"Ladies and gentlemen, I present Jackie Robinson. The first bla—"
"Don't say that, dude!"
"O, yeah, sorry, The first african ameri—"
"Not that either! You are exploiting his race!"
"But it's true. He's the first true afri—"
"Shhh!"
"Don't you think it's kind of a big deal? Maybe worth mentioni—"
"Shhhhhh!"
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Dude I had the same idea.
Putting together a list of other minority athletes achieving a first for their race.
OK, I'm going to take point into this minefield
What made Jackie Robinson such a big deal was not only that he was black, but that MLB actually had a policy preventing people that looked like him from actually playing. In my humble opinion, being the first of your race, sex, ethnicity, religion, orientation, etc. is only really noteworthy if it actually marks a barrier being broken and not merely because you are the “first”.
other “firsts” are still important, even if their barriers weren’t explicitly a result of policy…
first woman in space… first black president… etc. I’m sure others can add to the list.
You're right
I should have rephrased my comments to read that while such firsts are “noteworthy” they’re not quite “historic”.
by John Nash on Oct 25, 2010 6:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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Curtis Flood was a very unique “first” in sports and major professional sports organizations.
What ever happened to the first Mexican-American Light heavyweight champion, Tito Ortiz?
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by VeeisAnimated on Oct 25, 2010 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Curt Flood did
more for modern day athletes than they will ever realize. It is a shame that so few know who he is.
This makes no sense
Does this somehow have somethign to do with Cain? I have no problem with the UFC marketing to Mexicans, however they could have called Cain “Mexican-American”, just as Robinson was African American.
Call me an asshole, but I refuse to use either term for someone who was born in the US. Same goes for a white guy born in and residing in Mexico whose parents are American. I refuse to call him American-Mexican.
by MMAInFeRioRiTy on Oct 26, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Well thats because white guy is really more European Mexican because thats his race American isnt a race
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Ok, I refuse to call him European-Mexican then.
by MMAInFeRioRiTy on Oct 27, 2010 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
It's identifying his ethnicity, his cultural heritage and bloodline. His nationality is American.
If you refuse to recognize a person’s ethnicity, that’s your thing. Maybe you really are able to recognize only the human race, and if so, good for you. But ethnicity and race still matter for the most part, it is a distinguishing characteristic for most Americans. It matters in schools, when the cops pull you over, and in Arizona, to name a few.
No, he doesn’t. Not even close.
A racist policy preventing blacks from playing baseball with whites is completely different than Mexicans not having a heavyweight champ until now – they’ve had the opportunity they just hadn’t achieved it (until Cain).
I just wish the UFC hadn't been so cackhanded about it
“His father has been deported many times” seems to me like a weird thing to say.
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