Re: No Room for Fences

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Thanks Kat, well said. Tony

No Room for Fences

>From: KathleenLS@...

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>No Room for Fences

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>You may know that Jackie was the first African-American to play

>major league baseball. In his first season with the Brooklyn Dodgers,

> faced hostility nearly everywhere he traveled because of his race.

>Pitchers threw fast balls at his head. Runners spiked him on the bases.

>Brutal epithets were written on cards and shouted by players in the

opposing

>dugouts.

>

>Even the home crowds in Brooklyn saw him as an object of reproach.

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>During one game in Boston, the taunts and racial slurs seemed to reach a

>peak. To make matters worse, committed an error and stood at

second

>base humiliated while fans hurled insults at him. Another Dodger, a

Southern

>white man by the name of " Pee Wee " Reese, called time-out. He walked over

to

> and, with the crowds looking on, put his arm around his friend's

>shoulder.

>

>The fans grew quiet. later said that arm around his shoulder saved

>his career. Later, Jackie went on to become one of baseball's

>all-time greats.

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>An arm around his shoulder made the difference. It said to the crowd and

>anyone who cared to notice, " We are one. "

>

>Though we have made headway, race still divides us. As do religion and

>politics and ideologies. And, though we are learning better how to " put our

>arms " around people who are different, our global community is not yet

>unified.

>

>Not written by Kat

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