Actually there were 2 types of guys that used ni@@er...those with negative intentions and those with good intentions, I can remember the 1970s when old timers would call us ni@@ers, not all of them considered us less than them, it was just how they spoke, if they paid us the same amount as white kids for doing work they were cool to us, we lived by stick and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me😮
Not only that, but Bear Bryant died in January 1983. Reggie Jackson retired from MLB in 1987. Bear Bryant did not attend Reggie Jackson’s last MLB game.
Just another Alabama hero! Bear Bryant folks…as long as Blacks were running his ball, making him comfortable and reassuring him he was in charge he could tolerate us!
We're sorry for people calling you names. You seem to be asking for help getting over that form of identification, we are very sorry and promise not to use words like that again. Please forgive us, thank you, we love you. Amen.
😂😂 The funny thing is people like PAUL FINNBAUM KNOW this stuff!!!! Talking about he INTEGRATED football at BAMA. No he did it so they could freaking WIN
Of course they do !! Paul Finebaum was almost surely right there with the rest of the crowd calling out the "N Boys"; however, he would commit hara kiri before admitting it.
Just ask Tommy Tuberville. POS took his ignorance to the senate with him but was in good company. Surrounded by the rest of the republican racist and bigots.
The last game Reggie played in Alabama was 1967, Bo Schembechler 1st yr as coach at Michigan was in 1969, the Sam Cunningham/USC game he speaks of happened in 1970. None of this story is true.
I don't doubt the basic essence is true, even though I also heard some incorrect statements, including John McKay was the USC coach in the 1960s and for the Sam Bam Cunningham game at Legion Field. And Bear wasn't alive when Reggie played his last MLB game, but so what
@@macgordon9523yeah and John Robinson didn't start coaching at USC until 76 and Bo Schembeckler's career at Michigan started in 69. I was a big fan of USC, the Rams, and Robinson growing up in Central and So Cal.
Oh really? I'm not saying that he's making up what Bryant said, but he's clearly wrong on at least two things he said. First, he said that a few months after Bryant called him that name in 1967, USC and Sam Cunningham went to Alabama and beat them 42-10. Well, that game was played in 1970 (three years after the incident in 1967) and the score was 42-21. Maybe not a big deal, but he clearly was wrong about the date and the score. Second, he said that Bryant attended his last game, which was in Chicago. Well, while Jackson's last game was in Chicago on October 4, 1987, Bryant had been dead for over four years at that time. He died on January 26, 1983. So, who knows if anything Jacson said in this video is accurate.
The last game Reggie played in Alabama was 1967, Bo Schembechler 1st yr as coach at Michigan was in 1969, the Sam Cunningham/USC game he speaks of happened in 1970. None of this story is true.
Wow! Reggie Jackson is telling the HARD truth about his experiences. This type of racism happened/happens all the time, especially in Alabama. I am just glad Reggie Jackson doesn't mind having these "uncomfortable" conversations out loud. It needs to be heard! 👏👏
Why needs to be heard 60 yrs after the fact? He said Bryant was his friend. We have moved past those days and Reg digging this up only shows unforgiveness on his part.
@@mr.g1758 In your words, baloney! You know good and well we have not moved past it. Just think about you and your friends and how you talk. Do this, peruse youtube and click on some black youtubes vlog and then read the comments. You will find some of the most vile and racist hate. These are comments left on black youtubers vlogs to other black people. White people and others-some wannabe white Asians and Hispanics actually go to black vlogs to leave racist commentary. Yes, some opportunities have changed but the most virulent among racist whites have not changed.
@@LeydenAigg You have to consider culture at the time. Ppl casually used that term; it was not the derogatory word then that it is today. I'm not making excuses for anyone saying that, but you can't place societal values of today on times past. And yes he should forgive, as that is what God requires of you and me. It's a lot different to use such a word than for a foreign nation to attack our homeland and kill 3,000 ppl. Your example to forgive that as a ppl is misplaced. Turning the other cheek to those who believe they have a duty to slaughter unbelievers of Islam is taken as a sign of weakness and would invite further retaliation.
The last game Reggie played in Alabama was 1967, Bo Schembechler 1st yr as coach at Michigan was in 1969, the Sam Cunningham/USC game he speaks of happened in 1970. None of this story is true.
@@macgordon9523 were u there? Just like a grifter find a way to discredit the victim in favor of white position. Discredit the millions of other days a racism in America! What bout those???? U have a timeline, hypothesis or nuanced explanation for the lynchings??? The murders? The rapes? The massive land stolen ?? The homosexual slave owners who violated??? You have dates and time stamps for the mutilations ??? The family separations? The millions of false incarcerations???? The money stolen? Lives forever disjointed???? What say you about accreditation!??? Gone sit here and wait 🤔! STFU!!!!!
Well he did. And he also said Bryant was at his last game 21 years later. Bryant had been dead for 5 years. Reggie has never been known for being truthful.
The sad thing is they think it is their privilege, but won’t call it what it is, which is racism. They know to be a racist is evil and can’t call themselves evil because it would make them be the same thing that they think blacks are.
There ain't a home run in his resume that he hit as hard as he's hit the last couple of weeks. Reggie stopped the show and brought the damn house down.
The last game Reggie played in Alabama was 1967, Bo Schembechler 1st yr as coach at Michigan was in 1969, the Sam Cunningham/USC game he speaks of happened in 1970. None of this story is true.
The stories of humiliation suffered by black athletes is endless. Bill Russell once recalled a time his home was burglarized while on a road trip and racial slurs were spray painted on his home and human feces left on his bed.
@@jcallen12003 We both know a man will stick his stick in anything when given the chance. But I think he is referring to Caucasian men, which are the most salacious deviant creatures on earth.
