@@luisvelez5695 Maybe great for the under privileged who eventually obtain the same like freedoms as all other citizens? ... provided they participate in legal and lawful activity.
From an old white guy, whose parents taught me - thought it was EXPECTED of us - not to buy into the idea that folks of color were any less deserving of respect or protection under the law - than us, THANK YOU MR. JACKSON for reminding America what reality actually was, and not some phony tik-tok lie of an image.
I cannot thank you enough for posting this without bleeping it, because Reggie's use of the N word was contextually and historically appropriate to drive the point home of what he, and other black and minority players went through. This was an absolutely riveting interview, and one that was necessary to counterbalance the event.
Reggie Jackson wasn't "preaching." He was teaching history. Recent history. A history that some in this country would like to re-live. "The past is not dead. It's not even past." -- William Faulkner
Quite a bit of them evidently, they call it Make America Great Again , led by a Convicted Felon who launched a Insurrection against his own country, racially kept out blacks from his housing complex with his KKK card carrying father, put an ad in the Daily news front page ad calling for the Execution of 5 Innocent black men and refused to apologize even till this day when they were fully exonerated and the true culprit was found. That's what they want America to go back to.
Reggie still has that pain inside. It's crazy that this country is going backwards taking women's rights away, banning certain history books, flying the confederate flag and nazi flag proudly. Reggie gave us just a taste of how racist this country is. Sports tries to glorify the past and Veteran's, but never wants to talk about the ugly truth of what they actually went through.
A brutally honest telling of what this country was like. Yes, it makes people uncomfortable but truth matters and it’s important to know the truth of this country. Some now want to pass laws against teaching about slavery and Jim Crow. They call it Woke and know their dogs will bark and go running after whoever they point to. This country can be great ONLY if it accepts the truth of its past and learns from it and commits to being better.
Thank you, Reggie. Thank you for answering directly the FULL SCOPE of Alex's question. I remember in the recent documentary on you that you said being in Birmingham and the Southern League back then was a tough time; thanks for getting into some of the terrible details about it.
Reggie Jackson, Willie Mays and hank aaron..... all heroes, Reggie my favorite palyer of all time, still have his baseball and poster until this day mad respect.
So incredible to hear the honest, lived truth from this legend. Reggie Jackson's experience is not so distant. Most people watching this video also watched him play baseball, it was that recent. The legacy of the environment he talks about, where players like him couldn't stay at some hotels or eat at certain restaurants, is still alive in this country and it is the responsibility of every baseball fan especially to battle that legacy. The battle may be over one day, but not today.
I love this. This is American history! A lot of people don’t want to acknowledge the things that has happened in this country. The raw and the real of his story. The pure hell had to go through just to get to where he wanted to go. There are mountains that still need to be climbed to make this country a better place. If we all don’t stand up and show some fight for all, we will all suffer.
Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Lee May & many other black players were born in the south at the time when the ugliness of segregation was part of those nasty times. It is unthinkable that people could be treated in such ways. The ignorance is something that a good mined person couldn't even fathom. History is & should be continued to be taught about some of the unthinkable things that took place in this Country. The 3 players that I mentioned at the beginning & many more that lived in that environment & were there in their formative years still showed their greatness by rising above any hatred they had received & had to know they were better than the people who treated them with that hatred.
Reggie spit at my dad one time. Nothing racist, just like booing a great tough player on the other team, but he loves telling that story. my dad is a tough guy burly man and when asked if he tried to fight him he says he's glad he didn't
Bull Conner and the four sunday school girls ? That did it for me. Reggie has no agenda which makes him armed. His pulse on truth makes him dangerous. Everyone at that desk has a buzzing earpiece.
I have a newly found respect for Mr October. Mr. Jackson has arisen to the heights of the great Jackie Robinson in terms of becoming politically active during these bitter days of advanced Trumpism. I've always said that there are far too many apolitical professional athletes who have become much too comfy with their Wall St endorsements. I'm very happy to say that Reggie Martinez Jackson isn't one of them. Right on, Reggie !!!!
