April 7, 200818 yr I am writing a research paper on the history of race in the white sox franchise, comparing it to the larger trends of baseball and the United States as a whole. If anyone has any information, or knows of good research tools to help me find stuff like: first black player, first hispanic player, fan reactions, player experiences, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
April 7, 200818 yr IIRC they actually signed the second African American player in the AL, and were the first organization to have a minority both as a manager and general manager at the sametime.
April 7, 200818 yr According to emailers, Ozzie plays Latino's only. That's affirmative action right there, haha.
April 7, 200818 yr QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Apr 7, 2008 -> 01:11 PM) According to emailers, Ozzie plays Latino's only. That's affirmative action right there, haha. Aren't they the majority though? That would make it discrimination.
April 7, 200818 yr The Sox have 16 Caucasians, 8 Latinos, and 1 African. So it probably depends whether you want to count all of baseball, or even go broader and count the country in regards of affirmative action.
April 7, 200818 yr The Sox actually had a chance to sign Jackie Robinson several years before the Dodgers did, but passed on the opportunity.
April 7, 200818 yr QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Apr 7, 2008 -> 01:11 PM) According to emailers, Ozzie plays Latino's only. That's affirmative action right there, haha. Hilarious how the mike north types complained that Alexei was playing over Brian Anderson, when in truth they both should have been sitting in favor of the equal-opportunity-named "Carlos Quentin."
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