Robert Griffin III: Jackie Robinson breaking color barrier not political

[Rekkapryde]

Eh. I get what Robert Griffin was trying to say. I think he was saying that Jackie Robinsons achievements should not be politicized and did so without thinking that it was a much a political achievement as much as it was a social achievement.

Don't get me wrong I disagree with RG3 and maybe be he didn't the gravity of that historic achievement and it did help set precedence for policy moving forward.

all he had to do was tweet something like this and he'd been straight.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Politics and sports have always been intertwined. Hell hitler tried using the olympic games in germany to showcase cac supremacy only for Jesse owens to show dat black excellence.

 

[br82186]

That's a lie. RG3 only made that dumbass statement cuz SAS and Mila went off on the DOD about the issue on ESPN. So Rg3 was saying not to talk politics on sports shows.

N-gga you can't say that when you have fccking Trump shoehorning his and his party into all things sports.

Hell every commercial break during the tournament so far has consisted of a Trump commercial.

You want to keep politics out of sports, okay, then tell these Republican folks to stop attention whoring in it like a Kardashian in front of an NBA team.

 

[br82186]

Politics and sports have always been intertwined. Hell hitler tried using the olympic games in germany to showcase cac supremacy only for Jesse owens to show dat black excellence.

N-gga you have a whole ass country trying to white wash their atrocities with it (Saudi Arabia)

 

[seemorecizzy]

Rob parker called it early and he was right

 

[BaggerofTea]

Rg3 man, just shut the fukk up.


Dude let's white p*ssy and money obfuscate reality

 

[Da King]

Where’s that giant thread kissing his ass

 

[Mystic]

Jim Crow was political

Yeah and Jim crow ain't Jackie. Jackie shouldn't be politicized as he was more than that

 

[chiefdogg]

 

[The God Poster]

This is stupid. Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier was absolutely political, because it was a direct challenge to a political system built on segregation. You can't ignore that the barriers he faced were being upheld by laws and policies, and the resistance to integrating baseball wasn't just from fans, but from politicians and institutions, too. Stop trying to sanitize Black history to justify its erasure.

Good point

 

[RickyDiBiase]

Hope he fukks up his knee again and I hope it's soon. fukking sell out.

 

[Gritsngravy]

I understand what he’s trying to say. This history shouldn’t be caught up in Donald Trump’s campaign against DEI. So the next president comes in and erased Ty Cobb (known mega racist) from all federal records?

Apparently ty Cobb isnt racist

 

[K-Apps]

/Thread. Can't wait to hear what Rob has to say

He retweeted this lol

 

[Grifter]

This is the man saying that

 

[TEH]

I might be stupid for thinking this, but Jackie Robinson's achievement didn't feel political to me. I believe he meant that the fear he faced wasn't tied to any single political party; it was a broader societal issue that went beyond politics.