Reggie sound like a humble man. I got tired of listening to his arrogance when he was at the peak of his career. Now that he's changed, I believe him. I followed his career (ASU, Oakland A's, Orioles, Yankees, Angels then back to Oakland. I was saddened that he picked #44 to go to the Hall. It should've been #9. Go A's. Please find a way to stay in Oakland. Any billionaires out there!?
It was arrogance to you. It was survival for him. There are many black men who are proud. You probably mistook his self-preservation qualities as negative ones. I assure you that there were and still are melanated men that have this misconception of arrogance label put on them. If you could only put yourself in his shoes, you may see that he had walls up to protect himself.
FYI, this comment is coming from a family member (former professional athlete) of Reggie Jackson. Once again. We have those in society who simply can give a damn about the racism that existed back then and still continues to this day. Reggie, like many other athletes of color, had to put up with a lot of the inferiority complexes from a race of people that struggled with their own insecurities. Arrogance, if that's what you want to call it, was simply a characteristic that is defined by acknowledging what you have been blessed with and using the platform you have, to not give in to society's ignorant and envious complexes towards others. Bottom line, I sure hope you have at least an ounce of arrogance that Reggie had in his prime. Maybe this will allow you and others to simply take your blindfolds off and be a solution to the race issue and not add to it!
Yeah, sports fans ain't used to hearing that sports history. USA history. They don't know. Owens, Clay, Robinson, Aaron, Mays, Jackson, et al... Chavez Ravine. But!! They sure do know every little trivial statistic. Wake the fk up.
@victorlopez2143 - I agree with you - Ortiz is not polished enough to really be a major network sports broadcaster. They should have him on Fox Radio, or on-field player interviews - but not a gameday host.
How much have things changed? Instead of a rope, they use racists with guns and a badge, or they video tape chasing a Black Man down as if he were a wild animal! They put a knee on the back of a defenseless, handcuffed Black Man, pleading to be released due to not being able to breathe!! How much have things changed!?!?!
Exactly! Slavery is still here, but way more sophisticated. From whips and chains to sharecropping to Black Codes, Jim Crow, mass incarceration. Each version is more sophisticated than the prior (ask Lee Atwater) yet the results are the same. white supremacy.
@@mayy9685 Yes, I wish he talked about it not being different since they still keeping African Americans out of the sport. When they contributed a lot to the game
What a poignant POTRAIT in REALITY. Thank you to ALL the Black americans athletes activist and just everyday black folk for persevering and fighting the good fight. I am forever DEBTED
I wanted to see and hear Jackson's interview and I appreciate the way ot was shown here. In other videos about Jackson's interview, the host would interject his own comments and try to explain what Jackson said. Those hosts loved to hear themselves talk and didn't show much of Jackson talking. Thank you for showing this and only this without unnecessary explanations interrupting Jackson's insights!
Appreciate your comment, also think it's important to share this because in all the clips shared by FOX & MLB they added bleeps. It's important that people hear the words that people said to Reggie and others not that long ago. So many people are offended by the fact that this stuff isn't ancient history. Maybe if they hear it straight from the mouth of a guy they otherwise respect on national tv they can have a little reflection.
Truth makes people mad as hell because it makes them see who we really are! Have we moved forward absolutely,do have along way to go absolutely! From reading some post you can clearly see that some White Supremacists still feel as they always have and some White decent people have done what they always have fight the good fight against evil! To my White allies I Thank you! be blessed and be well!
But they are still holding on to that confederate symbol and what it stood for! All kind of confederate groups are still holding meetings and embracing their so called heritage!
