I was a white high school kid in the 60’s. I needed to buy a new master cylinder for my Jeep so I went and picked pears along with workers that had come up from Mexico. We started 4 am and quit at 6pm. Those guys could work so Fast! They showed me tricks, and started to like me. One evening they took me back to their encampment. The old beat up cars, their cooking fires, their tin shacks the landowner had put up with no plumbing: I had never dreamed people had to live like that. It made me mad at my own ignorance. And yet their generosity toward me a white boy, was touching. We got paid at the end of every week: 23 cents per 50# box. That was August; when I returned to school in September, a different kind of white boy was I.
Thanks for the comment. Immigrants still work in the fields in the U.S. The work and living conditions are terrible. Those people are tough! I am so fortunate that I got rid of my racism years ago. I now enjoy meeting people from different countries and it is awesome! I now see how ignorant I was.
I'm 61 and grew up in Florida with no baseball team I chose Oakland A's as my team with Rollie Fingers, Burt Capinaras, Catfish Hunter ,Reggie Jackson and more! I have more respect for those teammates and managers now for their support for Reggie Jackson and Vida Blue and others who played for the A's
My whole family watched baseball together on t.v. So that we could cheer on the Oakland A s . Mom had a crush on both Reggie Jackson and Rollie Fingers and would cheer them on so much that I watched the whole game instead of going outside to play .
Did you catch all the orange “Reggie” bars on the table?, in front Reggie, & everyone else, & they never even mentioned it. Was there something they’re supposed to do a bit about? Or was it just for show? (& the only the people who were old enough to remember 1977 & 1978, would recognize those bars) - I’m guessing how the tone of the conversation changed,?they must’ve ran out of time. - I watched the show pregame show live, yesterday & After this segment they did not go back Reggie nor the Reggie bars
@@smoothlyabrasive9805 I was primarily pointing it out to the original poster,of the original comment on this thread. (who said he went crazy for the Reggie bar). I saw the pregame live on TV on a big screen TV, & I noticed it then. But through the luxury of TH-cam, anyone can see. Yes, I know Reggie’s comments change the tone of the interview. But I noticed the Reggie bars right from the beginning of the interview. (before any distractions) So I was curious to see what they were gonna do with that not-Mike
Marrying a Latina from Brazil opened my eyes to reality. Watching her family be forced to turn out their pockets before they were allowed to leave the store, being singled out for “enhanced security checks” EVERY SINGLE TIME they fly, watching my wife be treated as a second class citizen, bordering on being treated like a criminal at times. And this wasn’t back in the 1960s. This is late 1990s until today. Sorry, but the racism and xenophobia is undeniable. I’m glad Reggie said what he said. Sadly, the people that need to hear and understand it will not pay attention.
Unfortunately as a Latino male, living in mostly big cities, the only "racism" I've ever encountered didn't come from white people. When I got robbed by two thugs a few years back, they weren't white. When my mother was beaten and her purse stolen, they weren't white. Every time I hear people like Reggie Jackson or lebron james talk about racism, I just have to laugh. With their millions they left the hood, many of us are still here. Living with "racism" on a daily basis.
@@victormorales3604You are sounding condescending, you acting like what Reggie Jackson went through is nothing. But you want someone to sympathize and empathize with you though.
@@antwandukes I laugh because they're "race hustlers", they've made their millions but they still use the "race card" any chance they get, just like "reverend" Al Sharpton, and no I'm not looking for sympathy, far from it, I am stating fact. If somehow you feel insulted or if you feel I insulted your idols, that is not my problem.
Okay I sympathize with you now how do you think of black Americans and what we have had to put up with especially after fighting and dying in this country's Wars and the ones that didn't even serve or fought for this Freedom be the most racist now ain't that a b****
So glad Mr. Jackson told his story. People, particularly many of the white ones want to romanticize the history of this country. Completely ignoring or flat out dismissing the experience of others, like Reggie Jackson. America has become BETTER for black people, but it was NEVER great for them. Thank God for the few whites that understood early on, when it wasn't popular to do so and the famous ones who used their influence like Marilyn Monroe for Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra for Sammy Davis Jr. Demanding thet their black colleagues got equal treatment.
America is great for anyone who is smart and ambitious. There are currently no barriers for someone who truly wants to succeed and make it in this country.
Calling out the fact that America has never been great for people of color, women, same sex couples, ect. is not hating America. It is pointing out the work we still need to do to make it truly great for everyone.
And Larry Doby, first black player in the American League. I saw him on TV once in his later years and he was looking back to his first days in MLB. He met with the usual stuff, including name-calling. He said: 'Remember when you're a kid and you get called names and you come home crying and your Mom reminds you "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me"? Well, Mom meant well, but that's not true. *Words hurt!'*
Bragging about how 'great' we are is just embarrassing. We need to grow up, stop the bragging, and focus on what needs to be done so not one single American goes to bed hungry, or has no place to sleep, or doesn't have enough food to feed their family.
They want a Christian Nation, but then GLORIFY the past where we ENSLAVED Jesus according to The Bible. Since Jesus LITERALLY says how what we do to Humans, we do to JESUS. An when you look at how the Wealthy Ruling Elite have ALWAYS treated Jesus, then we were NEVER "Great" OR a "Christian Nation." Hell if we DID have the Republicans as REAL Christians, our Nation would be in a FAR better place Economically for the Average Citizen, ESPECIALLY the most vulnerable among us.
I’m Hispanic grew up in Chicago, and remember when Jackson played. Lots of white people I knew were low key racist when talking about Jackson as much as calling him uppity.
@@mojamaat its not the best, its not the worst either. Its mid range, i would say. Profit always come before what the ppl need. Thats america in a nutshell. big money comes first.
@@mojamaat In 2016 an immigrant friend of mine called to ask how the hell America had just elected Trump. I told him it's because at it's very core America is a deeply racist country populated in large part by rubes
If we look at the ability of fast upward mobility then America is currently great. There are no limitations today. Go live your life and take from it whatever you can. Nothing is stopping anyone.
I bet that that was a real shock to the Fox audience, but Mr. October knocked it out of the park again by telling the unvarnished truth of his experience. and if people were treating one of the biggest sports stars in the country like that, you can be certain that it was far worse for everyday black American.
Another stupid comment about Fox. Fox is equally as corrupt as CNN and all the others. Regardless, it's mind-numbingly idiotic to actually believe that a large group of people in this country some how don't know about what Reggie is saying. Come on, for God's sake. Grow up!
*Larry Burkett's book on "Giving and Tithing" drew me closer to God and helped my spirituality. 2020 was a year I literally lived it. I cashed in my life savings and gave it all away. My total giving amounted to 40,000 dollars. Everyone thought I was delusional. Today, 1 receive 85,000 dollars every two months. I have a property in Calabasas, CA, and travel a lot. God has promoted me more than once and opened doors for me to live beyond my dreams. God kept to his promises to and for me*
It is the digital market. That's been the secret to this wealth transfer. A lot of folks in the US and abroad are getting so much from it, God has been good to my household Thank you Jesus
I taught for 27 long years in this country’s very dysfunctional public education system. We are not educating a large portion of our population. We are paying for it now.
I'm a white guy living in Phoenix, Arizona. Reggie lived in my neighborhood in Tempe, Arizona when I was a boy. I loved Reggie. Reggie, in the off season would run down at Hudson Elementary School. He was raw power, like none of us kids had ever seen. We would watch him run windsprints. It was the coolest. He was great to us too. He is an ASU alum like me. He was truly one of the greatest guys to come through the university. He was loved in our community, especially by me and my friends. When I heard what he was saying it broke me up. I wasn't raised like that. My dad worked Mesa Community College so we had athletes living with us on several occasions. Many of them were black. I see color, I see the pain and frustration in Reggie. I want to feel that pain. There's no doubt America has never been great for everyone. MAGAGA ( notice the gag in there??) supporters have no idea the pain marginalized people have and still do live with. I was lucky my folks were both educators so people from all backgrounds were extremely important to them. The division going on is a game to Trump but it's not a game for people of color. In fact, the game has been rigged against them for far too long. To me, MAGAGA is just dark space. I'm a truly blessed man to grow up like I did but anybody who says they don't see color, isn't looking hard enough. People of color built America as much if not more than anyone. They are the true patriots because they have been dealt the worst hand you could get in a poker game and always try to make the best of it that hand. Those like Reggie are truly what is great about America . They've endured the most and kept going. That's what makes someone great. There is not one thing that is great about Trump and his cult. Not one! Greatness isn't defined by what you have it's defined by what you don't. Think about that. Brighter days are coming. New leaders are coming up. Let's get out of the dark space in November. Let's put MAGAGA in the past where they belong along with the other not so great things some in America have allowed to happen.
