It is in everyone s best interest that we stop our members from feeling this burden. If we do boycott the Cincinnati Reds, all the workers that are associated with putting on a game would lose money. We do agree that the hiring practices of Major League baseball have to start addressing the minority community more. We feel that they should look at filling more of their front office positions with minorities if there are qualified minorities out there that are applying for these positions. History of Racism in Sport From the beginning of this country there has been racism and we would be fools to think that it has disappeared.
Racism is still very visible today in a lot of areas of our lives.
Sports have always had racism in them and that is one of the downfalls of their rich histories. They have improved over time, but they still remain far from perfect. In baseball for example, blacks were not allowed to play in the major leagues for years until Jackie Robinson broke that ban in 1947, when he became the first black to play major league baseball. The Negro leagues were the stepping stone for many great baseball players, but it wasn t until Jackie Robinson, that any of them could realize the dream of playing Major League Baseball. There are so many stories of racism in baseball, one that I find really interesting involves Henry Hank Aaron.