Could he have achieved what he did here, the $$ he made in another country? Most likely not. This is a great country obviously has faults like any other country. Why are u here? U could easily leave. Jackson could have left after making millions but chose to stay because this is the best country to stay in . He knows that, others like u know that otherwise u would leave. My parents left El Salvador for a better life. If u feel u have a better life somewhere else then go instead of complaining
@@davidsuttles3737that’s up to u.. whatever country u feel is best for u. I know a few who went to Costa Rica . They like it better than here. I prob will retire in Colombia just because of the cheaper living
I am so glad you made it through that foolishness down south. After being shot while serving in the army 1969 Vietnam, I realized my dream of becoming a Professional Drummer and while on the road with Motown’s Mary Wells, we recorded in a studio called the Sound of Birmingham back in 1972. She, her husband and other Motown greats shared a lot of stories very similar to yours so I know What you were talking about and it doesn’t make you feel great at all when your mind and heart is focused on one specific goal and you have to wade through duck and Dodge systemic foolishness. Again, thank you for sharing the truth, Brah!
Beautiful! Mr. Jackson dropping some powerful truth about the very place they were trying to use tell a pretty history story. Real American history is all too often ugly and painful and violent, and needs to be remembered with integrity so that we all learn and grow!
He blew that shit up. I wonder what the owners of the mlb and fox were thinking as he was talking about that. The producer's must've been screaming in the dude's ear to end it.
America is still a racist society. Institutional racism. Reggie, Mr. October, thank you for sharing what you dealt with in the good ole USA. It's changed a little, but it's still very racist.
Yeah but you’ll never hear these “brothers”A.Rod or Jeter speak like this especially on live national television. Too scared of what they may loose (financially, brand etc.). 💯🤦🏽♂️
Very Powerful most people are majorly baseball act like this interview didn’t even have we still have it on way to go🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Never tell someone to sugar coat the truth just to make others feel comfortable. The truth will set you free and a lie will keep you bound. Love you Mr.October
They didn't schedule Reggie to talk. It was a last minute decision. I'd bet they'd never have let him speak if they'd known. You could see the white sportscaster keep putting the mic up, trying to speak 'cause he was getting told through his earpiece to close the discussion.
One thing about Reggie is he speaks the hard truth and doesn't hold back, this happened when he was in the minor leagues before the the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics,before his 5 World Series Championships,MVP awards. I'm glad no one cut him off for speaking the truth.
Thank you REGGIE JACKSON FOR KEEPIN IT REAL ❤️ U REGGIE😊
Raw and uncompromising. Heart wrenching story and very inspirational. Thank you Reggie Jackson.
What Reggie is describing is the "great again" part of the slogan.
💯 correct
Great for who ?
As a Republican and proud NRA member, I say YES!
@@northernbohemianrealist Yes to what genius
@@luisvelez5695 Maybe great for the under privileged who eventually obtain the same like freedoms as all other citizens? ... provided they participate in legal and lawful activity.
Talk about not being ready. The world was not ready for Reggie Jackson.
From an old white guy, whose parents taught me - thought it was EXPECTED of us - not to buy into the idea that folks of color were any less deserving of respect or protection under the law - than us, THANK YOU MR. JACKSON for reminding America what reality actually was, and not some phony tik-tok lie of an image.
I cannot thank you enough for posting this without bleeping it, because Reggie's use of the N word was contextually and historically appropriate to drive the point home of what he, and other black and minority players went through. This was an absolutely riveting interview, and one that was necessary to counterbalance the event.
Reggie Jackson wasn't "preaching." He was teaching history. Recent history. A history that some in this country would like to re-live.
"The past is not dead. It's not even past."
-- William Faulkner
Awesome quote !!
It’s still here!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s still here!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quite a bit of them evidently, they call it Make America Great Again , led by a Convicted Felon who launched a Insurrection against his own country, racially kept out blacks from his housing complex with his KKK card carrying father, put an ad in the Daily news front page ad calling for the Execution of 5 Innocent black men and refused to apologize even till this day when they were fully exonerated and the true culprit was found. That's what they want America to go back to.
He was teaching AND preaching; indeed he was!!