You DO NOT want to feel that pain. I understand you being empathetic and wanting to truly understand, but you don't want THAT. We live with that every day in so many ways I can't even explain. It's in the language, the laws, education, the media, the business world, politics, etc. It's everywhere, that pain, because we're always being told we don't matter. Hell, to hear them tell it, we're not even American. We're called African-American(which we ARE NOT...we're indigenous to these lands and have always been HERE) because we're still considered outsiders in our own country. That pain is why we're such a strong people, too, though. Struggle builds inner strength and hardens you. One thing you can do is watch "Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes" with this lady named Jane Elliott. It will give you some insight into what one lady did to try to make her grade school students understand what it's like, even if only for a few hours. We do definitely need more people like yourself who are trying to understand, though. Just wanting to understand is admirable. We all need to do a better job trying to understand and relate to each other.
Your parents sound like the ones my kids had friendships with! It has to start somewhere! The ONLY first one difference is in our skin tone. Now our lifestyles would be different- because it's "different strokes for different folks"!
Let's be truthful with history. Reggie should have also said the segregationist and Jim Crow were democrats. The racist Jim Crow were created by democrats. Klan were created by democrats. That should be told over and over, I agree.
Reggie played strong, looked strong, but we didn’t no what was going on in the background. I applaud him for speaking the truth. I hope for the best for Reggie and all the guys who backed him up! HGUERRA
One of my all time favorite Jackie Robinson stories is he had a teammate in 1947 named Eddie Stanky a second basemen. That year the Phillies had a manager named Ben Chapman who was notoriously brutal with his racist taunts to Jackie and in one game it got really bad and Stanky finally got in Chapman's face and told him to knock it off even though he previously said he wasn't in favor in integration but was willing to support Jackie because Jackie was his teammate and the movie 42 depicts it brilliantly.
A lot of that is because Jackle FORCED the White People to Humanize him. To Humanize African Americans in general. The average white person had little to no interactions with PoC back then. They didn't really have black friends. Didn't go to school or do work where they would see them as Equals and Full Humans. Jackie CHANGED that. He FORCED his Team Mates to see him as a person. FORCED them to confront the Injustice of Racism. An they saw how THEY could benefit from Racial Equality.
I'm from a city in Central Louisiana, where there are plenty of sundown towns. Back in 2002, I was driving back to the ship I was stationed on in Virginia when the universal joint came loose on my Jeep. I had broken down around 3 a.m. in the middle of nowhere just south of a sundown town. I walked a few miles back to a payphone I saw at a store and called my dad, who never showed up. When I got back to my vehicle, a state trooper stopped and literally told me, "Son, you're the wrong color to break down here. I recommend you high tail out of here before these folks wake up. I'll come back by in an hour to check on you." and he drove off. By now, the sun was starting to rise, and "people" were starting to wake up, slowly driving by giving me a mean stare. It didn't matter that I had on my official PT shirt from the duty station. They did care. Soon, these two older Black men drove by and made a sudden u-turn, telling me that same story the state trooper told me, only they took me back into town to an Autozone to get parts. I tried my best to repair the joint, but it kept slipping out of the bracket, and I would have to get out every 20-30 yards, slide under the Jeep, and hammer it back into place. I arrived at the next town some 10 miles or so, a couple of hours later, only to be told "We don't serve your kind." I carried on, repeated the same process to the next town which was around 30 miles up Hwy 165. Three hours later, I arrived in the town and crossed my fingers as I walked into NAPA Auto Parts where a nice White man helped me and apologized for my experience. He drilled out the broken bolt and we replaced it, I finally was on my way, but I was so nervous, as I had to drive through the rest of the deep South to get back to Virginia. I will never forget that experience.
Racism has never stopped my grandfather Puerto riRcan World War 1 injured. He came out from a different door that white people came out when he got off the military plane. But in the meantime, my father, World War 2 veteran, and my whole family, who have served Usa .Puerto Rican are still second-class citizens . Reggie Jackson is 100 percent right. The USA is a very racist.
I hate the fact that they're 2nd class citizens. It's disgusting and horrifying. Most ESPECIALLY for so called "Christian Nation" and for so called "Christians" whose faith is ONLY on their tongue. NEVER truly in their Heart or Mind.
I know during ww2 here in the UK 🇬🇧American soldiers would complain that people with darker skin weren’t segregated as they were in 🇺🇸. They were told to piss off. Civilians in particular were shocked by it! Rightly so My ex 🇺🇸 mom in law was one of the most racist people I’ve ever met, just little things slipped out. Not constantly though, I was disgusted! I’m sorry that happened to your grandad 😢 it’s disgusting 😤
Yes, it’s far more racist than here in 🇬🇧 it actually did get worse when tramp was spreading his hatred, it was like rude obnoxious people were given permission because he did it 😤 my ex in laws are American so I’ve had a long time to compare 🇬🇧& 🇺🇸
@@lilacscentedfushias1852 Earth only has one human race, that "racist" word is made up, along with "racisim". You can't have racisim or racist with only one human race. Simple logic.
@@57highland He was, I don't know the presenter's name, but I attributed his statement with the time stamp. As for Sean, I've always called him Sham Hannity.
It isn't the truth. No country, or people are perfect. The USA, since it's founding in 1776, has been a great country. I see Reggie Jackson has chosen to still live in the U. S., despite enough wealth to live in the country of his choice. He is a complete hypocrite!!
You’d have to be living in a fantasy to think that things were great during Trump’s presidency. Yeah, gas was cheaper and inflation was lower. Then there was this pandemic and unemployment was suddenly at 15%. You couldn’t buy a lot of stuff because of disruptions in the supply chain. But all of that isn’t even the point. Donald Trump is horrifically divisive. He’s horrifically narcissistic. He is an utterly shameless liar. He likes dictators and wants to be one. We don’t want a fucking theocracy in this country and he doesn’t either but he will enable one running this country just to get their vote and have power. He HAS to HAVE power, to avoid seeing how utterly weak and immoral and criminal and grifting he is. Can’t believe anybody falls for his bullshit.
Being from Canada I was sheltered from racism. My first experience with racism was in about 2007 and was driving for Schneider National. I was at a truck stop near Mobile Alabama and was waiting in line at the cashier to pay for my purchase and a guy was paying for his gas. He made a racist comment to the cashier because he was told to look at his pump number was. The cashier to her credit remained calm and respectful. I told her to send the manager out to my truck and I'll back her up if there is a complaint. No one deserves to be treated like that no matter who you are.
There will always be "racism" ( incorrect word usage since the original meaning was proud of your tribe and culture ) ain't nothing you can do . By the way who are the biggest " racists " today ? I'll wait you out on this one .
@@petegarrido5406 "There will always be racism" is just a silly opinion when one looks at how far we've come. Imagine if our leaders took the stance that "there will just always be slavery in the USA" and so never even tried to improve and evolve. Today's nazis, white supremacist and other organized hate groups tend to vote for one side and not the other. I will wait you out on your thoughts on this. I have a suspicion which side you're on, but I will let you sink your own ship in that regard.
@@petegarrido5406 Incorrect information dude. The first utterance of the word 'racism' was by Richard Pratt in 1902, who was a staunch advocate of folding Native Americans into white life through forced assimilation. "Segregating any class or race of people apart from the rest of the people kills the progress of the segregated people or makes their growth very slow. Association of races and classes is necessary to destroy racism and classism." Your "original meaning" should stay in your own little world.
The United States was never great. Never. The United States murdered millions of indigenous people. Had millions of slaves who were exploited as labourers, for sex, and they were killed and tortured at whim, after that people were linch, forced in to segregation, mass incarnation, burned out of there homes and there town if they manage to succeed in life.
The thing that makes America great is the fact that there are people that dont judge you by your color and can see past that not the racism that we gave had in the past but the hope of a better future.
“I love America more than any other country in the world, and exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” James Baldwin Notes of a Native Son* (1955)
❤❤❤ I spent 39 months in Germany when stationed at NATO HQs. I traveled to other countries every chance I got. I was glad to be back in the U.S., but I loved my time in Germany. It helped me appreciate my country and appreciate other countries, too. I feel very lucky to have had that opportunity.
