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He was not even the 1st Negro player in MLB history. Why is there no Roberto Clemente Day for Hispanics? What are your thoughts on the subject?
We celebrate Jackie Robinson for the same reason we celebrate Columbus Day. Neither was the first to do what they did, but their accomplishments changed their respective fields forever. Since Jackie Robinson joined the majors, there has been a continuous line of black players in the majors. Since Columbus came to the Western Hemisphere, Europeans have maintained a continuous presence in the Americas.
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Originally Posted by vision33r
I'm a big sports fan but I don't believe in embracing athletes as some political or influential people in society. Sports is a form of entertainment. Jackie Robinson is a great player and should be celebrated by MLB for being a great player.
Why aren't we celebrating the 1st Black Astrophysicist or professor and those that contributes to society as a whole?
America pays so much attention to entertainers but not much on people that really makes a difference to the world.
Jackie Robinson Day is celebrated by Major League Baseball, not society as a whole. It is up to the astrophysicists to celebrate the first black astrophysicist.
Who were the first Black football or basketball players in the U.S.?
Do they have a special day?
Well the NBA was formed in 1949 so the first African American depends on how you want to count first.
In the first year of the NBA (1950) Chuck Cooper was the first drafted, the next day Harold Hunter was the first to sign a training camp contract, in May, Nat Clifton was the first to sign with New York Knicks.
As for the NFL figuring out the first African American is more problematic than the NBA.
He was not even the 1st Negro player in MLB history. Why is there no Roberto Clemente Day for Hispanics? What are your thoughts on the subject?
Though what Robinson did was historical, I think we should get over these racially historical events. They seem to be used to incite racism rather than forwarding egalitarianism. It's much the same as how minorities wanted Columbus day removed.
Actually he beat Doby, Thompson, and Brown by 6 weeks. Though Robinson is praised for breaking into pro sports, the truth is there were a ton of black players coming up.
I'd rather celebrate Willie "the say hey kid" Mays just for the sake of celebrating a great player and a good man.
How do the events incite racism? If anything it's exposed to be alive and well in some segment of society. As an example beyond just racism some in society think it's ok to pay women less than men for the same job worked. Should we tell Lilly Ledbetter to sit down?
I'd never even HEARD of "Jackie Robinson Day". So, I'm glad to learn that it has ZERO relevance to anything in my life.
I had heard the name. But I thought he was someone who sang those awful oldies so obnoxious that when they're blasted by the Muzak at the grocery, you'll leave a full shopping cart in the middle of the aisle, and hurry out of the grocery store.
And who even cares about Baseball, anyway? The players have the worst bodies in any sport besides Golf. And their uniforms make them even uglier. I had Woodie Allen pegged as a sicko, the second I heard he was a Baseball fan. And sure enough... To me, he seems typical of people who are involved in that waste of time and money.
I've learned to not even glance at the baseball games playing on the TVs in the cardio theatres of gyms. Even half-a-second, and you're likely to see some piece of filth hacking a giant gob of saliva.
WOW GG, you didn't hold back, did ya? I like most of your posts, but I really have to ask if you're off your med's with this one. Are you saying that you believe that all baseball fans are perverts? And that's only the most obnoxious part of your post......
No. And I hardly think it is to attract black fans. I'm a white Met fan who hasn't been to Citi Field yet, but I'd love to see the Jackie Robinson Rotunda.
There are a few transformative figures in each sport; Jackie Robinson was one.
I agree. I do not think that it's to "attract black fans". Many people don't look at the color of the person, as much as the do their impact, and what they endured.
I might ask the OP, why this annoys you so much?
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