He wasn’t on a road trip. He and his wife were at an awards dinner in Boston. It was supposed to be a peace offering by the Boston powers that be to offer their apologies on how awfully he was treated by Boston fans. But then …
This is how America was during those times. Especially in the South, this is why they did not want Blacks in any sport because if they did let them play they would be dominated and they did not want to compete with that.
Hate to break to you, but his details are a bit off. John Robinson didn't start coaching at USC until 76 and Bo Schembeckler's career at Michigan started in 69. Sam "the Bam" Cunningham didn't arrive at USC "a few months later." More like 3 years later...1970. I was a big fan of USC and the Rams growing up in Central and So Cal. I was also an A's fan my whole life. I was not a Reggie fan, but I've chatted with him a few times because I now live in Monterey and play golf at some of the same courses he does. He couldn't have been nicer to me, in spite of the fact he has always had the reputation of being a jerk to regular people. Maybe he has mellowed over the years and become a bit more humble
@@Blue_Dun He said enough that the listener can walk away with the picture fully painted. It's a cake already baked so relax. It's his story to tell, not yours.
You think the millions and millions of dollars that he earned in his baseball career somehow lessen the pain of this terrible racism that he has suffered through? Please.
@@uriyahbonafide4194 I simply commented on your statement about his memory for details and brought some accuracy to those details. Not re-baking the cake and had no intention to tell his story. So simmer your own proliferating mind. It is indeed his story and sadly consistent with many black Americans of his generation and generations before him. It's despicable and serves as a reminder of an embarrassing history that is a stain on this country. Unfortunately, thanks to many of our leaders in politics, it's a stain that may never be fully cleaned given the direction the U.S. is heading. I hope you you do your part and vote in an effort to get us back on the track forward. Have a good day😁
I think the history about the slave quarters, forts in Ghana, or the 12000 slaves Mansa Musa broght to the colonies, The Muslim slave trade all should be included.
You are a liar! None want to erase history more than the house negroes on the Democrat plantation! The Republicans fought, bled and died as the Union trying to free blacks from the Confederate Democrat plantation - but LBJ offered some cornbread and all the house negroes came flooding back to the Confederate Democrat plantation and still there in 2024 because "YOU AINT BLACK!" if you don't vote for the Democrats- so who really trying to erase history??? ????????????
Mr. Jackson is a distant relative of mine that my family has always told me about. Beyond proud of him for voicing his truth and letting folks know how things really were; especially, in the Jim Crow south. The ancestors are pleased.
By this fool calling this racist overseer a friend? Our ancestors wants no part of this foolishness. They had dignity and self respect. I didn't know he could sound so ignorant.
No, it's not. It's 1960s Southern Democrat Alabama. But you like to live in the past, and obsess about race. Because that's the kind of person you are.
@@KP-dk9qq no, but foundation would mean in the past anyway. America is less racist than most places around the world. Racism elsewhere was just the regular way of the world and nobody made a big deal of it. White Europeans in Western nations were the first to say it was wrong.
If you've ever been seriously injured and can still see the physical scars, you will remember the details like it happened yesterday. Psychological injuries and lingering scars are no different, you may not necessarily see them but the feeling stays with you.
Went to school during the same time frame.... in the South. Got called boy and the n-word all the time also. All black school... All black. That word carries Zero weight today. Why are we still discussing it?
Well, I have no love or admiration for the Bama football program but I'm pretty sure Pat Dye wasn't any more advanced than Paul Bryant on matters of race...in fact, I recall a former player for Pat Dye at Auburn in the late 80's or early 90's dishing his truth that the program under Dye was exceedingly racist certainly by today's standards but even for the time period in question.
I hate that they put a bleep in there. Reggie’s story deserves to be heard in full and the impact of it is blunted by this knee jerk reaction that doesn’t allow an esteemed black man to repeat verbatim what happened to him.
@@shawnarcher9565 difference reggie jackson lost his culture n identity due to him being raise in usa Roberto clemente is actually from puerto rico n goes to latin american countries all the time Reggie jackson was born n raise in wrong country
One thing always stood out to me about Mr. Reggie Jackson beside being great. Is he always was a class act. He let his skills do the talking not is mouth. GO CHAMP
And they wonder why where angry. Reggie should have talked about this as a Yankee, as a Super Star, as a Black man years ago, but there's still something to learn from a very real and a very foul experience for us here in the wilderness of north America 🎉
reggie talked with his bat and was a hero in oakland ca he lived there and even when he went to the yankees he still kept his house in oakland, plus he owned car dealerships there. i'm white so what i'm not going to apologize for those people in the south or anywhere else ever. they are who they are. 3 world championships in a row and reggie was the heart and soul of that team plus he was a hero for many other reasons in the community in oakland. reggie had and still has class. he doesn't get in the gutter. people should learn that have some class.
@@shawnarcher9565 yeah u would call it class being a dis connected white man. Call the people what they are, don't use the south as an excuse what about the northern Racist? Get help for that ish.
You are right, Reggie should have talked about this year's ago. But, I think it is rather ironic Reggie somewhat now speaking out, I mean, what with all the racism from trump Maga, white supremacist groups, the numerous killings of Black people by cops, especially Black men I think he felt its time to tell my story. Thus is just my opinion. I don't have to be right.
I'm glad he's is getting to speak his truth. This is why that word with the hard 'er' or the 'a' should never be used by ANYONE. It is a slap in the face to these people who live during real racism. Today racism is what a politician tells you it is.
The last game Reggie played in Alabama was 1967, Bo Schembechler 1st yr as coach at Michigan was in 1969, the Sam Cunningham/USC game he speaks of happened in 1970. None of this story is true.
