If a WHITE man had said this...

[HolyWarrior]

ESPN

Cubs manager says history supports his remarks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Associated Press CHICAGO -- Cubs manager Dusty Baker didn't back down Monday when asked about his recent comments that black and Latin players were better suited to play in the heat than white players. "I meant what I said. ... I try to be as honest as possible, and if that's how I feel, then that's how I feel," he told reporters before Monday's game, a 6-3 win by the Cubs over Florida. On Saturday, in another pregame talk with reporters, Baker said: "We were brought over here for the heat. Isn't that history? Your skin color is more conducive to heat than it is to the lighter-skinned people. I don't see brothers running around burnt." Those comments have since prompted debate on radio shows and in newspaper columns across the country. "It doesn't really matter to me because that's what I said. I'm not going to take it back," Baker said. "What I said to you guys is what I said to my team. I told my other teammates this a long time ago, too. When we talk about how hot it is, I told them that's why my ancestors were brought over here, for that reason, and that's history. "My mother was a black-American history teacher in Sacramento," he said. "... A lot of people don't know history, that's what it sounds like to me. If they take it as reverse racism ... then they can take it wherever they want to take it."

Isn't that special. You know what woulda happened if a white guy had said that--he'd be run out of baseball. Come to think of it, a white guy DID say something similar--Al Campanis...or was it Jimmy the Greek...oh I know! John Rocker!
Anyway, because Dusty Baker is black, he's going to skate. Just watch.

[ 07-09-2003, 09:01 PM: Message edited by: HolyWarrior ]

[johnny]

And he actually believes black people don't get sunburned ? Whoa, that's.... amazing.

Good luck on the beach dude.

[Iron_Ranger]

Well..Its not really surprising is it?

[Djinn Raffo]

Obviously Baker didn't do to well in science. If he's run out of baseball it should be for being a borderline retard.

[WillowIX]

Originally posted by Iron_Ranger: Well..Its not really surprising is it?

Exactly.

It has always amazed me that racism is only a one-way street.

[Timber Loftis]

Actually, white men have been saying it ever since then. Jay Leno had a trip with this all through his show last night. Kevin Eubanks (his show's musician) commented that he was hot, even though he was black. Will Smith did too, and even took off his coat to show off his recently-renewed pecs from Bad Boys II and other projects.

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: and even took off his coat to show off his recently-renewed pecs from Bad Boys II and other projects.

I know [img]graemlins/offtopic.gif[/img] but umm recently renewed pecs? You can rent them?