Started By
Message
re: Reggie Jackson said Bear Bryant once called him a "n..... boy"
Posted on 6/23/24 at 11:18 pm to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
Posted on 6/23/24 at 11:18 pm to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
Cancel Bear
0
Posted on 6/23/24 at 11:25 pm to TouchdownTony
quote:
Mr October was maybe the greatest baseball player ever
What??!
Posted on 6/23/24 at 11:40 pm to TouchdownTony
quote:
Mr October was maybe the greatest baseball player ever.
You serious?
Posted on 6/23/24 at 11:44 pm to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
Not defending the usage of the word, but we should not be so quick to judge something that was often just a sign of the times. Many, many people from that generation who were extremely pro integration and for civil rights used that word just because that’s what everyone they had ever known called black people.
It doesn’t make it right, but it makes it understandable
It doesn’t make it right, but it makes it understandable
Posted on 6/24/24 at 12:10 am to Honest Tune
Both can be true. You could not have had the childhood that Bear Bryant had and not be Old Guard South, but he was practical enough to know he he’d to integrate to win. I can believe it, not out of malice to Bear Bryant or his memory, but because most Southern white men would use the word without even thinking about it. I grew up in the fifties and sixties. In those days, we called a slingshot a N***er shooter, didn’t really think about it, it was just a name. Between segregation and just living in towns with no black residents, I rarely even saw black people, so the term meant nothing personal to me, at the time.
Posted on 6/24/24 at 12:15 am to Clark14
quote:
Did what? That happened all the time with no second thought about it. I don’t feel any guilt about it if that’s what you’re after, I was a little kid and that’s the way it was. If you want to crucify someone for something that happened 60 years ago then by all means gfy…
No one thinks a kid was responsible for it, nor that he should’ve miraculously fixed it. But it’s imprinted in your brain because it was fricked up then and a mere child instinctively understood that. And if you don’t want to be crucified, you may want to consider dropping the hammer and nails. Lol
Posted on 6/24/24 at 12:48 am to OleManDixon
Imprinted or not, we can evolve past that. I know my racial attitudes changed greatly after started working with black people and getting to know them. One can reject now what one believed then.
Posted on 6/24/24 at 6:28 am to The Orange Bull
quote:
Both can be true. You could not have had the childhood that Bear Bryant had and not be Old Guard South, but he was practical enough to know he he’d to integrate to win. I can believe it, not out of malice to Bear Bryant or his memory, but because most Southern white men would use the word without even thinking about it. I grew up in the fifties and sixties. In those days, we called a slingshot a N***er shooter, didn’t really think about it, it was just a name.
It is interesting to hear a Texas fan talk about this because Darrell Royal was accused of "old guard south" racist stuff as well. And of course Texas fans will deny it and Texas rival fans will swear that that stories are true.
I said it before and I'll say it again. Bear Bryant was not stupid enough to call a Black athlete the "N" word with a hard "r"... to his face... by 1967.
Still not denying that Reggie Jackson might have heard it that way... but Bryant wouldn't have said it that way.
Posted on 6/24/24 at 7:40 am to Honest Tune
quote:
But Reggie has always been a big mouth and Bryant isn’t around to defend himself. It’s an easy jab at the Bear. Just doesn’t make since to even bring it up unless RJ is looking for sympathy points.
My goodness, why not just say Reggie is "uppity"?
Posted on 6/24/24 at 7:40 am to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
Never happened.
Posted on 6/24/24 at 7:42 am to BroHam Caddy
quote:
Bear got it right about Reggie.
Jackson hollering about all the "racism and hate" he faced.
BULLfrickINGSHIT!
He was one of the highest paid players. He was all over televison. On every magazine cover. Dated White women almost exclusively. Reggie hats, jerseys, and other merchandise everywhere. He even had his own damn candy bar.
How did he act? Like a racist jackass.
Oppressed my arse.
Why are you only mentioning the Reggie Jackson after he became a MLB superstar?
Posted on 6/24/24 at 7:44 am to Sput
quote:
Populist, not segregationist
Are you joking? Weird.
"segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." George Wallace
Posted on 6/24/24 at 7:46 am to captdalton
quote:
I wonder if the word was used more in the 1960s or today. I would guess it used more today.
It was definitely used more in the 1960s. White and black people both used the word frequently at the time. Similar to how people used the word fig back in the 90s and early 2000s, but are now more selective to who they say that word around now.
Posted on 6/24/24 at 7:51 am to koreandawg
quote:
My goodness, why not just say Reggie is "uppity"?
Why are you trying to stir shite? Nothing from my comment you quoted would infer that was my meaning. Maybe YOU are projecting. Ever considered that angle?
This post was edited on 6/24/24 at 7:57 am
Posted on 6/24/24 at 7:51 am to roll to victory
quote:
The idiot that wrote this article on.al.com thrives on racist rant articles to drum his readership. Roy S. Johnson, a black racist. I highly doubt the Bear said that
I agree that Roy S. Johnson is a racist, but these words are not the words of Roy S. Johnson. This is a quote from Reggie.
Posted on 6/24/24 at 8:07 am to Clark14
Yes you piece of shite how dare you I think you should make it up to them donate 8 hours of pay to some black cause everyweek
Posted on 6/24/24 at 8:11 am to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
Reggie Jackson has a history of embellishing the truth to promote and his ‘po po me’ agenda.
Posted on 6/24/24 at 8:16 am to Honest Tune
segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.
Posted on 6/24/24 at 8:27 am to Honest Tune
quote:not as a social justice move, rather as an I’m gonna kick everyone arse move.
but he was instrumental in bringing blacks into SEC football.
Posted on 6/24/24 at 8:44 am to tigerfoot
That’s a good example of two birds, one stone. ;)
Page 4 of 6
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News