I heard during the 1960's a slogan many seemed to embrace, " America right or wrong." First heard as a retort to what was being said by the protesters of the Vietnam war. But out of that came an answer that I embrace, "America, right its wrongs." I'm over seventy years old now and to hear what people like Mr. Jackson say, and endured, and watching what is happening brings me to tears. America, right its wrong so to have hope of greatness.
Starts with Atonement and reparations for Freedman descendants aka FBA'S. Unapologetically. Confederates,segregationist received reparations. The Irony of lies is the Truth in real-time.
Racism has declined over the years. Haven't you noticed? Seriously! History repeating itself is a very important question. Yes, I definitely see our country falling to repeated mistakes, but for many other reasons, not just racism.
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Well...white supremacists, misogynists, "christians," straight, cis men would disagree. That is why Republicans want to turn back the clock to where the aforementioned men were the only ones with all the rights and freedoms. For everyone else, it wasn't that great. Hell, women couldn't even have their own credit cards, without a man's sign off, until the 1970s.
When you are forced to stay in your hotel room because the other players were attacked at a chess tournament in the 90s you realize that racism is real. Luckily, we had the tournament directors warn us because we were good kids that we were out studying and practicing but we had to be in our rooms the next 2 days.
@@zeebest1004 it was the same place, just because it was named America, doesn't mean it wasn't stolen, how can you discover something that wasn't lost.
62 here and have even as a child questioned why we called ourselves the greatest country in the world and when did we start calling ourselves that, TY Reggie Jackson for speaking the truth of that time and still this time more and more often😢
Thanks Reggie for not white washing what took place back then. People are in disbelief but, this shit happened!!! You too Reggie was a helluva ball player.
Once again, they expect us to simply forget about it. My mother is in the hospital, deeply emotional as she reflects on the difficult life she's had. Since she might not be here with us much longer, we're putting her affairs in order, and now she's opening up about her life. I just saw her birth certificate with "colored" stamped on it. You can imagine how furious I am seeing this. I want to see the entire system of institutional racism destroyed in the West. I feel her pain as she recounts her childhood, growing up as a little girl who faced the harsh reality of segregation. My mother, growing up as little girl looking at no color allow sign as a 4 year old! But, years later, you discover that people of African descent have the richest history in the world. Your ancestors built the pyramids and temples of Kemet/Egypt and were the first people on Earth, originating from the Out of Africa theory. In addition, you find out your people have some of the greatest empires in the world.
I saw those signs, too. I am almost 67 and remember those days. Whites just don't want to acknowledge their racist thoughts, attitudes, and behavior. They're all over these comments gaslighting our people and those who halfway understand. Makes me sick. There is STILL racism in AmeriKKKa. I have been studying our history, before our culture was taken from us, and we are a mighty people!!!!!
Boy o boy, watching the video and reading through the comments reminds me of watching and reading flat earth videos. The mental gymnastics and the pure stupidity. do you all really believe that 50% of the country wants to bring slavery and discrimination back? Do you really get that upset over the word "again" You REALLY believe in your heart that "make America great again" does NOT simply mean #1 Lower rents and house prices compared to income #2 a time when "made in America" actually meant MADE IN AMERICA and those products were some of the best in the WORLD #3 when you could start a business without all the red tape and fees #4 when taxes were lower #5 when moral and family appropriate TV show were the ONLY THING you could find on TV #6 when your average person was more honest and stuck to their word #7 when EVERYONE from around the world wanted to come to America because they heard that the streets are paved in gold #8 when Kids could go out and play and for the most part not have to worry #9 when there were no school S*ootings #10 People in general cared and knew more about the country NO NO NO NO none of that ( you say to your self) You HONESTLY believe that when people say "make America Great again" they ONLY want to bring black racism and oppress women? They can't possibly want to keep the progress that we have made with race and gender and ALSO want the other good stuff back too? How Gross it must be inside your heads if you honestly think that you are so morally superior that you can easily believe that 50% of the country wants to bring back ONLY racism and sexism when they say "make America great again"
@@petegarrido5406 We already know them MF's down there treat us like wypipo do here. Forget that nonsense and don't gaslight us like you know how hard it is to be Black. No you don't.
@@petegarrido5406 You sound like a fool. How many of those people are dealing with another race of people ruling over their land and oppressing them. But then again they wiped out the dark indigenous population and now you have the light classes ruling.
Excellent!!! Thank you!!! ❤ This is the second time I listened and watched this… I’ve shared it with so many people thank you. It’s awesome. You’re beautiful human being clearly. ❤
I worked for the team physician for the Oakland A's. I remember Reggie Jackson trying out a speech he planed for Mr. Finley. He was very articulate and well spoken. I can remember saying it sounded great to me, but that l obviously wasn't Mr. Finley!!!! I was very young then, now l am no longer young, but l remember that clearly. Years later, my brother begged me to get a licence place holder that said "Reggie Jackson Chevrolet". He is thoughtful and articulate.
frank is a god. he went to a diner with sammy davis jr. as he wanted to eat something after a night of partying but the diner refused to serve sammy. frank got pissed and told the owner "we ain't eating in your diner ever". when frank left that diner. that diner pretty much closed. don't f*ck with the rat pack.
Incredible how the Democratic Party held and continues to try to hold blacks back. They tried to block the CRA, instituted Jim Crow, instituted the KKK and continue to stir the pot to of racism.
Regis is STILL Mr. October!!! Bad ass man!!! Baseball has been a microcosm of white supremacy through the United States and it is pathetic that MAGA wants to go back to that!!!
Huh, you do know that the South in Reggie days was run completely since slavery by the Democrat party who created the KKK ever heard of Bull Connor a Democrat or George Wallace Democrat, Jim Crow all done by the Democrats not by the Republicans party smh it shows how little you liberals know about the history of your own country. Smh
I have to respectfully disagree. It was always there, Trump just amplified it and gave those in the closet racists the green light to go out and be emboldened to practice their hate without any shame! They were always there!
ALL the Trumpers are like him with undealt with childhood trauma. The feel they have the right to bully and hate because DonaldVonshitzhizpantz thinks is so cool. Disgusting....
I'm crying. It breaks my heart to see what people deal with. Brought back memories of me and my siblings being the only black people in our school. America is racist, not great.
Wanna tell the good people here why there were more Black owned business back then...why per cápita Blacks graduated high school and collet than Whites back then .....why there were more two parent homes back then ? Malcom was right but you chose to listen to the grifter .
You mean not being able to lynch people....this country was never meant to work for any one but the rich...that's what CAPITALism is ..this country is about money not people
The city that slaughtered church goers but yet say we're a Christian nation,the country that says we're a Christian nation but evangelicals rally around a known crook and womanizer and racist and stand by as the leader say proud boys stand back and stand by,where corruption was rampant as the leader of the free world and his cohort Mr Johnson skim 10 billion dollars off the top in Wisconsin promising good jobs and better living.2 and a half trillion dollars tax break for the wealthy who don't need it but since 1965 civil rights era have put on blinders when the conversation of reparations come up, America will never prosper until the white powers that be do the right thang and pay that debt...
Thanks for Sharing This Video! OMG, I got Tears in my eyes listening to MR Reggie Jackson! I am From Pakistan living in Kansas City Since 1995.I watched The Movie Green Book but I was Thinking oh it is just a movie! But hearing from Reggie Jackson I do Have to Believe that Must be True! but here is the kicker! I work for a Bank We had a Sign on that we will be close on Wednesday for Juneteenth! A White Customer came in and ask me why you are close on Wednesday? I Ask my Black Coworker can you Explain that to him! She Said White Folks have all the Holidays! Now we Black People have the Holiday Too! God Bless America!
This tears me to pieces. I remember watching Reggie with my dad in the 70’s. I had no idea this was happening to him. He was one of my heroes I am so pissed that there were people that treated him this way or anybody for that matter.
Watching this interview with Mr. October is truly sobering. He was singled out and ridiculed with racist taunts and still performed in spite of all the negativity. I have a son that plays baseball and still endures the same treatment but on a behind the scenes rhetoric. The constant racism is evident in 2024 and continues the decline that's reflective on baseball roster on every level. Not enough minority coaches to combat and give an alternative perspective. I love America, but we have to be better!
