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<blockquote data-quote="Joe" data-source="post: 315749" data-attributes="member: 9">There were some heartbreaking stories about the kind of discrimination Blacks once faced which kept them back.Here's an example of systemic racism which existed during the time period the OP refers to.A white player on the Philadelphia Eages in the 1950s instigated a fight with a Black player which unfortunately got him kicked off the team:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://packerspastperfect.wordpress.com/tag/1950s/[/URL]The Man's name was Emery Barnes. He'd later star for the BC Lions in the Canadian Footlball League &amp; later became the Speaker of the House in a Socialist Government.Altho he went onto Bigger and Better things, it's a bit sad to think what kind of NFL football player he could have become had he lived in less racist times.<img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ac/a3/f7/aca3f743375aa0e663a364b1785a7a9c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />That was the kind of shit they had to put up with in those days.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Joe, post: 315749, member: 9"] There were some heartbreaking stories about the kind of discrimination Blacks once faced which kept them back. Here's an example of systemic racism which existed during the time period the OP refers to. A white player on the Philadelphia Eages in the 1950s instigated a fight with a Black player which unfortunately got him kicked off the team: [URL unfurl="true"]https://packerspastperfect.wordpress.com/tag/1950s/[/URL] The Man's name was Emery Barnes. He'd later star for the BC Lions in the Canadian Footlball League & later became the Speaker of the House in a Socialist Government. Altho he went onto Bigger and Better things, it's a bit sad to think what kind of NFL football player he could have become had he lived in less racist times. [IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ac/a3/f7/aca3f743375aa0e663a364b1785a7a9c.jpg[/IMG] That was the kind of shit they had to put up with in those days. [/QUOTE]

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