Send this to Bryon Donald's, who thinks blacks had a wonderful time during Jim Crow. Players like Reggie Jackson, Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays had to endure a lot of racism, bigotry and hate.
As a child, I knew RJ was 🔥! I can only imagine the insults and bigotry he had to endure to achieve his goals. He will always be one of my favorite baseball players and heroes! “The Magnitude of Me”(Him)! That’s still Major League!
True. Constant hate, disrespect, terrorizing acts, inhumane treatment, wretched images, and nothing positive fed to you all day and every day, can convince anyone to hate themselves. We were programmed to hate our bodies. Many of us are beginning to see what was intentionally done to us as a people. we can stop. We can acknowledge our pain and start loving ourselves and our people. I embrace the image God gave us. And I love all shades of my people. I embrace and choose to show love and respect for all those in my race.
Man, all these years this stuff comes out now. I am willing to bet that there are thousands of stories like this in the south. I see why so many people of color became refugees of the south back in the day.
Reggie said that Southern California beat Alabama 42-10 only months before Bear Bryant praised him in 1967. Actually, the Southern California game took place in 1970, three years after Reggie was a minor league player in Birmingham.
@@pierrerochon7271 Were you with him in his final moments? You don't know his thoughts. Every time you hear a rapper say the n-word are saying they are racists? If not then your a hypocrite.
when i was in grade 11 in 1985 i had a after school job , one of the owners was a southern old white guy from kentucky, used to call Me boy when he needed me to do something , He called Me boy one day an i told him Not to call Me boy again an He Never did -
Reggie Jackson was a hero to me when I was a kid. Hitting HRs , winning world series. He was great. Even a candy bar. Reminding people of this, makes him a bigger hero than any accomplishment on a ball field.
How much money has Nick Saban Alabama's football coach made off the "N" boys, think about it same thing....As soon as the N boys got NIL deals so they could make some money Nick Saban quit football cause he didn't like the transfer portal concept!
Unfair and no point in fact. You have zero knowledge of Mr. Saban's personal beliefs and attitudes on the issue/topic. Your wild assertion and overgeneralizations are not helpful, and discredit you.
Nobody should be surprised. This country was founded on brutal beliefs and practices. I’m just glad we have Reggie around to bring light to these realities.
Pretty sure Bryant meant coach John McKay when he said "Johnny" and not Robinson *McKay was the legendary USC coach at the time and Robinson didn't assume head position til almost a decade later after McKay left to become Tampa Bay's first head coach
Keep talking Reggie cause there's a new crowd that says this kinda talk should be outlawed. Too "divisive". They don't want this mentioned in schools especially.
I think Reggie meant to say John McKay , not John Robinson. John Robinson was an assistant when McKay was coaching at USC… not sure Robinson was even there in ‘67. But still, very compelling story by the great one!
I had no idea he went through all of this. I have a totally different perception of him now. He hid so much of how badly he was treated. 😢 All I can say is damn.
That "friendship".....What the ever living........ What is he talking about that it was meant as a compliment. The things we as Black people put up with to appease white Fragility is mind boggling.
You have to understand it from the perspective of the time he was living in. Yes, by todays standards he sounds like a fool and a pushover, but Bear Bryant was very popular and had a lot of influence. He (Bryant) was considered by his peers at that time a god who could do no wrong. He could've easily at that time derailed or even ended his career with the snap of finger. Today where "individualism" is prevelant, it wasn't the same in those times. Reggie possibly not only had to worry about his future, but also the future of his family too. It's one thing when its only you...but when you have others depending on you its a different ball game.
Tell it ALL Mr October, the same courage it took to endure their treatment, use it to tell the truth about your experience. Straight no chaser, love it!
@@UncleGingersChronicles There are only 20 something players on a team. You have 10 fingers. So, if the team was half black, you could name almost all the players on your fingers. When Reggie was there about half the starting lineup was black, Winfield, Randolph, and Chris Chambliss I can remember off the top of my head.
I like Reggie Jackson, he always keeps it real. That must have been a “Jim Crow Friendship” with a derogatory connotation that was expected to be accepted by Mr. Jackson.
The fact I feel now more than ever blacks have this experince today is really crazy to think about... Its been so long and nothings changed and its a shame to see..
@@MrScans1 FYI. I am a 61 year old Black man. I was born in a Colored hospital in the state of Alabama, and my birth certificate identifies me as a Negro. I have experienced racism and have been called the "N-word", amongst other racial slurs, more times than I care to remember. The point Mr. Jackson made was certainly not lost on me, as I have had my own lived experiences with racism. I was simply correcting the error he made regarding the name of the head coach of the 1967 USC Trojans football team. Attention to detail and accuracy matter to me. Additionally, the USC vs. Alabama game Mr. Jackson referenced did not occur a few months later, in 1967, but on September 12, 1970. The final score wasn't USC 42 to Alabama 10, it was USC 42 to Alabama 21.
With all due respect Mr. Jackson, that guy was not your friend. No friend would ever use such a word. All respect to Mr. October.
Actually there were 2 types of guys that used ni@@er...those with negative intentions and those with good intentions, I can remember the 1970s when old timers would call us ni@@ers, not all of them considered us less than them, it was just how they spoke, if they paid us the same amount as white kids for doing work they were cool to us, we lived by stick and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me😮
Not only that, but Bear Bryant died in January 1983. Reggie Jackson retired from MLB in 1987. Bear Bryant did not attend Reggie Jackson’s last MLB game.
Yo....Fam....Them White folks thought that was normal.
@@bnice29I want to give Mr October a pass on that one cuz he is older...
@stephenbranson3902, you are absolutely correct, no REAL friend would’ve ever used such a word.