@@mojamaat it doesn't take privilege to say the truth. The truth is we ARE one human family. That doesn't erase or deny that stupid, frightened or greedy people don't know that that is the truth. I've lived under this shitty boot of misogyny and racism for a long time but I still believe that is the truth.
I’m 70 and back in the in the mid 70’s Reggie Was the man, black’s and other minorities had to struggle and that includes the LGBTQ community. I’m of Puerto Rican decent, my Father Served 20 years in the USN and is buried at the military cemetery at Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico, with full Honors, I served 77’’-89’ and hope the day I pass I can be buried next to him. I was looking at his flag and the tears started to flow. My wife asked what was wrong and I spoke about my Father who dedicated his life to serve and I give him and my mother major thanks for raising me the was they did. Vote 💙💙💙🇺🇸💙💙💙
I'm 72 now and a 1950s kid. I lived in a very white neighborhood with a black housekeeper. I did adore her but somehow realized that as a white 8 year old I had more power than her. Fortunately my parents did treat her very well and she was a great woman who always took great care of me.
What Reggie was talking about is what trump and maga stand for...that's how they want America to be again...everywhere it's still like that in places and maga wants to grow that situation .
@@joemello7888 Thanks Joe, I stand corrected. But the point remains in my mind. All are not treated equally. I don’t know if humankind will ever get to that point. Perhaps in a couple of hundred years.
It really moved me to see "the straw that stirs the drink" shaking the floor with such bold remarks, who would have thought he had all that pain and suffering stored inside. Reggie is not alone, lots of law abiding citizens are unlawfully and painfully discriminated in "the land of the free" just because of the color of their skin, that has to stop.
I was a white high school kid in the 60’s. I needed to buy a new master cylinder for my Jeep so I went and picked pears along with workers that had come up from Mexico. We started 4 am and quit at 6pm. Those guys could work so Fast! They showed me tricks, and started to like me. One evening they took me back to their encampment. The old beat up cars, their cooking fires, their tin shacks the landowner had put up with no plumbing: I had never dreamed people had to live like that. It made me mad at my own ignorance. And yet their generosity toward me a white boy, was touching. We got paid at the end of every week: 23 cents per 50# box.
That was August; when I returned to school in September, a different kind of white boy was I.
You win the internet today for this post. Thank you for sharing your story.
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thats dope... people are just people...
Thanks for the comment. Immigrants still work in the fields in the U.S. The work and living conditions are terrible. Those people are tough! I am so fortunate that I got rid of my racism years ago. I now enjoy meeting people from different countries and it is awesome! I now see how ignorant I was.
Nice story sister.
That's a great story. It needs to be told over and over.
I’m 57 years old from California and Reggie Jackson was my favorite player I had a Oakland A’s helmet and went crazy for his candy bar
I'm 61 and grew up in Florida with no baseball team I chose Oakland A's as my team with Rollie Fingers, Burt Capinaras, Catfish Hunter ,Reggie Jackson and more! I have more respect for those teammates and managers now for their support for Reggie Jackson and Vida Blue and others who played for the A's
My whole family watched baseball together on t.v. So that we could cheer on the Oakland A s . Mom had a crush on both Reggie Jackson and Rollie Fingers and would cheer them on so much that I watched the whole game instead of going outside to play .
Did you catch all the orange “Reggie” bars on the table?, in front Reggie, & everyone else, & they never even mentioned it. Was there something they’re supposed to do a bit about? Or was it just for show? (& the only the people who were old enough to remember 1977 & 1978, would recognize those bars)
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I’m guessing how the tone of the conversation changed,?they must’ve ran out of time.
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I watched the show pregame show live, yesterday & After this segment they did not go back Reggie nor the Reggie bars
@MikeCee7 I didn't see it I was focused on the interview and the other guys having no clue or what Reggie had to go through.
@@smoothlyabrasive9805 I was primarily pointing it out to the original poster,of the original comment on this thread. (who said he went crazy for the Reggie bar).
I saw the pregame live on TV on a big screen TV, & I noticed it then. But through the luxury of TH-cam, anyone can see.
Yes, I know Reggie’s comments change the tone of the interview. But I noticed the Reggie bars right from the beginning of the interview. (before any distractions)
So I was curious to see what they were gonna do with that not-Mike
Marrying a Latina from Brazil opened my eyes to reality. Watching her family be forced to turn out their pockets before they were allowed to leave the store, being singled out for “enhanced security checks” EVERY SINGLE TIME they fly, watching my wife be treated as a second class citizen, bordering on being treated like a criminal at times. And this wasn’t back in the 1960s. This is late 1990s until today. Sorry, but the racism and xenophobia is undeniable. I’m glad Reggie said what he said. Sadly, the people that need to hear and understand it will not pay attention.
Unfortunately as a Latino male, living in mostly big cities, the only "racism" I've ever encountered didn't come from white people. When I got robbed by two thugs a few years back, they weren't white.
When my mother was beaten and her purse stolen, they weren't white. Every time I hear people like Reggie Jackson or lebron james talk about racism, I just have to laugh. With their millions they left the hood, many of us are still here. Living with "racism" on a daily basis.
@@victormorales3604 Why are you laughing? I don't see sht funny.
@@victormorales3604You are sounding condescending, you acting like what Reggie Jackson went through is nothing. But you want someone to sympathize and empathize with you though.
@@antwandukes I laugh because they're "race hustlers", they've made their millions but they still use the "race card" any chance they get, just like "reverend" Al Sharpton, and no I'm not looking for sympathy, far from it, I am stating fact. If somehow you feel insulted or if you feel I insulted your idols, that is not my problem.
Okay I sympathize with you now how do you think of black Americans and what we have had to put up with especially after fighting and dying in this country's Wars and the ones that didn't even serve or fought for this Freedom be the most racist now ain't that a b****
So glad Mr. Jackson told his story. People, particularly many of the white ones want to romanticize the history of this country. Completely ignoring or flat out dismissing the experience of others, like Reggie Jackson.
America has become BETTER for black people, but it was NEVER great for them.
Thank God for the few whites that understood early on, when it wasn't popular to do so and the famous ones who used their influence like Marilyn Monroe for Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra for Sammy Davis Jr. Demanding thet their black colleagues got equal treatment.
Who says it WAS great for black Americans?
America is great for anyone who is smart and ambitious. There are currently no barriers for someone who truly wants to succeed and make it in this country.
@@Dirgnimai7 Not so much "WAS", but there's nothing currently stopping any person from succeeding in life.
Blasphemy !, says the racists white pure, perfect people
Calling out the fact that America has never been great for people of color, women, same sex couples, ect. is not hating America. It is pointing out the work we still need to do to make it truly great for everyone.
ONE nation, under God, INDIVISIBLE, with liberty 🗽 and justice FOR ALL.
@@garydaniels5495 not so much the under god part.
Let’s ask Nikki Haley when America was last great !
@@garydaniels5495The white supremists want to leave those two words out
Thank you Reggie for speaking the TRUTH.
Imagine how much worse it was for Jackie Robinson in 1947, Willie Mays in 1951, and Hank Aaron who entered MLB in 1954.
And Larry Doby, first black player in the American League.
I saw him on TV once in his later years and he was looking back to his first days in MLB. He met with the usual stuff, including name-calling. He said: 'Remember when you're a kid and you get called names and you come home crying and your Mom reminds you "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me"? Well, Mom meant well, but that's not true. *Words hurt!'*
Yet they preservired...what's that tell you about people back then as opposed to today ?
And that's what america wants to wipe out of history.
Can't forget about what Roberto Clemente went through being a black Latino
@@sunwise5769 Fully agree !
What Reggie said made me tear up. Reggie is a beautiful man.
Have some tissue .
@@petegarrido5406 thanks
Don't you fret. Reggie's doin just fine. Probably much better than you. He's had a very good life.,
Bragging about how 'great' we are is just embarrassing. We need to grow up, stop the bragging, and focus on what needs to be done so not one single American goes to bed hungry, or has no place to sleep, or doesn't have enough food to feed their family.
True. That WOULD make America great at last.
Thank you
They want a Christian Nation, but then GLORIFY the past where we ENSLAVED Jesus according to The Bible. Since Jesus LITERALLY says how what we do to Humans, we do to JESUS. An when you look at how the Wealthy Ruling Elite have ALWAYS treated Jesus, then we were NEVER "Great" OR a "Christian Nation." Hell if we DID have the Republicans as REAL Christians, our Nation would be in a FAR better place Economically for the Average Citizen, ESPECIALLY the most vulnerable among us.