Reggie still has that pain inside. It's crazy that this country is going backwards taking women's rights away, banning certain history books, flying the confederate flag and nazi flag proudly. Reggie gave us just a taste of how racist this country is. Sports tries to glorify the past and Veteran's, but never wants to talk about the ugly truth of what they actually went through.
Regie never showed it during the time he was going trough it this guy's is a class act
I saw it in my mother's eyes while protecting me from the bitterness of it. He hit a nerve when he mentioned Bull Conner.
Thank you for airing this interview
They had no choice. It was live.
Greatest US sports interview of this millennium. By far.
Reggie Jackson gives America a history lesson on the fibre of how America was was really built.
Exactly! They want it swept under the rug that the wealth of this country was built on the backs and blood of our ancestors.
One painful step at a time.
It is interesting to me Reggie Jackson sees America as the racist restaurant owner and NOT as the manager who stood up to that racism.
I'm glad you lived to tell it!! It's the truth, not just your truth, and a part of American history. SAD
A brutally honest telling of what this country was like. Yes, it makes people uncomfortable but truth matters and it’s important to know the truth of this country. Some now want to pass laws against teaching about slavery and Jim Crow. They call it Woke and know their dogs will bark and go running after whoever they point to. This country can be great ONLY if it accepts the truth of its past and learns from it and commits to being better.
Thank you, Reggie. Thank you for answering directly the FULL SCOPE of Alex's question. I remember in the recent documentary on you that you said being in Birmingham and the Southern League back then was a tough time; thanks for getting into some of the terrible details about it.
Respect to Reggie Jackson 💪🏿🙏🏾👍🏾❤️
Reggie Jackson, Willie Mays and hank aaron..... all heroes, Reggie my favorite palyer of all time, still have his baseball and poster until this day mad respect.
As a Dodger fan, Reggie Jackson broke my heart in the 70s. As a man, he is an inspiration.
Mr. Reggie Jackson wasn't speaking 'His' truth, he was speaking 'The 'truth'! Glad it made people squirm & feel uncomfortable.
I remember in the 60's in N.C. He's not lying, it was F'ed! Hate that is raising again but very open then.
Keep Reggie Jackson's Voice In Action, In Real-time As Frequent As Possible...... Podcast, TV, and Radio!!!!!!
Facts
Home run Reggie Jackson ! This should be added to his all-time home run total. 😂
That made me cry…play this when someone says ick yourself up by your bootstraps..this is MAGA
Brotha. Drop the mic. And I salute.
So incredible to hear the honest, lived truth from this legend. Reggie Jackson's experience is not so distant. Most people watching this video also watched him play baseball, it was that recent. The legacy of the environment he talks about, where players like him couldn't stay at some hotels or eat at certain restaurants, is still alive in this country and it is the responsibility of every baseball fan especially to battle that legacy. The battle may be over one day, but not today.
I love this. This is American history! A lot of people don’t want to acknowledge the things that has happened in this country. The raw and the real of his story. The pure hell had to go through just to get to where he wanted to go. There are mountains that still need to be climbed to make this country a better place. If we all don’t stand up and show some fight for all, we will all suffer.
The look in Alex face was real' the stuff Reggie went threw as far as racism is unbelievable - but the stories are true and have been documented
Kudos to Reggie for keeping it real...To hell with their comfort!!
H~
I hear no lies!
We actually know this history, but we don’t feel it anymore. Thanks Reggie for making us feel it. Never again.
LOVE. And I subscribed!
Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Lee May & many other black players were born in the south at the time when the ugliness of segregation was part of those nasty times. It is unthinkable that people could be treated in such ways. The ignorance is something that a good mined person couldn't even fathom. History is & should be continued to be taught about some of the unthinkable things that took place in this Country. The 3 players that I mentioned at the beginning & many more that lived in that environment & were there in their formative years still showed their greatness by rising above any hatred they had received & had to know they were better than the people who treated them with that hatred.
