Racism And Sports

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take the insults and threats with a grain of salt for the first few years, for if he didn’t there might never be a black player integrated ever. Jackie agreed to take the insults and not retaliate for the first few years, with the hope of them settling down after a little while. Jackie played his first season under Rickey’s management in Montreal on their farm team named the Royals. He was their second baseman and was proving to be quite capable o playing with whites.
Then on April 15, 1947 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York history was changed forever. Jackie Robinson took the field in a Dodger uniform as their first baseman. During this groundbreaking moment he was booed as well a verbally threatened, people even threw garbage at him on the field. He acted as he promised Rickey he would, he just took it all with a grain of salt and played on to the best of his ability. Throughout the year Jackie managed to change a large number of people’s minds about him simply with the skill he displayed on the playing field. At he end ...