Agreed!
Bragging is a national pastime in good ole USA.
I’m Hispanic grew up in Chicago, and remember when Jackson played. Lots of white people I knew were low key racist when talking about Jackson as much as calling him uppity.
They were probably White democrats.
@@ARNK-k3b On que, the ignorant racist crawls out from under his rock.
@@ARNK-k3b white people have gotten away with murder in America for 400 years...respectfuly yours...a white man.
Upiity got a lot of black people hung from a tree, and that fear kept black people on their knees. Those times are over.
Racism sucks
We don't hate America! We are just honest about our country!
Part of the problem is, far too many ppl don't want to hear or accept the Truth of things. They prefer the circus and bull 💩 over Reality.
Speak for yourself. I hate it.
@@mojamaat its not the best, its not the worst either. Its mid range, i would say. Profit always come before what the ppl need. Thats america in a nutshell. big money comes first.
@@mojamaat No one is forcing you to live here, you are free to leave and go live in whatever country you prefer.
@@mojamaat In 2016 an immigrant friend of mine called to ask how the hell America had just elected Trump. I told him it's because at it's very core America is a deeply racist country populated in large part by rubes
Need to hear Reggie speak more often.
Him and Kareem keep it real.✊
I always thought Tiger Woods would have made a difference if he would have spoken out.
Muhammad Ali kept it *really* real.
@@scoop1127Selfish!
@@silverman5707He's a coward!
@@silverman5707He's too scary.
People that ask “when was America great?” Don’t hate America, we just understand its history…we just want to know if you do too…
If we look at the ability of fast upward mobility then America is currently great. There are no limitations today. Go live your life and take from it whatever you can. Nothing is stopping anyone.
Well, then you know. The blue team lost the last civil war, and their slaves. Red team freed them.
I bet that that was a real shock to the Fox audience, but Mr. October knocked it out of the park again by telling the unvarnished truth of his experience. and if people were treating one of the biggest sports stars in the country like that, you can be certain that it was far worse for everyday black American.
Another stupid comment about Fox. Fox is equally as corrupt as CNN and all the others. Regardless, it's mind-numbingly idiotic to actually believe that a large group of people in this country some how don't know about what Reggie is saying.
Come on, for God's sake. Grow up!
Absolutely! It hurts me to my core thinking about the horrible things my Mom, GMom, GreatGMom, and Mr Reggie Jackson went through. 😢
Check out what Jackie Robinson had to go through as the first black major league player - even from his teammates!
Blame the democrats. It was the democrats that created Jim Crow. The segregationist were democrats.
Exactly!!
It needs to be said. Reggie tells the truth.
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THIS is the America that Trump supporters want to return.
@@fivestring65ify "make `murica white again" is all they care about
@@fivestring65ify Tragically, yes.
@@fivestring65ifyMost definitely
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I remember watching Reggie in the old Yankee stadium and thought he was the greatest. Good to see he still is.👍👍👍
America dont need to be great. It just needs to be more educated.
And learn lesson from it's past, and the past of nations that followed the wrong people who only known hate and fear.
Spot on.
@@chicagosamurai Which should remind us all of a prophetic quote, 'Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it'.
I taught for 27 long years in this country’s very dysfunctional public education system. We are not educating a large portion of our population. We are paying for it now.
That, and leaning towards factual truth as a social currency....
Would be great.
Very moving and true words from Reggie Jackson. I got goosebumps from hearing him...very emotional.
Well said, Reggie Jackson. This is a clip you'll never see on FOX News.
Sadly, you are right. It's the FOX news audience that probably needs to hear it the most.
Even more disturbing is you haven't seen it on ABC, CBS, NBC, or ESPN either. Or did I miss it?
@@billyford7853 You missed it!
@@alanchapman2782the Fox News crowd hears it. Then they say get over it and stop living in the past
ironic enough, that interview was live on Fox SPORTS (I know, right???). But yes, Faux News will ignore this blatantly.......
Reggie ONLY told the TRUTH!!
Yes-Truth of a History in Alabama that took place under DEMOCRAT Governors, and DEMOCRAT Mayors! smh
@@mck1972being a racist is a choice.foh
,@@bobbyyoung4243 ,
And all those people in segregated Alabama back then-
-Chose to be Racists!
Amd
-Chose to be be Democrats!
Yes being a racist is a choice.
Just like being a Democrat is a choice.
And back then these Democrats chose to be Racists!
Yes being a racist is a choice.
Just like being a Democrat is a choice.
And back then these Democrats chose to be Racists!
I'm a white guy living in Phoenix, Arizona. Reggie lived in my neighborhood in Tempe, Arizona when I was a boy. I loved Reggie. Reggie, in the off season would run down at Hudson Elementary School. He was raw power, like none of us kids had ever seen. We would watch him run windsprints. It was the coolest. He was great to us too. He is an ASU alum like me. He was truly one of the greatest guys to come through the university. He was loved in our community, especially by me and my friends. When I heard what he was saying it broke me up. I wasn't raised like that. My dad worked Mesa Community College so we had athletes living with us on several occasions. Many of them were black. I see color, I see the pain and frustration in Reggie. I want to feel that pain. There's no doubt America has never been great for everyone. MAGAGA ( notice the gag in there??) supporters have no idea the pain marginalized people have and still do live with. I was lucky my folks were both educators so people from all backgrounds were extremely important to them. The division going on is a game to Trump but it's not a game for people of color. In fact, the game has been rigged against them for far too long. To me, MAGAGA is just dark space. I'm a truly blessed man to grow up like I did but anybody who says they don't see color, isn't looking hard enough. People of color built America as much if not more than anyone. They are the true patriots because they have been dealt the worst hand you could get in a poker game and always try to make the best of it that hand. Those like Reggie are truly what is great about America . They've endured the most and kept going. That's what makes someone great. There is not one thing that is great about Trump and his cult. Not one! Greatness isn't defined by what you have it's defined by what you don't. Think about that. Brighter days are coming. New leaders are coming up. Let's get out of the dark space in November. Let's put MAGAGA in the past where they belong along with the other not so great things some in America have allowed to happen.
What a great story!!
It's time to shine light in those dark places.
You DO NOT want to feel that pain. I understand you being empathetic and wanting to truly understand, but you don't want THAT. We live with that every day in so many ways I can't even explain. It's in the language, the laws, education, the media, the business world, politics, etc. It's everywhere, that pain, because we're always being told we don't matter.
Hell, to hear them tell it, we're not even American. We're called African-American(which we ARE NOT...we're indigenous to these lands and have always been HERE) because we're still considered outsiders in our own country.
That pain is why we're such a strong people, too, though. Struggle builds inner strength and hardens you.
One thing you can do is watch "Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes" with this lady named Jane Elliott. It will give you some insight into what one lady did to try to make her grade school students understand what it's like, even if only for a few hours.
We do definitely need more people like yourself who are trying to understand, though. Just wanting to understand is admirable. We all need to do a better job trying to understand and relate to each other.
Your parents sound like the ones my kids had friendships with! It has to start somewhere! The ONLY first one difference is in our skin tone. Now our lifestyles would be different- because it's "different strokes for different folks"!
@@EverywhereAndNowhere🙏🏽amen
All the respect Sir, You're telling the truth. It was awful for you. The real history of America needs to be talked about. And learned from.
I thought we were almost there until 2015 when the devil ran for president and summoned its deciples to emerge from hell:/
Let's be truthful with history. Reggie should have also said the segregationist and Jim Crow were democrats. The racist Jim Crow were created by democrats. Klan were created by democrats. That should be told over and over, I agree.
Thank you Reggie for telling the whole truth.
I admire Reggie Jackson even more now !
Reggie played strong, looked strong, but we didn’t no what was going on in the background. I applaud him for speaking the truth. I hope for the best for Reggie and all the guys who backed him up! HGUERRA
One of my all time favorite Jackie Robinson stories is he had a teammate in 1947 named Eddie Stanky a second basemen. That year the Phillies had a manager named Ben Chapman who was notoriously brutal with his racist taunts to Jackie and in one game it got really bad and Stanky finally got in Chapman's face and told him to knock it off even though he previously said he wasn't in favor in integration but was willing to support Jackie because Jackie was his teammate and the movie 42 depicts it brilliantly.
