“The story of the Cannon Street baseball team is heartbreaking but somewhat uplifting given their reception at the Little League World Series. Still, those little boys deserved to play. But the evil white men who stopped them seem to have a legacy even today. The anti-abortionists, anti-voting, and anti-education nitwits are still targeting Black folks in a not so subtle manner. I’m a white woman born in 1964 in a very liberal college town in Missouri and I remember my dad telling me about this story because he was a huge baseball fan. And fortunately, very pro-Civil Rights. He taught me through that story why racism is so awful. Geez. Just let them play (and vote without restriction, control their own bodies, learn actual history, drive while Black, etc.) Shame on the far right for keeping hate alive.”
Abro716 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/01/23