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I live in Louisville. Not being a homer but it IS the most prestigious race in the world. Everyone should visit the derby museum. It brings tears to your eyes.
Let them protest. We don't care.
As an aside... The first jockey to win on Aristides was black
Now tell us the rest of the story about black jockeys being pushed out of horse racing in this country after dominating it in its early years.
Now tell us the rest of the story about black jockeys being pushed out of horse racing in this country after dominating it in its early years.
Then you better not have a World Series or Superbowl party either.
You'll be hard pressed to have some sort of event party for anything that I can't find similar bad history related to it, link it to cultural appropriation or euro-centric origins.
Go ahead, throw out some more party themes and I'll point out how offensive they are for a white sorority to have it.
At some point, going after groups that are predominantly white because you can find a flimsy link to history where women or minorities weren't treated fairly is IMO racially abusive. The Sorority should have turned the tables and put in a theme about women empowerment and how when the race wasn't first ran they couldn't vote and call the protesters anti-woman.
resentful white jockeys at northern raceways conspired to force blacks off the track, in some cases literally. During the 1900 racing season, white jockeys in New York warned trainers and owners not to mount any black riders if they expected to win. They carried out their threats by boxing in black jockeys and riding them into—and sometimes over—the rails.
But I thought only the South was racist!
I think some of these protesters are just pissed they weren't invited to party.
Then you better not have a World Series or Superbowl party either.
You'll be hard pressed to have some sort of event party for anything that I can't find similar bad history related to it, link it to cultural appropriation or euro-centric origins.
Go ahead, throw out some more party themes and I'll point out how offensive they are for a white sorority to have it.
At some point, going after groups that are predominantly white because you can find a flimsy link to history where women or minorities weren't treated fairly is IMO racially abusive. The Sorority should have turned the tables and put in a theme about women empowerment and how when the race wasn't first ran they couldn't vote and call the protesters anti-woman.
First of all, you're talking to the wrong guy...I'm not against this sorority at all. Frankly, i'm disappointed that they capitulated to politically correct nonsense.
My point is that i don't wanna hear about the great old days of black jockeys in horseracing and how blacks shouldn't be offended by how racist the sport has been historically when they basically excluded black folks for a century.
As for baseball, i give NO credence to the sport before 1947. None. It doesn't even exist to me until Jackie Robinson showed up.
The SuperBowl? The NFL was an integrated league by the time the SuperBowl came around.
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