A lot of that is because Jackle FORCED the White People to Humanize him. To Humanize African Americans in general. The average white person had little to no interactions with PoC back then. They didn't really have black friends. Didn't go to school or do work where they would see them as Equals and Full Humans. Jackie CHANGED that. He FORCED his Team Mates to see him as a person. FORCED them to confront the Injustice of Racism. An they saw how THEY could benefit from Racial Equality.
It was in the Movie.
@Awells89 Only a certain kind of person would find your story heartwarming.
@@CallMeErie And what kind of person is that?
@@juliasimpson1759 Guess
Im sure the league and the network didn't expect him to reveal these truths. Im so glad he did.
We all know there was big time racism back then. Times have DEFINITELY changed. Right??
Preach it Brother Reggie!!
Respect to Mr. October.
I'm from a city in Central Louisiana, where there are plenty of sundown towns. Back in 2002, I was driving back to the ship I was stationed on in Virginia when the universal joint came loose on my Jeep. I had broken down around 3 a.m. in the middle of nowhere just south of a sundown town. I walked a few miles back to a payphone I saw at a store and called my dad, who never showed up. When I got back to my vehicle, a state trooper stopped and literally told me, "Son, you're the wrong color to break down here. I recommend you high tail out of here before these folks wake up. I'll come back by in an hour to check on you." and he drove off. By now, the sun was starting to rise, and "people" were starting to wake up, slowly driving by giving me a mean stare. It didn't matter that I had on my official PT shirt from the duty station. They did care. Soon, these two older Black men drove by and made a sudden u-turn, telling me that same story the state trooper told me, only they took me back into town to an Autozone to get parts. I tried my best to repair the joint, but it kept slipping out of the bracket, and I would have to get out every 20-30 yards, slide under the Jeep, and hammer it back into place. I arrived at the next town some 10 miles or so, a couple of hours later, only to be told "We don't serve your kind." I carried on, repeated the same process to the next town which was around 30 miles up Hwy 165. Three hours later, I arrived in the town and crossed my fingers as I walked into NAPA Auto Parts where a nice White man helped me and apologized for my experience. He drilled out the broken bolt and we replaced it, I finally was on my way, but I was so nervous, as I had to drive through the rest of the deep South to get back to Virginia. I will never forget that experience.
😢🤦🏽♀️🙏🏽God bless u
Happened to me in west va
Racism has never stopped my grandfather Puerto riRcan World War 1 injured. He came out from a different door that white people came out when he got off the military plane. But in the meantime, my father, World War 2 veteran, and my whole family, who have served Usa .Puerto Rican are still second-class citizens . Reggie Jackson is 100 percent right. The USA is a very racist.
I hate the fact that they're 2nd class citizens. It's disgusting and horrifying. Most ESPECIALLY for so called "Christian Nation" and for so called "Christians" whose faith is ONLY on their tongue. NEVER truly in their Heart or Mind.
@user-hs7mo8nj4p Earth only has one human race. If you are talking about a person's skin color, that would be in the list of ethnic or ethnicity.
I know during ww2 here in the UK 🇬🇧American soldiers would complain that people with darker skin weren’t segregated as they were in 🇺🇸. They were told to piss off. Civilians in particular were shocked by it! Rightly so
My ex 🇺🇸 mom in law was one of the most racist people I’ve ever met, just little things slipped out. Not constantly though, I was disgusted!
I’m sorry that happened to your grandad 😢 it’s disgusting 😤
Yes, it’s far more racist than here in 🇬🇧 it actually did get worse when tramp was spreading his hatred, it was like rude obnoxious people were given permission because he did it 😤 my ex in laws are American so I’ve had a long time to compare 🇬🇧& 🇺🇸
@@lilacscentedfushias1852 Earth only has one human race, that "racist" word is made up, along with "racisim". You can't have racisim or racist with only one human race. Simple logic.
7:50 "Humanity, not Hannity."
GREAT- QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
I don't call him Hannity, I call him Scammity, because he's always running one of his red white and blue scams.
Humanity Not Insanity.
Was he referring to Sean Scammity?
@@57highland He was, I don't know the presenter's name, but I attributed his statement with the time stamp.
As for Sean, I've always called him Sham Hannity.
good on reggie for not sugar coating the truth.
It isn't the truth. No country, or people are perfect. The USA, since it's founding in 1776, has been a great country. I see Reggie Jackson has chosen to still live in the U. S., despite enough wealth to live in the country of his choice. He is a complete hypocrite!!
You won’t see a word of this on Fox News!
Of course not!
FOX News is every bit as corrupt as CNN and the others. But, why would you think this? It's a lazy and stupid way to think.
It's not fox news, just fox.
@@RH-sb5co Fox "News"
They would cut the feed the second he opened his mouth
That lady wearing the baseball hat said the most idiotic statement
Which one?😂
Classic deflection.
@@sweettee8110 Yep.
@@lburton1892 Both, but one is old enough to know better.
You’d have to be living in a fantasy to think that things were great during Trump’s presidency. Yeah, gas was cheaper and inflation was lower. Then there was this pandemic and unemployment was suddenly at 15%. You couldn’t buy a lot of stuff because of disruptions in the supply chain. But all of that isn’t even the point. Donald Trump is horrifically divisive. He’s horrifically narcissistic. He is an utterly shameless liar. He likes dictators and wants to be one. We don’t want a fucking theocracy in this country and he doesn’t either but he will enable one running this country just to get their vote and have power. He HAS to HAVE power, to avoid seeing how utterly weak and immoral and criminal and grifting he is. Can’t believe anybody falls for his bullshit.
Being from Canada I was sheltered from racism. My first experience with racism was in about 2007 and was driving for Schneider National. I was at a truck stop near Mobile Alabama and was waiting in line at the cashier to pay for my purchase and a guy was paying for his gas. He made a racist comment to the cashier because he was told to look at his pump number was. The cashier to her credit remained calm and respectful. I told her to send the manager out to my truck and I'll back her up if there is a complaint. No one deserves to be treated like that no matter who you are.
Still happening, unfortunately. These people must lead miserable lives, always ready to hate.
God bless you, Mr. Jackson. God bless you.❤❤❤
Thank You Mr Jackson.
This is a powerful 8.5 minute video. Required viewing for all baseball fans, young & old. Especially the young.
"Racism is as American as apple pie, but not addressing it doesn't make it disappear. Education and compassion are steps in the right direction."
What's "racism?"
@@Joe-mt1sg
There will always be "racism" ( incorrect word usage since the original meaning was proud of your tribe and culture ) ain't nothing you can do . By the way who are the biggest " racists " today ? I'll wait you out on this one .
@@petegarrido5406 "There will always be racism" is just a silly opinion when one looks at how far we've come. Imagine if our leaders took the stance that "there will just always be slavery in the USA" and so never even tried to improve and evolve.
Today's nazis, white supremacist and other organized hate groups tend to vote for one side and not the other. I will wait you out on your thoughts on this. I have a suspicion which side you're on, but I will let you sink your own ship in that regard.
@@petegarrido5406 Incorrect information dude. The first utterance of the word 'racism' was by Richard Pratt in 1902, who was a staunch advocate of folding Native Americans into white life through forced assimilation. "Segregating any class or race of people apart from the rest of the people kills the progress of the segregated people or makes their growth very slow. Association of races and classes is necessary to destroy racism and classism." Your "original meaning" should stay in your own little world.
It's the hurt that I hear in his voice . So tell me that this country was never racist 🙄 🤦🏿😢.
The United States was never great. Never. The United States murdered millions of indigenous people. Had millions of slaves who were exploited as labourers, for sex, and they were killed and tortured at whim, after that people were linch, forced in to segregation, mass incarnation, burned out of there homes and there town if they manage to succeed in life.
Crickets!🦗🦗🦗🦗
I was thinking the same thing. You can tell it's stuck with him all these years. That pain is still there.
Read up on the Boxer- Jack Johnson! ( it was in the 40s- 50s).
@@lue4724way before the 40's
The thing that makes America great is the fact that there are people that dont judge you by your color and can see past that not the racism that we gave had in the past but the hope of a better future.
“I love America more than any other country in the world, and exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
James Baldwin
Notes of a Native Son* (1955)
yes but you are hung up on the negative... make it better, not worse.every other word from Trumps mouth are lies !
And we'll keep criticizing it until we get it right.
