Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
Corporate America is attempting to damage Juneteenth — just like the “Swag Surf” and numerous issues earlier than it. It’s the rationale why Gayle King needed to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that persistently errors anytime it offers with race — seems like they did job celebrating the vacation.
Guilty ones at all times suppose they’re harmless.
Over the weekend, festivities had been held in Boston, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington D.C., simply to call a number of locations, as applications, reveals, and songs had been all a part of the festivities to rejoice a day that white folks — and a few Black ones, too — simply discovered about a few years in the past.
“I’ve been so impressed with the Red Sox organization and everything that they are trying to do to really make sure that there’s healing in our city, to make sure that we are righting wrongs of the past,” stated Kim Janey, the town’s former mayor, and the primary Black girl, and particular person, to ever maintain that title. “It’s wonderful to see, and we need to do more of it.”
That’s cute. But how Major League Baseball has handled African-Americans has at all times been ugly. It’s why their “Juneteenth wokeness” is such a slap within the face. There’s a lot more they might do moreover pregame festivities and having Black folks sing Black songs to stadiums filled with white of us.
Only 6.1 % of gamers on Opening Day rosters this season had been Black, in keeping with USA Today Sports. That quantity is the smallest proportion since 1955 when the league was 89.8 % white. The report, on the time, went on to say that 5 groups within the league didn’t have a single Black participant on their rosters, whereas 9 others solely had one. It’s as if the entire cash and mind energy that was used to determine find out how to rejoice Juneteenth may have been directed elsewhere, like getting more Black folks on the sector, and within the stands.
Of the 81 gamers chosen for final season’s All-Star Game, solely 5 had been African-American-born gamers. Only 7.2 % of African-American-born gamers had been on Opening Day rosters final season, which was decrease than the 7.6 % from 2021. Last season’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was additionally the first time since 1950 that the Fall Classic didn’t function a single U.S.-born Black participant.
These are examples of how dire the straits have been for Black folks in baseball for many years, however but, you’ll nonetheless discover many who suppose the league deserves a pat on the again for his or her “efforts” as a result of somebody like Chuck D may need a tender spot for the game.
“I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with,” Milwaukee Brewers All-Star nearer Devin Williams informed USA Today Sports earlier this yr.
“We need to do a better job to make this be a cooler sport, to appeal to the youth, and not be stuck in like old-time mindset.’’
Kids can detect bullsh*t a mile away, which is probably why Major League Baseball’s “diversity efforts” aren’t working on the charge they need them to. It takes more than the celebration of 1 vacation to realize the belief of a gaggle of individuals you’ve discounted for many years.
In 2016, Delaware’s — this nation’s first state — former governor (Jack Markell) signed a decision formally apologizing for slavery. It was a pointless gesture that made white folks be ok with themselves. Over the weekend, and yesterday, Major League Baseball — this nation’s oldest skilled sports activities league — held Juneteenth celebrations as if they might erase the previous, and current, atrocities that occur to Black folks in that sport. They had been pointless gestures that made white folks really feel about themselves.
It’s not improper to rejoice Juneteenth, nevertheless it isn’t proper if the nineteenth of June and February (Black History Month) are the one instances you rejoice Black tradition. Seeing more Black faces on the sector and within the stands is the reply, not more pregame performances from folks with rhythm.
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