Black Baseball LEGEND Nails Why America Was NEVER Great

Calling out the fact that America has never been great for people of color, women, same sex couples, ect. is not hating America. It is pointing out the work we still need to do to make it truly great for everyone.

REGGIE WAS CORRECT!!!!

I’m Hispanic grew up in Chicago, and remember when Jackson played. Lots of white people I knew were low key racist when talking about Jackson as much as calling him uppity.

Imagine how much worse it was for Jackie Robinson in 1947, Willie Mays in 1951, and Hank Aaron who entered MLB in 1954.

America dont need to be great. It just needs to be more educated.

Reggie ONLY told the TRUTH!!

"Racism is as American as apple pie, but not addressing it doesn't make it disappear. Education and compassion are steps in the right direction."

Marrying a Latina from Brazil opened my eyes to reality. Watching her family be forced to turn out their pockets before they were allowed to leave the store, being singled out for “enhanced security checks” EVERY SINGLE TIME they fly, watching my wife be treated as a second class citizen, bordering on being treated like a criminal at times. And this wasn’t back in the 1960s. This is late 1990s until today. Sorry, but the racism and xenophobia is undeniable. I’m glad Reggie said what he said. Sadly, the people that need to hear and understand it will not pay attention.

We don't hate America! We are just honest about our country!

I don't ever want that America back. Reggie was amazingly strong to have even survived that mental anguish.

If you've never had to have a Court case decide, or a law passed, to ensure that you have equal Rights - then you're privileged!😮

Sadly, these people fail to realize racism is never great, not even for them.

I was a white high school kid in the 60’s. I needed to buy a new master cylinder for my Jeep so I went and picked pears along with workers that had come up from Mexico. We started 4 am and quit at 6pm. Those guys could work so Fast! They showed me tricks, and started to like me. One evening they took me back to their encampment. The old beat up cars, their cooking fires, their tin shacks the landowner had put up with no plumbing: I had never dreamed people had to live like that. It made me mad at my own ignorance. And yet their generosity toward me a white boy, was touching. We got paid at the end of every week: 23 cents per 50# box. That was August; when I returned to school in September, a different kind of white boy was I.

You won’t see a word of this on Fox News!

Larry Burkett's book on "Giving and Tithing" drew me closer to God and helped my spirituality. 2020 was a year I literally lived it. I cashed in my life savings and gave it all away. My total giving amounted to 40,000 dollars. Everyone thought I was delusional. Today, 1 receive 85,000 dollars every two months. I have a property in Calabasas, CA, and travel a lot. God has promoted me more than once and opened doors for me to live beyond my dreams. God kept to his promises to and for me

People that ask “when was America great?” Don’t hate America, we just understand its history…we just want to know if you do too…

America was arguably great before it was even discovered

Bragging about how 'great' we are is just embarrassing. We need to grow up, stop the bragging, and focus on what needs to be done so not one single American goes to bed hungry, or has no place to sleep, or doesn't have enough food to feed their family.

I'm a white guy living in Phoenix, Arizona. Reggie lived in my neighborhood in Tempe, Arizona when I was a boy. I loved Reggie. Reggie, in the off season would run down at Hudson Elementary School. He was raw power, like none of us kids had ever seen. We would watch him run windsprints. It was the coolest. He was great to us too. He is an ASU alum like me. He was truly one of the greatest guys to come through the university. He was loved in our community, especially by me and my friends. When I heard what he was saying it broke me up. I wasn't raised like that. My dad worked Mesa Community College so we had athletes living with us on several occasions. Many of them were black. I see color, I see the pain and frustration in Reggie. I want to feel that pain. There's no doubt America has never been great for everyone. MAGAGA ( notice the gag in there??) supporters have no idea the pain marginalized people have and still do live with. I was lucky my folks were both educators so people from all backgrounds were extremely important to them. The division going on is a game to Trump but it's not a game for people of color. In fact, the game has been rigged against them for far too long. To me, MAGAGA is just dark space. I'm a truly blessed man to grow up like I did but anybody who says they don't see color, isn't looking hard enough. People of color built America as much if not more than anyone. They are the true patriots because they have been dealt the worst hand you could get in a poker game and always try to make the best of it that hand. Those like Reggie are truly what is great about America . They've endured the most and kept going. That's what makes someone great. There is not one thing that is great about Trump and his cult. Not one! Greatness isn't defined by what you have it's defined by what you don't. Think about that. Brighter days are coming. New leaders are coming up. Let's get out of the dark space in November. Let's put MAGAGA in the past where they belong along with the other not so great things some in America have allowed to happen.

Im sure the league and the network didn't expect him to reveal these truths. Im so glad he did.