Just another Alabama hero! Bear Bryant folks…as long as Blacks were running his ball, making him comfortable and reassuring him he was in charge he could tolerate us!
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Key word right THERE. "Tollerate". We've never been "accepted", nor "celebrated" here. Not subjective, but objective...
Yep
and put money in his pockets
We're sorry for people calling you names. You seem to be asking for help getting over that form of identification, we are very sorry and promise not to use words like that again. Please forgive us, thank you, we love you. Amen.
This is American history here folks. We’re lucky to have Reggie around to speak on it.
It still goes on today
@@KtotheGabsolutely
Reggie is wanting to be relevant again. When all else fails play that race card !!
If you want to be relevant again just play the race card. Racist will run with it !
@@shayparis2213why does it have to be the race card when it's what he went through??
😂😂 The funny thing is people like PAUL FINNBAUM KNOW this stuff!!!! Talking about he INTEGRATED football at BAMA. No he did it so they could freaking WIN
Of course they do !! Paul Finebaum was almost surely right there with the rest of the crowd calling out the "N Boys"; however, he would commit hara kiri before admitting it.
Just ask Tommy Tuberville. POS took his ignorance to the senate with him but was in good company. Surrounded by the rest of the republican racist and bigots.
That's no secret. The truth is, Vanderbilt had the first black player in the SEC. That's what got the Alabama administration to change its mind.
USC's Sam Bam Cunningham ran over Alabama and THAT changed everything ... dammit we have to recruit those n_____ if we're going to continue to WIN.
Still happening… Read the Book 40 Million Dollar Slaves
Racists are gonna do what racists do....
Being ignorant is what they are great at doing.
Being EVIL 😈 is their DNA 🧬
We all got some work to do or we’re gonna lose this battle…
I dont get how reggie saying that was his friend
Without teeth, in my earshot….
You can still feel his pain today
He spoke it with courage and dignity, nothing but respect for that.
I'm from birmingham Alabama
Still live here .
And the story he's telling is all facts .
I know it's all facts, because I grew up in Chattanooga!
@@ct2634Tennessee
The last game Reggie played in Alabama was 1967, Bo Schembechler 1st yr as coach at Michigan was in 1969, the Sam Cunningham/USC game he speaks of happened in 1970. None of this story is true.
I don't doubt the basic essence is true, even though I also heard some incorrect statements, including John McKay was the USC coach in the 1960s and for the Sam Bam Cunningham game at Legion Field. And Bear wasn't alive when Reggie played his last MLB game, but so what
@@macgordon9523yeah and John Robinson didn't start coaching at USC until 76 and Bo Schembeckler's career at Michigan started in 69. I was a big fan of USC, the Rams, and Robinson growing up in Central and So Cal.
The fact that he’s clearly naming names places n dates is key to the facts of his experience.
Oh really? I'm not saying that he's making up what Bryant said, but he's clearly wrong on at least two things he said. First, he said that a few months after Bryant called him that name in 1967, USC and Sam Cunningham went to Alabama and beat them 42-10. Well, that game was played in 1970 (three years after the incident in 1967) and the score was 42-21. Maybe not a big deal, but he clearly was wrong about the date and the score. Second, he said that Bryant attended his last game, which was in Chicago. Well, while Jackson's last game was in Chicago on October 4, 1987, Bryant had been dead for over four years at that time. He died on January 26, 1983. So, who knows if anything Jacson said in this video is accurate.
@kaylaf4536 You're splitting hairs, you ignoramus.
Narcissists do it also. Don't be a fool
@@kaylaf4536 you may forget when someone said something, but not what they said.
@@kaylaf4536
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Bear Bryant saw nothing wrong with saying what he said that is really a huge part of the problem
And even worse, he was lionized for decades in the south.
That was a huge part of the problem. I think America, as a whole, has to get some credit for getting better.
@@Amick44Mainly in Alabama...
Literally almost every white person in the South was like that at that time.
And Reggie saying he meant it as a compliment also calling him a Friend. Big problems in the "Go along to get along" era of the Black community.
Let Reggie speak!! Keep telling the truth!!
The last game Reggie played in Alabama was 1967, Bo Schembechler 1st yr as coach at Michigan was in 1969, the Sam Cunningham/USC game he speaks of happened in 1970. None of this story is true.
Nothing wrong with him speaking, but he should not consider that man his friend.
@macgordon9523 Yeah, you missed the moral of the story...segregation and racism was a real thing regardless of time!
Wow! Reggie Jackson is telling the HARD truth about his experiences. This type of racism happened/happens all the time, especially in Alabama. I am just glad Reggie Jackson doesn't mind having these "uncomfortable" conversations out loud. It needs to be heard! 👏👏
Why needs to be heard 60 yrs after the fact? He said Bryant was his friend. We have moved past those days and Reg digging this up only shows unforgiveness on his part.
Yes Ma'am!!!❤
@@mr.g1758 In your words, baloney! You know good and well we have not moved past it. Just think about you and your friends and how you talk. Do this, peruse youtube and click on some black youtubes vlog and then read the comments. You will find some of the most vile and racist hate. These are comments left on black youtubers vlogs to other black people. White people and others-some wannabe white Asians and Hispanics actually go to black vlogs to leave racist commentary. Yes, some opportunities have changed but the most virulent among racist whites have not changed.
@@mr.g1758You people: "9/11, NEVER FORGET!" Also you people: "Bear Bryant called you the n-word to your face? You should forgive him."
@@LeydenAigg You have to consider culture at the time. Ppl casually used that term; it was not the derogatory word then that it is today. I'm not making excuses for anyone saying that, but you can't place societal values of today on times past. And yes he should forgive, as that is what God requires of you and me.
