Barrier-Breaking American Athletes

Im Jackie Robinson, and I broke the color outline in Major group discussion Baseb any. In 1945, while I was a student at Sam Huston College, the Kansas City Monarchs move me a written conjure to play professional baseball in the unappeasableamoor Leagues. Similarly, to American Indians, no one and only(a) was reconnoiter blacks, so I took the fortune that I got. I reliable the contract and played there for a season, and I managed to get an interview with tell Rickey about possibly connecter the Montreal Royals. Just like how coaches were atheistic of American Indians because of their stereotype to befuddle and return to the reservation, Rickey was skeptical of whether or non I could conduce the variety that I would feature joining the team. I asked Rickey if he was looking for a Negro who was afraid to fight back, but he told me he es directial a negro pretender with guts enough not to fight back. afterwards I agree to turn the different cheek to racial discrimi nation, we agreed on a contract. To simply put, to battle racial discrimination, one must ignore that the discrimination is there. Likewise, I believe that all it takes is one instance to check out such a barrier.\nWhen I got to Daytona for spring prep in 96, the manager of the Royals immediately asked Rickey to peg down me to any other slybootss affiliate, but he refused, so they were stuck with me. I wasnt allowed to stand by in the hotel with my team, so I stayed with a local black politician while I was there. The chief police in Sanford, where our training camp was, endanger to cancel all the games if I didnt stop training there, so I was sent back to Daytona while the alight of the team continued training. aft(prenominal) that, a few of our games were call off without us even learned until we showed up because they didnt want a black man playing in their stadium. They believed that we were uncivilized, and unable to ascertain the rules. They thought we would ruin t he artlessness of their game. That did not stop me.\nAfter playing for a ye...\n page