❤❤❤ I spent 39 months in Germany when stationed at NATO HQs. I traveled to other countries every chance I got.
I was glad to be back in the U.S., but I loved my time in Germany. It helped me appreciate my country and appreciate other countries, too. I feel very lucky to have had that opportunity.
Reggie is the real deal. Always been smart, tough, and competitive as hell...The Athletics were the same in the 70's..
I heard during the 1960's a slogan many seemed to embrace, " America right or wrong." First heard as a retort to what was being said by the protesters of the Vietnam war. But out of that came an answer that I embrace, "America, right its wrongs."
I'm over seventy years old now and to hear what people like Mr. Jackson say, and endured, and watching what is happening brings me to tears.
America, right its wrong so to have hope of greatness.
It's not that we should "make America great again," it's that we should make America great!
Yes, make America GREATER!
Starts with Atonement and reparations for Freedman descendants aka FBA'S. Unapologetically. Confederates,segregationist received reparations. The Irony of lies is the Truth in real-time.
AMEN
For everyone.
Yeah, we Blacks know what that "again" means. They're not fooling anybody. Well, some are fooled, but most are not.
Living won't be easy, and the lies outnumber the flies. Holy Hell. Welcome to America.
Wtf does this mean
@@TheLuscious Hard Facts Sister.
As we know-if we forget where we’ve been we are doomed to repeat it.
That statement has been repeated a million times, and nothing has changed.
If you dwell on what was done in the past you will never move forward.
Racism has declined over the years. Haven't you noticed? Seriously! History repeating itself is a very important question. Yes, I definitely see our country falling to repeated mistakes, but for many other reasons, not just racism.
We never been great, not for everyone anyway......
Thank you 💯 😊❤
True!
Far from Great PERIOD! It can and will get better if EVERYONE VOTES BLUE FOREVER! WATCH its GAME OVER GQP LUNATICS, in the 2024 Election Democrats & POTUS Joe Biden will WIN EVERYTHING!💯
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@@donnajackson3632 only been great for white ppl, mainly. Especially in particular, rich white ppl. 🤗
Well...white supremacists, misogynists, "christians," straight, cis men would disagree. That is why Republicans want to turn back the clock to where the aforementioned men were the only ones with all the rights and freedoms.
For everyone else, it wasn't that great. Hell, women couldn't even have their own credit cards, without a man's sign off, until the 1970s.
REGGIE WAS CORRECT!!!!
Reggie has always been a idiot
😂😂😂😂😂😂
And this is the 1970s he's talking about, not the 1930s or 40s ...
Childish emojis huh? Did you flunck kindergarten?@@Grace-zy7vc
When you are forced to stay in your hotel room because the other players were attacked at a chess tournament in the 90s you realize that racism is real.
Luckily, we had the tournament directors warn us because we were good kids that we were out studying and practicing but we had to be in our rooms the next 2 days.
Thanks for sharing this interview ❤
Thank you Mr. Jackson for publicly speaking the truth about America's lack of greatness since it's founding.
Seems Greed is always the bottom line.
300 years of crying over the same thing. Quit expecting white men to make it better for you.
America was arguably great before it was even discovered
@@BKT42 Yes, that's what I meant. Thanks for correcting me
That wasn’t America…
Yeah it was something much better. @zeebest1004
@@zeebest1004 it was the same place, just because it was named America, doesn't mean it wasn't stolen, how can you discover something that wasn't lost.
It was never discovered because it’s been inhabited by humans unless there was a Native person who did discover it!!
62 here and have even as a child questioned why we called ourselves the greatest country in the world and when did we start calling ourselves that, TY Reggie Jackson for speaking the truth of that time and still this time more and more often😢
Thanks Reggie for not white washing what took place back then. People are in disbelief but, this shit happened!!! You too Reggie was a helluva ball player.
Once again, they expect us to simply forget about it. My mother is in the hospital, deeply emotional as she reflects on the difficult life she's had. Since she might not be here with us much longer, we're putting her affairs in order, and now she's opening up about her life. I just saw her birth certificate with "colored" stamped on it.
You can imagine how furious I am seeing this. I want to see the entire system of institutional racism destroyed in the West.
I feel her pain as she recounts her childhood, growing up as a little girl who faced the harsh reality of segregation.
My mother, growing up as little girl looking at no color allow sign as a 4 year old!
But, years later, you discover that people of African descent have the richest history in the world. Your ancestors built the pyramids and temples of Kemet/Egypt and were the first people on Earth, originating from the Out of Africa theory.
In addition, you find out your people have some of the greatest empires in the world.
I saw those signs, too. I am almost 67 and remember those days. Whites just don't want to acknowledge their racist thoughts, attitudes, and behavior. They're all over these comments gaslighting our people and those who halfway understand. Makes me sick. There is STILL racism in AmeriKKKa.
I have been studying our history, before our culture was taken from us, and we are a mighty people!!!!!
Boy o boy, watching the video and reading through the comments reminds me of watching and reading flat earth videos. The mental gymnastics and the pure stupidity. do you all really believe that 50% of the country wants to bring slavery and discrimination back? Do you really get that upset over the word "again" You REALLY believe in your heart that "make America great again" does NOT simply mean
#1 Lower rents and house prices compared to income
#2 a time when "made in America" actually meant MADE IN AMERICA and those products were some of the best in the WORLD
#3 when you could start a business without all the red tape and fees
#4 when taxes were lower
#5 when moral and family appropriate TV show were the ONLY THING you could find on TV
#6 when your average person was more honest and stuck to their word
#7 when EVERYONE from around the world wanted to come to America because they heard that the streets are paved in gold
#8 when Kids could go out and play and for the most part not have to worry
#9 when there were no school S*ootings
#10 People in general cared and knew more about the country
NO NO NO NO none of that ( you say to your self) You HONESTLY believe that when people say "make America Great again" they ONLY want to bring black racism and oppress women? They can't possibly want to keep the progress that we have made with race and gender and ALSO want the other good stuff back too?
How Gross it must be inside your heads if you honestly think that you are so morally superior that you can easily believe that 50% of the country wants to bring back ONLY racism and sexism when they say "make America great again"
You wanna see a hard life...go south if the border .
@@petegarrido5406 We already know them MF's down there treat us like wypipo do here. Forget that nonsense and don't gaslight us like you know how hard it is to be Black. No you don't.
@@petegarrido5406 You sound like a fool. How many of those people are dealing with another race of people ruling over their land and oppressing them. But then again they wiped out the dark indigenous population and now you have the light classes ruling.
Excellent!!! Thank you!!! ❤ This is the second time I listened and watched this… I’ve shared it with so many people thank you. It’s awesome. You’re beautiful human being clearly. ❤
I worked for the team physician for the Oakland A's. I remember Reggie Jackson trying out a speech he planed for Mr. Finley. He was very articulate and well spoken. I can remember saying it sounded great to me, but that l obviously wasn't Mr. Finley!!!! I was very young then, now l am no longer young, but l remember that clearly. Years later, my brother begged me to get a licence place holder that said "Reggie Jackson Chevrolet". He is thoughtful and articulate.
Someone should send this to Nicky Haley, she said America has never been racist.
Don't forget so did big teeth pink gums Tim Scott and Byron Donald
And will still get votes.
That's what Nicky Haley said she jumped on the trump ban wagon !!!
Thank you for sharing this.
Sadly, these people fail to realize racism is never great, not even for them.
Whitety hates it when other people have same rights!
Racism, cuts both ways!! It is never good, in any way.
Frank Sinatra had many flaws but racism wasn’t one of them
Frank was a great man. Nothing but respect and admiration for him.❤
Fax
frank is a god. he went to a diner with sammy davis jr. as he wanted to eat something after a night of partying but the diner refused to serve sammy. frank got pissed and told the owner "we ain't eating in your diner ever". when frank left that diner. that diner pretty much closed. don't f*ck with the rat pack.
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Exactly He stood up for Sammy Davis Jr when they didn't want to let him in their establishments.
That got me choked up.I knew about the Marilyn/Ella's connection but had not seen the Sinatra or the Reggie videos. Wow!👏
If you've never had to have a Court case decide, or a law passed, to ensure that you have equal Rights - then you're privileged!😮
Amen
Yassss 🙏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽say it
Amen
Pretty much.
Incredible how the Democratic Party held and continues to try to hold blacks back. They tried to block the CRA, instituted Jim Crow, instituted the KKK and continue to stir the pot to of racism.