It's a lot different to use such a word than for a foreign nation to attack our homeland and kill 3,000 ppl. Your example to forgive that as a ppl is misplaced. Turning the other cheek to those who believe they have a duty to slaughter unbelievers of Islam is taken as a sign of weakness and would invite further retaliation.
Why are we surprised? There’s a person you work with at your job right now that says the same type of things about you. This is America.
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who said we are surprised ?
Thank you,?tell those that keep going to sleep
No this is Amerikkka
& king James-5pj you are so right
Protect and give Reggie Jackson his flowers!!! Its long over due!
The last game Reggie played in Alabama was 1967, Bo Schembechler 1st yr as coach at Michigan was in 1969, the Sam Cunningham/USC game he speaks of happened in 1970. None of this story is true.
@@macgordon9523 were u there? Just like a grifter find a way to discredit the victim in favor of white position. Discredit the millions of other days a racism in America! What bout those???? U have a timeline, hypothesis or nuanced explanation for the lynchings??? The murders? The rapes? The massive land stolen ?? The homosexual slave owners who violated??? You have dates and time stamps for the mutilations ??? The family separations? The millions of false incarcerations???? The money stolen? Lives forever disjointed???? What say you about accreditation!??? Gone sit here and wait 🤔! STFU!!!!!
@@macgordon9523why would he lie ? He's Reggie Jackson and doesn't need to pretend.
Well he did. And he also said Bryant was at his last game 21 years later. Bryant had been dead for 5 years. Reggie has never been known for being truthful.
You are absolutely right, he definitely doesn't have his facts straight which makes me question everything he said.
*What Bear Bryant said then openly is what sport owners and managers says behind closed doors today "don't fool yourself and think any different"*
Agreed 👍🏾 💯, not just sports everywhere else
I'm saying it right now. It just rolls off the tongue.
@@patrickscopas9133 *I know it's part of who and what you are, i understand you just can't help yourself*
Yup just like blacks say but worse
I'm a 75 year old Black man and didn't have to wait 50 years to know that Bear Bryant was a racist. He just had that look about him.
What "look", WHITE? But YOU are not racist, right LeRoy?
He be lookin' WHITE, he be evil, I knows it, I just KNOWS IT!
@@gghostrrider"when they go low we go high" whats that mean?
🙄🙄🙄@@gghostrrider
He was probably the one driving the car doing those drive-bys at civil rights leaders
To believe that someone is less than you based on race and color is ignorant.
Of course.
Wytes still think like that
Some whites
The sad thing is they think it is their privilege, but won’t call it what it is, which is racism. They know to be a racist is evil and can’t call themselves evil because it would make them be the same thing that they think blacks are.
To believe you are less then someone because of race and color is ignorant.
Reggie preaching truths.
There ain't a home run in his resume that he hit as hard as he's hit the last couple of weeks. Reggie stopped the show and brought the damn house down.
The last game Reggie played in Alabama was 1967, Bo Schembechler 1st yr as coach at Michigan was in 1969, the Sam Cunningham/USC game he speaks of happened in 1970. None of this story is true.
The stories of humiliation suffered by black athletes is endless. Bill Russell once recalled a time his home was burglarized while on a road trip and racial slurs were spray painted on his home and human feces left on his bed.
Mercy.....
..and he left his inheritance to a yt wife
@@jcallen12003 We both know a man will stick his stick in anything when given the chance. But I think he is referring to Caucasian men, which are the most salacious deviant creatures on earth.
He wasn’t on a road trip. He and his wife were at an awards dinner in Boston. It was supposed to be a peace offering by the Boston powers that be to offer their apologies on how awfully he was treated by Boston fans. But then …
This is how America was during those times. Especially in the South, this is why they did not want Blacks in any sport because if they did let them play they would be dominated and they did not want to compete with that.
It isn't "was", America is "still" racist and it is not just the South.
@@gidgethrobowski3860the whites only signs came down but the behavior changed.
Agreed 👍🏾 always
You can tell the pain of how he was treated is still in him. I can tell because of how well he remembers in such details.
Hate to break to you, but his details are a bit off. John Robinson didn't start coaching at USC until 76 and Bo Schembeckler's career at Michigan started in 69. Sam "the Bam" Cunningham didn't arrive at USC "a few months later." More like 3 years later...1970. I was a big fan of USC and the Rams growing up in Central and So Cal. I was also an A's fan my whole life. I was not a Reggie fan, but I've chatted with him a few times because I now live in Monterey and play golf at some of the same courses he does. He couldn't have been nicer to me, in spite of the fact he has always had the reputation of being a jerk to regular people. Maybe he has mellowed over the years and become a bit more humble
@@Blue_Dun He said enough that the listener can walk away with the picture fully painted. It's a cake already baked so relax. It's his story to tell, not yours.
You think the millions and millions of dollars that he earned in his baseball career somehow lessen the pain of this terrible racism that he has suffered through? Please.
@@uriyahbonafide4194 I simply commented on your statement about his memory for details and brought some accuracy to those details. Not re-baking the cake and had no intention to tell his story. So simmer your own proliferating mind. It is indeed his story and sadly consistent with many black Americans of his generation and generations before him. It's despicable and serves as a reminder of an embarrassing history that is a stain on this country. Unfortunately, thanks to many of our leaders in politics, it's a stain that may never be fully cleaned given the direction the U.S. is heading. I hope you you do your part and vote in an effort to get us back on the track forward. Have a good day😁
@@Blue_Dun Again, it's his story to tell, not yours.
Hats off to you Mr. Jackson. You have endured so much in your time. You have also opened so many doors. We love you sir.
This is the type history that Ron Desantis wants to erase.
“Merica was never waycist” 😮
I think the history about the slave quarters, forts in Ghana, or the 12000 slaves Mansa Musa broght to the colonies, The Muslim slave trade all should be included.
