. lol My goodness, and to watch someone like Mr. Willie Mayes run a ball down in centerfield and rob the opponent of a score. Yes, is was a good time and a lot of Black kids joined The Little League Baseball around the nation as well. Yet, like then and to this day really many people do not like having Black players on the field. Hank Aaron life was threatened by multiple people when he was chasing Babe Ruth record. The police was even involved to protect him. Can you imagine the pressure he was under? When he finally pasted Babe Ruth record Aarons own mother ran out on the field to hug and covered him because she thought someone in the stand was going to shoot him. 😥Often Black players were pelted with rocks, batteries, drinks and the N-word flew in the air as often as the balls did. All that they went through just to play a game. You know what is also upsetting at least to me is the fact that there are less Black American baseball players today in the major league then when Mr. Jackson was playing . I think there is only about 6% of ADOS in all of MLB. Most of the players that has dark skin are from South America. My heart broke for Mr. Jackson listening to his account of the bigotry that he faced because I am sure it was bittersweet being back in that stadium . Again, all he wanted to do is play the game that he loved but, and he did but, those memories are also mired in so much pain. Yes, baseball is truly an American game.
Deep indeed, but I look at racism as 'the refiner's fire', when you put heat to precious metals the heat removes the dross and impurities. Yes, Reggie and Jackie (and many others) had to deal with racism, discrimination, and hate, but those flames of hate brought out of them their extraordinary gifts. Isaiah 48:10 "Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."
You don't have to go to far back, President Obama had to be the best President ever because he was black. Michelle and the girls had to make sure not be a reason to give the haters more of a reason to hate them, no slip of the tongue, no bad behavior or the right wing would be all over them.
Tell me something I've never heard before Reggie...I'm sorry you experienced that but those days are over. I'm simply suggesting that we should forgive and move on, because we are progressing to heaven or hell, and that is far more important than the racial environment from 60 years ago. Racial strife has been around forever, and will be around for ages to come. You will never get rid of it on either side in this world. But things in Birmingham are far far different now, and we should celebrate that instead of denigrating what is past.
GREATEST ... MUHAMMAD ALI ... JACK JOHNSON ... JOE LOUIS ... REGGIE JACKSON ... BO JACKSON ... CHRIS JACKSON ... JIM BROWN. Where is apolitical inconsequential manchild Jordan?
I’m sorry but mentioning tiger wood is nasty work! Buddy is about as black as Chet hanks! And no, we cannot just move past this and get along until true punishment for said crimes are complete!
Regardless of how you view Woods' legacy, he still experienced racial discrimination. This experience is magnified, considering that golf was dominated by white middle-class/wealthy men; resistance towards Woods' acsendence in golf is well documented. However, one can argue that he has remained aloof and silent in speaking on - and combating anti-blackness.
What Reggie failed to say was how he treat white that he came across in the past you can't tell me he didn't have his racist moment . I'm white and grew up at the same time and live in the city and never cared about color till i was jumped by three black dudes just for walking home from high school. So while i feel for Reggie but tell your whole story . For black to act and not admit to their own racism is where the problem lies . We will never get past this racist bullshit if all races don't own up. On a side note i believe in 2024 the racism is mostly driven by Hollywood , Politicians and the media because they want and need this to keep going for their sick reasoning money and greed.
I'm from rural Arkansas and I can still remember when I was about 10 in the early 90s, there was a doctor who was in his eighties who lived down the street. He happened to be black. My family, I can't thank my grandparents enough for teaching me to treat all people with respect, but anyway, I used to go down to his house and play in the field and in the different little buildings on his property. The first time I met him I was playing out there and I noticed he was standing by the side of his house waving to me. I walked up and he asked me if I would like some cake and milk. I said yes sir, I didn't even think about it. He said what did you say. I said yes sir and I thought I must have done something wrong because of how he was looking at me. He said no white man had ever called him sir. I told him that my grandparents told me to respect my elders. And then he took me inside for cake and milk but when I got back home I told my grandpa about it and he had to explain to me the history of racism and all of that and I remember that it made no sense to me that someone would be looked at differently because of their skin color. I just couldn't understand why.