Regis is STILL Mr. October!!! Bad ass man!!!
Baseball has been a microcosm of white supremacy through the United States and it is pathetic that MAGA wants to go back to that!!!
Huh, you do know that the South in Reggie days was run completely since slavery by the Democrat party who created the KKK ever heard of Bull Connor a Democrat or George Wallace Democrat, Jim Crow all done by the Democrats not by the Republicans party smh it shows how little you liberals know about the history of your own country. Smh
Thanks for reminding us.We all need to keep our Minds and Hearts open@
Last thirty seconds of this video needs to be on repeat until January 20 2025🎉
Never figured out when it was great, I thought things were getting better than ever, then came trump, and it went to shit.
Yes. I thought we were at least heading in the right direction. All of our progress has been hard won. All of US 💙
I have to respectfully disagree. It was always there, Trump just amplified it and gave those in the closet racists the green light to go out and be emboldened to practice their hate without any shame! They were always there!
ALL the Trumpers are like him with undealt with childhood trauma. The feel they have the right to bully and hate because DonaldVonshitzhizpantz thinks is so cool. Disgusting....
Do tell: In light of his first 4-year term, what was bad? Be detailed. What exactly did you not like about those 4 years?
@@Dirgnimai7wouldn’t it be faster for you to tell us what you liked about him in command??
Thank you Mr. Jackson for handling such indecencies with grace and dignity...
What Republicans are really saying is let's make the Confederation great again.
Precisely
I'm not a Republican, but this sort of statement is both lazy, and moronic.
Be better.
Hey jackass- Democrats ran the Confederacy
Exactly
The Jim Crow laws - Democrats.
REGGIE JACKSON WAS TELLING THE TRUTH.GOD BLESS REGGIE JACKSON
Truth and reconciliation has yet to be achieved
Mr. Jackson you are a legend. God bless you
I'm crying. It breaks my heart to see what people deal with. Brought back memories of me and my siblings being the only black people in our school. America is racist, not great.
Me as well. There were only 2 of us, then 4, back to 2, and I transferred to a mostly Black school my senior year. Definitely racist, not great!
@@kingrayog
You don't belong here.
That's what you never understood.
You don't belong here.
@@Joe-mt1sgmake me know it??? You don’t belong here or anywhere else! You’re the problem with this country! And FYI- we ain’t going nowhere!!!
Wanna tell the good people here why there were more Black owned business back then...why per cápita Blacks graduated high school and collet than Whites back then .....why there were more two parent homes back then ? Malcom was right but you chose to listen to the grifter .
The IDEA of America is great it's just had a tough time getting there we've made progress but we still have a lot of work to do.
You mean not being able to lynch people....this country was never meant to work for any one but the rich...that's what CAPITALism is ..this country is about money not people
This, in my eyes, was the best part of the entire night. Reggie put it on the table with honesty. Birmingham was not called “Bombingham” for nothin’.
The city that slaughtered church goers but yet say we're a Christian nation,the country that says we're a Christian nation but evangelicals rally around a known crook and womanizer and racist and stand by as the leader say proud boys stand back and stand by,where corruption was rampant as the leader of the free world and his cohort Mr Johnson skim 10 billion dollars off the top in Wisconsin promising good jobs and better living.2 and a half trillion dollars tax break for the wealthy who don't need it but since 1965 civil rights era have put on blinders when the conversation of reparations come up, America will never prosper until the white powers that be do the right thang and pay that debt...
Reggie Jackson is so gracious that he would not wish his discrimination on You
Thanks for Sharing This Video! OMG, I got Tears in my eyes listening to MR Reggie Jackson! I am From Pakistan living in Kansas City Since 1995.I watched The Movie Green Book but I was Thinking oh it is just a movie! But hearing from Reggie Jackson I do Have to Believe that Must be True! but here is the kicker! I work for a Bank We had a Sign on that we will be close on Wednesday for Juneteenth! A White Customer came in and ask me why you are close on Wednesday? I Ask my Black Coworker can you Explain that to him! She Said White Folks have all the Holidays! Now we Black People have the Holiday Too! God Bless America!
The last time America was great was right before the Pilgrims arrived
The last time America was great was before the Democrats ruined it.
Who saved the world in World War 2?
@@mbd501 Toxic masculinity saved the World in WWII. Good thing for the International Socialists that very few men have masculinity nowadays.
Right
@@mbd501Jesus did it way before WW2.
I agree. Have always agreed. I know the truth. No such thing as make america great again.
The truth about history must be told regardless of how anyone feels about it.
History is really His>story
@@tyronerankin7191What?
This tears me to pieces. I remember watching Reggie with my dad in the 70’s. I had no idea this was happening to him. He was one of my heroes I am so pissed that there were people that treated him this way or anybody for that matter.
Racism should be listed as a mental illness. The level of hate that some people are filled with is not normal.
Watching this interview with Mr. October is truly sobering. He was singled out and ridiculed with racist taunts and still performed in spite of all the negativity. I have a son that plays baseball and still endures the same treatment but on a behind the scenes rhetoric. The constant racism is evident in 2024 and continues the decline that's reflective on baseball roster on every level. Not enough minority coaches to combat and give an alternative perspective. I love America, but we have to be better!
The Maga cult continues 🙄 😑
As opposed to the Progressive Leftist "cult", right?
They'll fade. That type of needy, unbelievably-in-this-day-and-age insecure ego . . . will fade.
@@adipsous From your keyboard to G-ds ears (or whoever pulls the strings for us humans).
LOL. Democrats were the segregationist. Democrats created Jim Crow. Democrats created the Klan.
The racists were always there hiding until Trump showed them it was okay to be one and now they even have their own television station.
You can hear it in his voice, he's still hurting.
We are One Human Family. There is no race, no competition, no finish line. We are human beings, not a game.
In this country it's always about race and it's a privilege to be able to think otherwise.
Exactly. Perfectly said.💙☮️💐
@@mojamaat it doesn't take privilege to say the truth. The truth is we ARE one human family. That doesn't erase or deny that stupid, frightened or greedy people don't know that that is the truth. I've lived under this shitty boot of misogyny and racism for a long time but I still believe that is the truth.
Tell that to the racist people, who breed hates
You just want to White Wash History.
Absolutely Fact's 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯
The most important fact is that he was Black. Not anything else. No other group or so-called marginalized agenda needs to be mentioned.
I’m 70 and back in the in the mid 70’s Reggie Was the man, black’s and other minorities had to struggle and that includes the LGBTQ community. I’m of Puerto Rican decent, my Father Served 20 years in the USN and is buried at the military cemetery at Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico, with full Honors, I served 77’’-89’ and hope the day I pass I can be buried next to him. I was looking at his flag and the tears started to flow. My wife asked what was wrong and I spoke about my Father who dedicated his life to serve and I give him and my mother major thanks for raising me the was they did. Vote 💙💙💙🇺🇸💙💙💙
People don't like being reminded of the truth.
I'm 72 now and a 1950s kid. I lived in a very white neighborhood with a black housekeeper. I did adore her but somehow realized that as a white 8 year old I had more power than her. Fortunately my parents did treat her very well and she was a great woman who always took great care of me.
Mr. October's word hit heavy. Great memories watching you play!!
What Reggie was talking about is what trump and maga stand for...that's how they want America to be again...everywhere it's still like that in places and maga wants to grow that situation .
He spoke the truth
Thank you Reggie Jackson for telling the truth that right wing America wants to deny!
Great to see Big Pappi!!!❤
Nice to hear Reggie talking about John McNamara.
a country whose constitution says all men are created equal, where is that country?
Only in the minds of those who look at American History in the narrowest of views.
That constitution was just political theater. The rich and powerful just wanted more money and power. Has nothing to do becoming free from tyranny
The Declaration of Independence says it, not the Constitution.
@@joemello7888 Thanks Joe, I stand corrected. But the point remains in my mind. All are not treated equally. I don’t know if humankind will ever get to that point. Perhaps in a couple of hundred years.
Thank you Mr. Jackson for speaking about your experiences.
It really moved me to see "the straw that stirs the drink" shaking the floor with such bold remarks, who would have thought he had all that pain and suffering stored inside. Reggie is not alone, lots of law abiding citizens are unlawfully and painfully discriminated in "the land of the free" just because of the color of their skin, that has to stop.
Great video, from start to finish.