Do you personally view Derek Jeter as Black? How do you think the majority of fans view him?

[Poitier]

He will have a White wife and a Cac offspring so he is White

 

[jadillac]

I remember watching a Yankee game a while ago and they were interviewing some fan and he said he looks up to Derek Jeter because he's latino and I was like

He's whatever people want him to be for inspiration

 

[MoneyTron]

He's whatever people want him to be for inspiration

The Vin Diesel effect.

 

[Dat Migo]

What about Shane Battier?

 

[Taadow]

Alls I know is he looks like the live action version of Glenn Quagmire.

 

[KnowledgeDropper]

I know white people that legit thought he was "Italian" or "tanned"

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Is he so popular that he transcends race?

i think so

i mean honestly... when do black people NOT champion and dikk ride for black greatness... doesn't matter if it's one drop of black blood (tiger, mariah) doesn't matter if they don't even call themselves black (tiger, jeter) or they do (mariah, obama)

if they are black.. we are riding with them even if they blatantly killed people (OJ, rappers)

but when it comes to jeter, i think most black people don't even know he's black.. he never talks about it.. he never gets out speaking on black issues... i've never seen him with a black woman... nobody ever describes him as the best black anything.. etc etc etc


but at the same time... i've never heard any of that stuff from his white side or white fans claiming he's white.. or spanish

why i say he transcends it, is because in all these years, this is the first race debate i've ever even HEARD concerning jeter... literally nobody cares

 

[mozichrome]

i think most people just see him as a great baseball player
before the stupid what race is he question

 

[QuarterCenturyLegend]

 

[SpursFanSinceNovember2017]

Crazy thing is everyone thinks Jeter is White when they first see him but no one confuses A-Rod or Latino players for being White.

Jeter got that white privilege.

 

[Methodical]

Crazy thing is everyone thinks Jeter is White when they first see him but no one confuses A-Rod or Latino players for being White.

Jeter got that white privilege.

It is easy for A-Rod because of his name.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Crazy thing is everyone thinks Jeter is White when they first see him but no one confuses A-Rod or Latino players for being White.

Jeter got that white privilege.

A Rod is white, Latino is not a race.

 

[SpursFanSinceNovember2017]

Point is you can tell A-Rod is not white just by looking at him but not with Jeter

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

Their is some fukkin idiots in this thread

 

[All Women Are Queens]

i always thought he was puerto rican