You are a liar!
None want to erase history more than the house negroes on the Democrat plantation! The Republicans fought, bled and died as the Union trying to free blacks from the Confederate Democrat plantation - but LBJ offered some cornbread and all the house negroes came flooding back to the Confederate Democrat plantation and still there in 2024 because "YOU AINT BLACK!" if you don't vote for the Democrats- so who really trying to erase history???
????????????
The entire Republican party wants to erase
@D.dot. the Republicans fought bled and died to set my people from from Democrat Confederate plantations:
Who is trying to erase history again???
With (Friends) like that who needs enemies 🔪🤨
Facts 💯
It seems that’s all the have now. They call each that very word while they shoot wildly at one another 🤷🏼♂️
@@dixielivin Yeah white on white crime will never stop!!
He wasn't your friend, sir, period!
We had Black people have all even told to forgive, but nobody forgive when we make mistakes.
That forgiving is one of the reasons racist still exists.
Stop forgiving… i never have and never will . Ppl pay for what they do
@@mayy9685you’re smart
Leave the forgiving to Jesus.
Forgiveness is a must.
Just because they don’t, doesn’t mean we should not forgive.
Dam Bear Bryant and the people who loved him
Same to you. Bryant paved the way for scores of blacks to succeed. Ask THEM instead of Mr. October. You might get a different story.
learn how to spell
Mr. Jackson is a distant relative of mine that my family has always told me about. Beyond proud of him for voicing his truth and letting folks know how things really were; especially, in the Jim Crow south. The ancestors are pleased.
By this fool calling this racist overseer a friend? Our ancestors wants no part of this foolishness. They had dignity and self respect. I didn't know he could sound so ignorant.
I just wanna give Reggie a hug, he's been holding on to alot. I'm glad he's speaking his truth.
This is still the American way of Life.
No, it's not. It's 1960s Southern Democrat Alabama. But you like to live in the past, and obsess about race. Because that's the kind of person you are.
@@JK-br1muyes it is the foundation of America
@@KP-dk9qq no, but foundation would mean in the past anyway.
America is less racist than most places around the world.
Racism elsewhere was just the regular way of the world and nobody made a big deal of it.
White Europeans in Western nations were the first to say it was wrong.
"nodody" is a big word.
Reggie Jackson dropping the most heat then anybody this year period Katt williams and Kendrick lamar aint got nothing on this heat
All of it counts when there are forces still behaving the same way in different disguises.
👍.
All over this country black people experience that same and worst! A
Daily
and what is that?
It's 2024 the worst danger is in violent crime areas period ITS 2024!!!!!!!
@@thomasvelazquez9789 you mean the black areas?
Reggie probably has stories for decades.
Reggie is so articulate and tells such great stories. He seems to have a awesome memory.
If you've ever been seriously injured and can still see the physical scars, you will remember the details like it happened yesterday. Psychological injuries and lingering scars are no different, you may not necessarily see them but the feeling stays with you.
Articulate 🙃🙃…Can you speak Swahili?
@@toddtarbleI always find it interesting when people say he/she is, “so articulate.”
@@sharonguyton9119 Colonized minds…
Yoo had he got a lot of his 'facts' wrong. He'd need a time machine for it to be truthful.
in 1980 my high school coach call all the blacks on the team boys never called us by our names. and every day in school I got called the n-word
Damn! I would have transferred to rival school.
Thus, the northwest suburbs of Chicago...
Went to school during the same time frame.... in the South. Got called boy and the n-word all the time also. All black school... All black. That word carries Zero weight today. Why are we still discussing it?
Naw.. y'all allowed that.
@@6_30where in the NW Suburbs?
I loved it when Bo Jackson did not go play for Bear Bryant.
Well, I have no love or admiration for the Bama football program but I'm pretty sure Pat Dye wasn't any more advanced than Paul Bryant on matters of race...in fact, I recall a former player for Pat Dye at Auburn in the late 80's or early 90's dishing his truth that the program under Dye was exceedingly racist certainly by today's standards but even for the time period in question.
I hate that they put a bleep in there. Reggie’s story deserves to be heard in full and the impact of it is blunted by this knee jerk reaction that doesn’t allow an esteemed black man to repeat verbatim what happened to him.
I remember Roberto Clemente last interview he talk about racism and he was a black puerto rican.
Thats why he said. He rather play in mexico than in usa
reggie is also puerto rican from both his father and mother. the difference is reggie was born and raised in the usa.
@@shawnarcher9565 difference reggie jackson lost his culture n identity due to him being raise in usa
Roberto clemente is actually from puerto rico n goes to latin american countries all the time
Reggie jackson was born n raise in wrong country
Remember his most famous quote..?
@@DENNISAVERY-xi5jb But he didn't so you can't believe him
One thing always stood out to me about Mr. Reggie Jackson beside being great. Is he always was a class act. He let his skills do the talking not is mouth. GO CHAMP
He’s letting you know that he regrets not speaking up. But you didn’t catch that, did you?
You obviously were asleep. He ran his mouth constantly while he was playing - and I'm a fan of his. He never bit his tongue.
Thanks for being tough enough to endure Reggie. 💪🏿⚾️
Wow, Bear Bryant called him tht. They praise him
And they really think we believe Jerry Jones was just standing around at that school 👎🏾💯
But what does that have to do with Reggie Jackson and bear Bryant .
They only care about our atheletic prowess not us as human beings.
Wait a minute who's they? They sounds like your talking about everyone??? That's 100% not true
@thomasvelazquez9789 They call the latino.players the n word also Reggie Jackson also puerto rican
@@thomasvelazquez9789 The they are wp.
