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John Rocker Sports Illustrated
1,826 wordsToday a popular subject to speak about is John Rocker. An athlete, who plays baseball for the Atlanta Braves, who lashed out and said un appropriate remarks. Should this be a controversy? Should people be upset at him for his remarks? The words of John Rocker and the options of people of how they affected them are different. He may be a racist, or he could have been just been angry and upset, but many are fighting back with words and letters speaking their minds. There are questions such as was ...
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Gays And Lesbians Women In Sports
2,160 wordsWebster? s dictionary defines discrimination as a social, economical, political or legal distinction made between individuals or groups such that one has the power to treat the other unfavorably. Discrimination can also be defined as the act or policy of treating someone differently, setting them apart or denying them rights because they are different from the majority. Discrimination may be based on the grounds of one or more of the differences of nationality, religion, politics, culture, class...
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Major League Baseball 1 St Amendment
772 wordsImagine having to take the (No. ) 7 train to (Shea Stadium) looking like youre (in) Beirut next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who got out of jail for the fourth time, right next to some 20 -year-old mom with four kids. Its depressing. The biggest thing I dont like about New York are the foreigners, the 25 -year-old Georgia native said. You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English. Asians and Koreans and V...
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Moral Obligation Free Speech
1,299 wordsPhilosophy Ethical Theories Topic 1 An argument can be made that Major League Baseball s decision to suspend John Rocker from baseball due to his expressing bigoted views in a magazine interview is not right. This argument states that free speech is an important moral value, and since John Rocker has the right to free speech, suspending him for expressing his bigoted views violates the spirit of free speech. Therefore, his suspension was uncalled for because all he was doing was expressing one o...
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John Rocker Sports Illustrated
785 wordsRacism and Rocker The controversy started when John Rocker, the relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves baseball team, told a reporter from Sports Illustrated magazine just how he felt about New York Mets fans. When asked if he would ever play for the New York Mets, Rocker told the reporter that he would retire first. He also added, Imagine having to take the number 7 train to the ballpark, looking like you re riding through Beirut next to some kid with purple hair next to some queer with AIDS rig...
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