mjohan wrote:...
In the words of KG, "ANYTHING"S POSSIBLE!"
sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/081008
As most of us here are too young to remember most of this...
Upon arrival, the Lakers quickly learned their three black players (Baylor, Boo Ellis and Ed Fleming) couldn't check into their hotel or eat anywhere in town except for the Greyhound bus station. Here's how Hundley and Baylor remembered the incident in the book:
Hundley: "The people who put on the game wanted me to talk to Elgin about playing. After pregame warmups, I went into the dressing room and he was sitting there in his street clothes. I said, 'What they did to you isn't right. I understand that. But we're friends and this is my hometown. Play this one for me.' Elgin said, 'Rod, you're right, you are my friend. But, Rod, I'm a human being, too. All I want to do is be treated like a human being.' It was then that I could begin to feel his pain."
Whenever I heard Jermiah Wright being vilified I thought of that passage and how older African Americans can be judged for their anger after being treated this badly themselves or even just from being raised by parents who were treated this badly.