@bencintron2368 again you said they a absolutely BS thing to say just stupid and simple minded
And they wonder why where angry. Reggie should have talked about this as a Yankee, as a Super Star, as a Black man years ago, but there's still something to learn from a very real and a very foul experience for us here in the wilderness of north America 🎉
Well that was a possibility that he could have been blackballed back then during that era
Yeah but look at the price he paid for holding that in. To be a man in the End ain't worth all the riches(Ali)
reggie talked with his bat and was a hero in oakland ca he lived there and even when he went to the yankees he still kept his house in oakland, plus he owned car dealerships there. i'm white so what i'm not going to apologize for those people in the south or anywhere else ever. they are who they are. 3 world championships in a row and reggie was the heart and soul of that team plus he was a hero for many other reasons in the community in oakland. reggie had and still has class. he doesn't get in the gutter. people should learn that have some class.
@@shawnarcher9565 yeah u would call it class being a dis connected white man. Call the people what they are, don't use the south as an excuse what about the northern Racist? Get help for that ish.
You are right, Reggie should have talked about this year's ago. But, I think it is rather ironic Reggie somewhat now speaking out, I mean, what with all the racism from trump Maga, white supremacist groups, the numerous killings of Black people by cops, especially Black men I think he felt its time to tell my story. Thus is just my opinion. I don't have to be right.
I'm glad he's is getting to speak his truth. This is why that word with the hard 'er' or the 'a' should never be used by ANYONE. It is a slap in the face to these people who live during real racism. Today racism is what a politician tells you it is.
Sorry that happened Reggie. You have a great voice
RJ was a hero to me in 76. He's still a hero to me today.
The last game Reggie played in Alabama was 1967, Bo Schembechler 1st yr as coach at Michigan was in 1969, the Sam Cunningham/USC game he speaks of happened in 1970. None of this story is true.
Send this to Bryon Donald's, who thinks blacks had a wonderful time during Jim Crow.
Players like Reggie Jackson, Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays had to endure a lot of racism, bigotry and hate.
💯 correct
60 years ago. Some incidents
Very, very sad...... an American tragedy.
It's the Truth MAGAs Can't Handle.
As a child, I knew RJ was 🔥! I can only imagine the insults and bigotry he had to endure to achieve his goals. He will always be one of my favorite baseball players and heroes! “The Magnitude of Me”(Him)! That’s still Major League!
Reggie always has told the truth 💯
"Case in point: We can love and accept other ethnic groups, even those who despise us, yet struggle to love ourselves. I appreciate Reggie’s candor."
True. Constant hate, disrespect, terrorizing acts, inhumane treatment, wretched images, and nothing positive fed to you all day and every day, can convince anyone to hate themselves. We were programmed to hate our bodies. Many of us are beginning to see what was intentionally done to us as a people. we can stop. We can acknowledge our pain and start loving ourselves and our people. I embrace the image God gave us. And I love all shades of my people. I embrace and choose to show love and respect for all those in my race.
Man, all these years this stuff comes out now. I am willing to bet that there are thousands of stories like this in the south. I see why so many people of color became refugees of the south back in the day.
Reggie said that Southern California beat Alabama 42-10 only months before Bear Bryant
praised him in 1967. Actually, the
Southern California game took place in 1970, three years after Reggie was a minor league player in Birmingham.
I thought his timeline was off. He's getting older now.
The score was 42-20, not 10. And the "Johnny" coach he referred to was McKay, not Robinson who became coach in 1976.
the facts of the game are not important- what is- that Bryant died a racist - and if he came back to life- he would still be a racist- lol
@@pierrerochon7271 Were you with him in his final moments? You don't know his thoughts. Every time you hear a rapper say the n-word are saying they are racists? If not then your a hypocrite.
@@pierrerochon7271 he said what blacks say everyday. Are blacks racists too?
when i was in grade 11 in 1985 i had a after school job , one of the owners was a southern old white guy from kentucky, used to call Me boy when he needed me to do something , He called Me boy one day an i told him Not to call Me boy again an He Never did -
Thank you for being honest and calling it out unlike so many others Blessings.
The sad thing is that Black athletes decided to leave HBCUs and play for people who only see us as Ns.
God did it! 😴
Agreed 👍🏾
I’m thankful he is telling the real truth of America 🇺🇸.
And telling it to the World, RESPECT 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💙🌟
We already know it sadly
He thought that man was his friend when he was his Massa 😮
Reggie Jackson was a hero to me when I was a kid. Hitting HRs , winning world series. He was great. Even a candy bar.
Reminding people of this, makes him a bigger hero than any accomplishment on a ball field.
Reggie shared this same story about Bear Bryant in his 1984 autobiography “Reggie” written with Mike Lupica.
Interesting. I'll have to look into that.
Friends don't call friends that name.
I wish other elder statesmen African Americans would tell their tales of racism. They need to be told so we can all grow from them.
Amen. I wish we had many acting studios so we could make our own movies about our experiences in shaping this country and world.
What a job racism does on the brain. He called him a friend EVEN after being called that…. Wild!!
He told the same story in his book👍 Racism was such a huge part of the South it was even in the compliments people gave
I gotta read his book.
Racism is a huge part of America. Yesterday and today!
It still is around the world 🌎
I'm glad Reggie Jackson put the truth out there.
Reggie is a great man and athlete
God bless you, Mr. Jackson. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us.
How much money has Nick Saban Alabama's football coach made off the "N" boys, think about it same thing....As soon as the N boys got NIL deals so they could make some money Nick Saban quit football cause he didn't like the transfer portal concept!
Unfair and no point in fact. You have zero knowledge of Mr. Saban's personal beliefs and attitudes on the issue/topic. Your wild assertion and overgeneralizations are not helpful, and discredit you.