@@NatRants I appreciate it. I just hope that kids nowadays have parents and grandparents who are teaching them the actual history of this country because the school system damn sure isn't doing it.
@@miked5814 that's why hatred is learned; kids do not come into the world with hatred because they have an innate understanding that we are quite literally all in this together
I cried listening to Reggie. He reminded me of what my mother went through in Georgia. His words united us. We should never forget. Our young people need to know this and be inspired to do better with each other. Thank you Reggie
Mr. Jackson held that anger in for all of those years. He felt it was appropriate to unleash it now before he dies. That was therapeutic for Mr. Jackson and a life lesson for all of us. This is a definition of " Wokeness"
I'm glad Mr Jackson talked about it. Being the 1st ___ is often romanticized while the prejudices you face get to be nameless faces. No one ever admits to the hatred and cruelty they inflicted...
I lived through those times as well. I am a 80 year old retired military and retired federal government employee. I was stationed in Montgomery, Alabama 1968 after having served a year in Vietnam. Stated succinctly, the hatreds towards blacks and disrespect was egregious back then, Not just there in Alabama, rather, it was a constant nationally. When. Over the years, when I discussed racism with our grandchildren it became quite apparent how the true history of America is convoluted and tarnished by racist white ideology. Hatred, indifference, remains to be the life blood that courses throughput thus country and globally as well.
Parroting the views of your conservative White counterparts is the cost of admission into conservatism for Black people. No amount of persuading would cause him to change "his" opinion.
Watching Reggie talk about the prejudice he faced while playing made me think of my dad telling me the story when he was in the military and was told he wasn’t allowed in a restaurant to eat with his fellow army buddies bc he was black. He said his buddies wanted to trash the place and he told them don’t do it. It wasn’t worth it!! So none is them are there. He served this country in the army. Not by choice bc he was drafted and came back home to the same prejudice he left!! It’s sad to listen to but it is our reality!! 🖤💛💜
Maybe stop referring to black men as "Alpha Dogs." Stop referring to each other as animals within the context of experiencing and overcoming racial barriers. Jackie Robinson was not an "Alpha Dog," he was a man of integrity and resistance; he was a trailblazer; soldier, husband, and father, among other things.
Everything you just described him as is the meaning of Alpha Dog. An Alpha Dog leads the way,and Mr Robinson did that very well. He took the responsibility of being the first black player very seriously and took the responsibility of being a black leader very seriously. As for calling ourselves an animal, the Alpha Dog is a masculine term like some call themselves wolfpacks. We'll continue to call ourselves what we want, how we want. @@LoneRanger-et7gq
Has it changed much! The thing that still troubled me is that i m a veteran and i can to tell you more than 12 black unarmered citizen have been killed at the hands of police officers. The United States is an unbelievable place to live but the treachery and stupidity challenges the love for this country! I heard an idiot say recently' if you dont like it here then leave'. I thought to myself ' i bet she couldnt name 12 Mexicans that have been killed unarmered'. Yes there are a few but humor me and address that question in your community.
First thing first I am a black man. Alpha dog is someone's personality. He had a strong demeanor that didn't take any mess. When I was in the military we referred to men like thar as Alpha dogs. Do you research before you come at me.
It was hard for hispanic players also. My cousin Victor Pellot was a baseball player in America also in the 60s and was also treated in a racist way. He finally left the league and went back to Puerto Rico.
Great show. I'm 57 and because of the racial crap I experienced as a young kid playing sports...watchng what my relatives went through.....I'm still tarnished by those racial experiences; I do not trust most white people and I do not have any white friends. It's too late for me to change. But good luck to y'all. Two American presidents....who is "less" evil? Who is the "most" presidential? Neither! Man, I'm not even voting anymore. I gave up on "the American dream". Can care less. Y'all can have that country. I left 10 years ago. BEST decision I ever made.
Some people want to say racism is over. Reggie was traumatized. You could hear it in his voice. He probably has nightmares about the things that happen to him. Why are people saying reparations are not needed. A whole race of people has been traumatized for decades.