Salute to you Mr. October! 🙏🏿✊🏿
Reggie spit at my dad one time. Nothing racist, just like booing a great tough player on the other team, but he loves telling that story. my dad is a tough guy burly man and when asked if he tried to fight him he says he's glad he didn't
Fox and Baseball should do this more often. ❤ Mr. October.
Bull Conner and the four sunday school girls ? That did it for me. Reggie has no agenda which makes him armed. His pulse on truth makes him dangerous. Everyone at that desk has a buzzing earpiece.
I have a newly found respect for Mr October. Mr. Jackson has arisen to the heights of the great Jackie Robinson in terms of becoming politically active during these bitter days of advanced Trumpism. I've always said that there are far too many apolitical professional athletes who have become much too comfy with their Wall St endorsements. I'm very happy to say that Reggie Martinez Jackson isn't one of them. Right on, Reggie !!!!
God bless🙏♥️
Reggie Jackson is a strong black man!
6:16 real talk!!!!! Facts USA history. Mirror
Reggie sound like a humble man. I got tired of listening to his arrogance when he was at the peak of his career. Now that he's changed, I believe him. I followed his career (ASU, Oakland A's, Orioles, Yankees, Angels then back to Oakland. I was saddened that he picked #44 to go to the Hall. It should've been #9. Go A's. Please find a way to stay in Oakland. Any billionaires out there!?
It was arrogance to you. It was survival for him. There are many black men who are proud. You probably mistook his self-preservation qualities as negative ones. I assure you that there were and still are melanated men that have this misconception of arrogance label put on them. If you could only put yourself in his shoes, you may see that he had walls up to protect himself.
this reply is bullshit by the way
He wasn't arrogant. He just had to make a stand. He was humble back then.
didn't think I'd catch my comment being deleted the first time? I'll just comment it again. this is a b u l l s h i t comment btw
FYI, this comment is coming from a family member (former professional athlete) of Reggie Jackson. Once again. We have those in society who simply can give a damn about the racism that existed back then and still continues to this day. Reggie, like many other athletes of color, had to put up with a lot of the inferiority complexes from a race of people that struggled with their own insecurities. Arrogance, if that's what you want to call it, was simply a characteristic that is defined by acknowledging what you have been blessed with and using the platform you have, to not give in to society's ignorant and envious complexes towards others. Bottom line, I sure hope you have at least an ounce of arrogance that Reggie had in his prime. Maybe this will allow you and others to simply take your blindfolds off and be a solution to the race issue and not add to it!
Well if you said it's so ,it's probably is ,if you said it ain't so ,it's probably isnt so .well said Jessie Jackson.
OCTOBER!
Reggie always keeps it real. 😅🫡
❤
Yeah, sports fans ain't used to hearing that sports history. USA history.
They don't know. Owens, Clay, Robinson, Aaron, Mays, Jackson, et al... Chavez Ravine.
But!! They sure do know every little trivial statistic. Wake the fk up.
Really sad and racism continues to this day in the open.😢❤
And let’s not forget Reggie played for a real jerk alcoholic Yankee manager Billy Martin so he knows about this stuff.
He'll always be the straw that stirs the drink.
Lineage of evil
Those southern democrats are the worse
Republicans
Yep, and they switched to being Republicans (see Strom Thurmond) after the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
They started as Southern Democrats but form their own party called Dixiecrats which switched into the Republicans (Anti-Outsiders).
@@akp41 Abraham Lincoln was a Republican who fought to free the slaves against the democrats………kkk democrats Jim grow democrats……
No, he was talking about southern white people in the south..
No idea why they would have David Ortiz on the set - He was basically a DH..Not a big fan of him at all..
You don’t get it if that’s what you worried about you don’t get it😢
Brooooo…. I’m half Puerto Rican and I got second hand embarrassment from reading your comment.
He’s HOF. You’re a bum in the UA-cam comments. Your opinion doesn’t matter.
As a Puerto Rican, I'm embarrassed of your arrogance.
@victorlopez2143 -
I agree with you - Ortiz is not polished enough to really be a major network sports broadcaster. They should have him on Fox Radio, or on-field player interviews - but not a gameday host.
