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OrdinaryJoe's avatar

Tom KKKotton is what happens when you have too much earwax. You can not talk about 42 without talking about the facts of why there was a color barrier. Jim KKKrow was not some brand of whiskey.

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That thought -I.e., aren’t good enough often associated with lack of mental or physical skills—has permeated many sports.A classic example is track. If you’re old enough, you remember when black runners supposedly couldn’t compete in distance races because they lacked stamina. Or black swimmers couldn’t swim because of problems with their feet or worse their fear of water.Or black golfers didn’t have the mental discipline to compete for `18 holes. Black tennis players would wilt under pressure.Myths die hard. Witness the still adhered to sentiments that discriminate against black baseball managers, football coaches, (until fairly recently) black quarterbacks).Much progress has been made. But there’s obviously still a long way to go.

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