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Subject: Re: Larry Bird

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Jung

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Date Posted: 15:07:39 06/20/04 Sun
In reply to: Marc 's message, "Larry Bird" on 08:16:47 06/16/04 Wed

>You're dead on with your last point - Jesse Jackson and other prominent people like him have a vested, financial interest in their being a divide between races. If suddenly racism disappeared, what would their be for him to do? So while I believe that once upoon a time his intentions were good, I believe his interest is now somewhat disingenious.

As for sports figures and race, I will say that Dusty Baker caused something of a flap last year, mostly because it prompted the question - "had a white manager said something similar, what would have been the reaction?" I think if I'm a sports figure known for my accomplishments, I'm keeping my mouth shut on this topic entirely. I'm not sure why a few of them can't grasp that.

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