Is this what they would call victim mentality?
How much have things changed? Instead of a rope, they use racists with guns and a badge, or they video tape chasing a Black Man down as if he were a wild animal! They put a knee on the back of a defenseless, handcuffed Black Man, pleading to be released due to not being able to breathe!! How much have things changed!?!?!
They love saying change…. They really mean they changed ways to do the same thing
Exactly! Slavery is still here, but way more sophisticated. From whips and chains to sharecropping to Black Codes, Jim Crow, mass incarceration. Each version is more sophisticated than the prior (ask Lee Atwater) yet the results are the same. white supremacy.
@@mayy9685 Yes, I wish he talked about it not being different since they still keeping African Americans out of the sport. When they contributed a lot to the game
@@alexiswilliams8475exactly !
If you refer to George Floyd, you do know he had enough Fentanyl in him to kill 3 men at the time of his arrest right?
Thank you Sir for telling the truth.. They need to hear this.. 🙏🏾
What a poignant POTRAIT in REALITY. Thank you to ALL the Black americans athletes activist and just everyday black folk for persevering and fighting the good fight. I am forever DEBTED
🫡💯💯💯🙏🏽
I wanted to see and hear Jackson's interview and I appreciate the way ot was shown here. In other videos about Jackson's interview, the host would interject his own comments and try to explain what Jackson said. Those hosts loved to hear themselves talk and didn't show much of Jackson talking. Thank you for showing this and only this without unnecessary explanations interrupting Jackson's insights!
Appreciate your comment, also think it's important to share this because in all the clips shared by FOX & MLB they added bleeps. It's important that people hear the words that people said to Reggie and others not that long ago. So many people are offended by the fact that this stuff isn't ancient history. Maybe if they hear it straight from the mouth of a guy they otherwise respect on national tv they can have a little reflection.
You tell it Reggie!!!!! NEVER FORGET!!!!
Truth makes people mad as hell because it makes them see who we really are! Have we moved forward absolutely,do have along way to go absolutely! From reading some post you can clearly see that some White Supremacists still feel as they always have and some White decent people have done what they always have fight the good fight against evil! To my White allies I Thank you! be blessed and be well!
NO! Many so-called white people want to go back to. As far as they are concerned the way people were treated was the good old days.
“YOU would’ve found me on an oak tree somewhere!” I felt that! THANK YOU Reggie!
Said it with ease cus it was real, not GTA
Some white folks and other race of people tell black folks to get over it, how can you.its who we still are separated
Yep, it’s sad that this is the case. You can’t get over the pain.
But they are still holding on to that confederate symbol and what it stood for! All kind of confederate groups are still holding meetings and embracing their so called heritage!
Not all of us.. black and white today get along just fine as long as the playing field is equal.
@@brucefranklin1317 #WhiteLivesMatter, right? 🙄🙄🙄
MAGA, when was America great? Need to know for historical purposes.
WAITING TO HEAR THE ANSWER....🤔
Could he have achieved what he did here, the $$ he made in another country? Most likely not. This is a great country obviously has faults like any other country. Why are u here? U could easily leave. Jackson could have left after making millions but chose to stay because this is the best country to stay in . He knows that, others like u know that otherwise u would leave. My parents left El Salvador for a better life. If u feel u have a better life somewhere else then go instead of complaining
@@fernandofernando4364 The old leave argument. Try something else.
@fernandofernando4364 Better yet where would you like for me/us to go? Like the post above still waiting on answer.
@@davidsuttles3737that’s up to u.. whatever country u feel is best for u. I know a few who went to Costa Rica . They like it better than here. I prob will retire in Colombia just because of the cheaper living
Jump to 5:15 and you'll end up wanting to watch the whole thing.
Reggie is a smart guy. He makes a lot of sense when you listen to him and he has a very high IQ, from what I read.
Wow! He was Raw with the Truth‼️💯
An important part of the truth we must not forget for sure.
