Bonds: Boston "too racist"

[doublem23]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1824716

It's your world, Barry... This guy spent too many years with Dusty.

[dpbyron]

I've heard that players have said this for decades. Wasn't it on that HBO special about the curse?

Of course, Barry is just being his usual ***hole self and know cares about what he says.

[HomeFish]

That's a claim I've heard many times before. As much as I hate Boston and would be willing to take any chance to denigrate the city and its fans, I cannot find any evidence whatsoever to back up that claim.

Indeed, if anything, Boston has a reputation for being quite the opposite. It was the birthplace of abolition and all.

[Cubbiesuck13]

word of mouth... hmmm that is a good reason to call an entire city racist. keep in mind this guy plays in san fran. where everyone is special and cute and normal. no matter what kind of person they are or what kind of thing they sleep with.

[HomeFish]

Originally Posted by Cubbiesuck13

word of mouth... hmmm that is a good reason to call an entire city racist. keep in mind this guy plays in san fran. where everyone is special and cute and normal. no matter what kind of person they are or what kind of thing they sleep with.

Boston isn't exactly a bastion of conservatism and homophobia either.

[Brian26]

Originally Posted by doublem23

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1824716

It's your world, Barry

That's ok. San Fran is too gay for me. Anyone can play the sweeping-generalization game.

[Cubbiesuck13]

Originally Posted by HomeFish

Boston isn't exactly a bastion of conservatism and homophobia either.

i would imagine that it is similar to most other big cities in terms of consercatism and homophobia. san fran is in a whole nother world.

[thepaulbowski]

Originally Posted by Brian26

That's ok. San Fran is too gay for me. Anyone can play the sweeping-generalization game.

How could a place be too happy!!

[FarWestChicago]

Originally Posted by thepaulbowski

How could a place be too happy!!

Well it would be happier in teal.

[1951Campbell]

Boston is the most racist, segregated place I've ever lived or visited (and I've been to 48 states, mind you). I know we all hate Barry, but's he right. I lived there for 4 years, and man...unbelievable, given all the liberal rhetoric flying around the place.

A fun game to play next time you go to Fenway...count the black fans. In 40+ games I never got past five...out of 33,000+ people.

In the 22 years before I moved there, I had never heard some yell "n*****!" at someone in anger before--and that's impressive, coming from Milwaukee--but I saw it twice in the first year I was there. People's reaction? Nothing.

Restaurants, bars...totally segregated. My wife and I went to a restaurant in Milwaukee on a trip back from Boston when we lived there. We noticed something different...it was...black and white people actually eating and drinking at the same establishment! We forgot what that was like.

20 years after Brown vs. Board of Education...Boston finally decided to de-segregate its schools...and essentially had a two-year race war over it, and everyone is still talking about it. Ever seen the famed picture of the white guy stabbing the black guy with the American flag? Yep.

C'mon...Charles Stuart?

And I especially enjoyed the combination of provincialism and racism. People told my wife and I not to venture two or three blocks from certain restaurants in certain neighborhoods. Sad because (1) some folks assume things about minorities, and (2) funny because these provincial Bostonians think that an evil, colored mugger is incapable of following you three blocks into a different neighborhood, because...who would ever leave their neighbohood, or even go more than 10 blocks from their house? Man, three blocks is another world in Boston!

[munchman33]

Originally Posted by 1951Campbell

Boston is the most racist, segregated place I've ever lived or visited (and I've been to 48 states, mind you). I know we all hate Barry, but's he right. I lived there for 4 years, and man...unbelievable, given all the liberal rhetoric flying around the place.

A fun game to play next time you go to Fenway...count the black fans. In 40+ games I never got past five...out of 33,000+ people.

In the 22 years before I moved there, I had never heard some yell "n*****!" at someone in anger before--and that's impressive, coming from Milwaukee--but I saw it twice in the first year I was there. People's reaction? Nothing.

Restaurants, bars...totally segregated. My wife and I went to a restaurant in Milwaukee on a trip back from Boston when we lived there. We noticed something different...it was...black and white people actually eating and drinking at the same establishment! We forgot what that was like.

20 years after Brown vs. Board of Education...Boston finally decided to de-segregate its schools...and essentially had a two-year race war over it, and everyone is still talking about it. Ever seen the famed picture of the white guy stabbing the black guy with the American flag? Yep.

C'mon...Charles Stuart?

And I especially enjoyed the combination of provincialism and racism. People told my wife and I not to venture two or three blocks from certain restaurants in certain neighborhoods. Sad because (1) some folks assume things about minorities, and (2) funny because these provincial Bostonians think that an evil, colored mugger is incapable of following you three blocks into a different neighborhood, because...who would ever leave their neighbohood, or even go more than 10 blocks from their house? Man, three blocks is another world in Boston!

I've been there three times, and this was my experience in Boston as well. Whether I'm at the game, at the bar, or just walking around the city, if I have my black friends with me, we get glares, poor service, and are constantly hassled by the police. When I'm with my white friends, there's never an issue.

[MarkEdward]

Originally Posted by HomeFish

That's a claim I've heard many times before. As much as I hate Boston and would be willing to take any chance to denigrate the city and its fans, I cannot find any evidence whatsoever to back up that claim.

Indeed, if anything, Boston has a reputation for being quite the opposite. It was the birthplace of abolition and all.

I don't know about the city and racism (but from what munchman and 1951Campbell say, it doesn't sound too good), but the Red Sox have a history of organizational racism. From what I remember, the Red Sox were the last team to integrate. Recently Howard Bryant, a Boston sport's writer, wrote a book on the Red Sox and racism.

If there's someone I could rely on in regards to this subject, I think it would be Barry Bonds. His family (which includes Bobby Bonds and Willie Mays) have been integral parts of baseball for the past fifty years. Barry does seem to have a good understanding (and reverence) of history.

[pinwheels3530]

Man those posts from 1951 Campbell and Munchman 33 really shut the mouths of the posters who would've surely turned this conversation into a " I hate Barry, Bostons not racists, lets make some smart remarks because I don't agree with what he said" thread, even though there is evidence to support his statements. I am glad to see we have posters here who speak the truth and will not just sweep the subject under the rug!! I am very dissappointed with the reaction of the first couple of posters to this thread!!! SAD VERY SAD!!!!

[hose]

Didn't Bonds say that he wants to break Babe Ruth's record but not Henry Aaron's?

*** is that suppose to mean?

[JohnBasedowYoda]

sadly alsip is a town that falls victim to generalizations