Nobody should be surprised. This country was founded on brutal beliefs and practices. I’m just glad we have Reggie around to bring light to these realities.
Pretty sure Bryant meant coach John McKay when he said "Johnny" and not Robinson *McKay was the legendary USC coach at the time and Robinson didn't assume head position til almost a decade later after McKay left to become Tampa Bay's first head coach
Good call my man. I said the same thing as a USC fan and a SoCal guy. Just a misstatement.
True, also Reggie said it was 1967 and then a few months later SC beat Alabama. Actually, it was a few years later, 1970.
Thank you for posting, I was going to correct that mistake too.
Keep talking Reggie cause there's a new crowd that says this kinda talk should be outlawed. Too "divisive". They don't want this mentioned in schools especially.
Great story Mr. Jackson but I would have left the friend part out! LOL
No he didn't mean it as a comment. He was doing a good old boy - to the good boys to get them to do what he wanted.
Not surprised.
Nowadays their just passive-aggressive .
Much respect for Reggie. It takes courage to live among people who look down on you.
I think Reggie meant to say John McKay , not John Robinson. John Robinson was an assistant when McKay was coaching at USC… not sure Robinson was even there in ‘67. But still, very compelling story by the great one!
The dates seem off. I think Bo Schembechler started at Michigan in 1969.
Bullys always use words to denigrate. A powerful bully is a dangerous bully.
Dam a friend like that
With friends like that, who needs enemies?! Thank you for the story, Mr. October.
I'm honored to have seen you play in person @ Yankee stadium up in the bleachers Mr. October Reggie Jackson
I wonder what nick saban would have to say about bryant now
Nothing but praise. They know their own.
@CheniceWright you got that right, they know their own.
lol saban knows how lice creatures are
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@@dcxxxxdefinitely
I had no idea he went through all of this. I have a totally different perception of him now.
He hid so much of how badly he was treated. 😢 All I can say is damn.
A racist is a racist, Reggie took the high road. In today’s time Bryant would got a beat down from a player right quick 😎
Again, ignoring what he did for scores of black players. Were you there? I was.
What a great pleasure to see Mr. October again. Plus, he is a Chevy man!!
That "friendship".....What the ever living........ What is he talking about that it was meant as a compliment. The things we as Black people put up with to appease white Fragility is mind boggling.
Stop doing it
@@BernitaTubbs I agree.
Keep away from albino reprobates , plain and simple.
You have to understand it from the perspective of the time he was living in. Yes, by todays standards he sounds like a fool and a pushover, but Bear Bryant was very popular and had a lot of influence. He (Bryant) was considered by his peers at that time a god who could do no wrong. He could've easily at that time derailed or even ended his career with the snap of finger. Today where "individualism" is prevelant, it wasn't the same in those times. Reggie possibly not only had to worry about his future, but also the future of his family too. It's one thing when its only you...but when you have others depending on you its a different ball game.
We should get back at their children I say
Tell it ALL Mr October, the same courage it took to endure their treatment, use it to tell the truth about your experience. Straight no chaser, love it!
How the hell was he your friend when he disrespected you like that and never apologized?
How far back should one go. My family arrived in the colonies in 1749. There were issues then should I bring them up or move on?
Poor Reggie 😭 He even had to play for a racist baseball organization. Tell some Yankee stories, Reggie.
They were racist too😂
I bet none of them ever called him the N-word because they knew he could kick their a** without getting lynched up there.
@@MrScans1 Right. I can name the black players they had on my fingers. Gary Sheffield even said when he played for Yankees.
Poor amerikkka!
@@UncleGingersChronicles There are only 20 something players on a team. You have 10 fingers. So, if the team was half black, you could name almost all the players on your fingers. When Reggie was there about half the starting lineup was black, Winfield, Randolph, and Chris Chambliss I can remember off the top of my head.
Saddest part is it has not changed.... The South is STILL incredibly racist.
Say it ain't so!. Alabama? LMAO!
I bet Reggie never ever said one single thing that would be considered racist or prejudiced..
I remember when they had a candy Bar named after mr.reggie Jackson back in the 70's it was very Good. I wonder why did They stop making it ?
It had to much chocolate in it and not enough vanilla!!
I ask that same question about Bo Jackson's sweet potato pie. It just disappeared….
I like Reggie Jackson, he always keeps it real. That must have been a “Jim Crow Friendship” with a derogatory connotation that was expected to be accepted by Mr. Jackson.
That was no friend!
The fact I feel now more than ever blacks have this experince today is really crazy to think about... Its been so long and nothings changed and its a shame to see..
Anthony this is why I don't like Alabama or Ole Miss
Reggie been spilling tea I'm sure there are some people who don't believe this names people places shout out to him
John Robinson was not the USC coach in 1967. He wasn't the USC head coach until 1976.
The USC head coach in 1967 was John McKay. Fight On !!!
Point missed, cherry picker😂
He's an old man now. He may have been thinking about Johnny Majors
@@MrScans1 FYI. I am a 61 year old Black man. I was born in a Colored hospital in the state of Alabama, and my birth certificate identifies me as a Negro. I have experienced racism and have been called the "N-word", amongst other racial slurs, more times than I care to remember. The point Mr. Jackson made was certainly not lost on me, as I have had my own lived experiences with racism. I was simply correcting the error he made regarding the name of the head coach of the 1967 USC Trojans football team. Attention to detail and accuracy matter to me. Additionally, the USC vs. Alabama game Mr. Jackson referenced did not occur a few months later, in 1967, but on September 12, 1970. The final score wasn't USC 42 to Alabama 10, it was USC 42 to Alabama 21.
I hope EVERY BLACK PERSON of his age group TELLS THEIR STORY. And tell those stories now.