Finally someone not afraid to speak the truth. Thank you Reggie!
Finally? CRT seems based on this history And the idea things have not really changed.
I am so glad you made it through that foolishness down south. After being shot while serving in the army 1969 Vietnam, I realized my dream of becoming a Professional Drummer and while on the road with Motown’s Mary Wells, we recorded in a studio called the Sound of Birmingham back in 1972. She, her husband and other Motown greats shared a lot of stories very similar to yours so I know What you were talking about and it doesn’t make you feel great at all when your mind and heart is focused on one specific goal and you have to wade through duck and Dodge systemic foolishness. Again, thank you for sharing the truth, Brah!
It was everywhere
Not just the South Reggie played in Oakland California in New York and also with the California Angels
When Mr. Jackson lifted up his hat after hearing the question from A. Rod., A lot of painful memories came back to his mind! Damm 😢
6/30/2024
thats a fact. that was a man who in that exact moment wasnt going to hold his tongue about the injustice he endured.
Thank you Reggie for saying the Truth y'all knew the era he played I hope you honestly didn't think it was easy
MY HERO TELLS IT LIKE IT REALLY WAS BACK THEN!! I'M GLAD HE WAS THERE TO SPEAK TRUTH AND ENLIGHTEN US! REGGIE
MR OCTOBER
America got a history lesson that was bigger than just baseball.
Do you see how uncomfortable those reporters are 😊
Reggie said I ain’t forget about all that BS Yall put me through.
I always loved Reggie and never been a big baseball fan..but cards was on deck back then..
Beautiful! Mr. Jackson dropping some powerful truth about the very place they were trying to use tell a pretty history story. Real American history is all too often ugly and painful and violent, and needs to be remembered with integrity so that we all learn and grow!
He blew that shit up. I wonder what the owners of the mlb and fox were thinking as he was talking about that. The producer's must've been screaming in the dude's ear to end it.
America is still a racist society. Institutional racism. Reggie, Mr. October, thank you for sharing what you dealt with in the good ole USA. It's changed a little, but it's still very racist.
I love how the brothers embraced him with love and affection after sharing such a traumatic time of his life!
Yeah but you’ll never hear these “brothers”A.Rod or Jeter speak like this especially on live national television. Too scared of what they may loose (financially, brand etc.). 💯🤦🏽♂️
Jeter is the only uncomfortable he needs a reminder if you know what I mean and if you don’t you don’t
They did not expect this kind of reality check on the history of Murica and baseball,
Speak the truth
Very Powerful most people are majorly baseball act like this interview didn’t even have we still have it on way to go🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Never tell someone to sugar coat the truth just to make others feel comfortable.
The truth will set you free and a lie will keep you bound. Love you Mr.October
Fantastic statement
They didn't schedule Reggie to talk. It was a last minute decision. I'd bet they'd never have let him speak if they'd known. You could see the white sportscaster keep putting the mic up, trying to speak 'cause he was getting told through his earpiece to close the discussion.
PROTECT THIS MAN AT ALL COST...WE LOVE U REG..
I’m a Yankees fan.Reggie you are one of my favorite players. Sorry you had to deal with that BS. Racism still exists
Team Reggie
This breaks my heart, but I am still glad to be an African American and a Black Queen
Reggie Jackson is still hitting them over the fence. They should name a candy bar after him.
Much love Reggie
Reggie. Well said! That's why you are the man!❤❤
ARod had the Rodney Dangerfields.....
Reggie for President ❤️U buddy!!!
yeah that cast of players were not expecting what Reggie was going to say. way to keep it real
We must protect MR. OCTOBER , at all costs ✊🏿🔥
Thank you Reg
REAL TALK!
8:14 hell yes.
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One thing about Reggie is he speaks the hard truth and doesn't hold back, this happened when he was in the minor leagues before the the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics,before his 5 World Series Championships,MVP awards.
I'm glad no one cut him off for speaking the truth.