Comments for Jackie Robinson http://jackierobinson.worldhistoryblogs.com Current Events | In His Own Words | If He Blogged... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:01:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Jackie Robinson On Book Written by O.J. Simpson by ars http://jackierobinson.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/11/15/jackie-robinson-on-book-written-by-oj-simpson/#comment-6 ars Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:15:07 +0000 http://jackierobinson.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/11/15/jackie-robinson-on-book-written-by-oj-simpson/#comment-6 Baseball player/ civil rights activist Jackie Robinson was an inspiration to many of the young African Americans. When Jackie Robinson stepped up to the plate on the dodgers team he was not only taking a step up to bat he was helping the world take a step for the best. Jackie Robinson is a person to be idolized, he knew what racial slurs and physical attacks he was going to have to face when he signed the contract with the dodgers, and yet he still stepped up to the plate. Jackie Robinson was a great baseball player but he was a better civil rights activist. he endured the hatred that many had for him so that he could stand up for what many believed was right . Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, but ask people what do they think of when they here the name Jackie Robinson, and they wont say a baseball star they’ll say things that are similar to determined to get the respect he deserved, Baseball player/ civil rights activist Jackie Robinson was an inspiration to many of the young African Americans. When Jackie Robinson stepped up to the plate on the dodgers team he was not only taking a step up to bat he was helping the world take a step for the best. Jackie Robinson is a person to be idolized, he knew what racial slurs and physical attacks he was going to have to face when he signed the contract with the dodgers, and yet he still stepped up to the plate. Jackie Robinson was a great baseball player but he was a better civil rights activist. he endured the hatred that many had for him so that he could stand up for what many believed was right . Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, but ask people what do they think of when they here the name Jackie Robinson, and they wont say a baseball star they’ll say things that are similar to determined to get the respect he deserved,

]]> Comment on Jackie Robinson On Racism Today by Dan Schneider http://jackierobinson.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/11/29/jackie-robinson-on-racism-today/#comment-2 Dan Schneider Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:07:11 +0000 http://jackierobinson.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/11/29/jackie-robinson-on-racism-today/#comment-2 First of all, I would like to say that I am a white male in the metro Atlanta area. While I will never be able to know how it feels to be in a segregated world. Why are people both black and white so quick to point out that Jackie Robinson's legacy is fading? It is crazy to me that more MLB players and teams don't support young black athletes more than they do. But lets not diminish what Mr. Robinson accomplished. Rather than look at the ratios of black players in MLB today, wouldn't it be more important to look at at the number and ratios of black athletes in professional sports as a whole? I might be a simple person but if you look at the average high school in America. You would be far more likely to find an athlete white or black that wants to play professional football than baseball. Maybe the real problem isn't honoring what Jackie Robinson accomplished, but maybe we should be looking at what MLB has become versus other professional sports. I don't remember the NFL having a strike that canclelled a season. If I was a talented inner city or for that matter any youth, where would I want to put my efforts? Baseball is a last resort. Look at the funding in hogh school and college and then look at salaries compared to the NFL. Baseball should be ashamed not the Jackie Robinson. DS First of all, I would like to say that I am a white male in the metro Atlanta area.

While I will never be able to know how it feels to be in a segregated world. Why are people both black and white so quick to point out that Jackie Robinson’s legacy is fading? It is crazy to me that more MLB players and teams don’t support young black athletes more than they do. But lets not diminish what Mr. Robinson accomplished. Rather than look at the ratios of black players in MLB today, wouldn’t it be more important to look at at the number and ratios of black athletes in professional sports as a whole? I might be a simple person but if you look at the average high school in America. You would be far more likely to find an athlete white or black that wants to play professional football than baseball.
Maybe the real problem isn’t honoring what Jackie Robinson accomplished, but maybe we should be looking at what MLB has become versus other professional sports. I don’t remember the NFL having a strike that canclelled a season. If I was a talented inner city or for that matter any youth, where would I want to put my efforts? Baseball is a last resort. Look at the funding in hogh school and college and then look at salaries compared to the NFL. Baseball should be ashamed not the Jackie Robinson.

DS

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