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Defending the Negative things about Jackie

Jackie made a lot of great plays, and very few things he did wrong. The people that commented on his mistakes shouldn't have. Instead of commenting on his mistakes they should have commented on his great plays that he made. There were more great plays then there were bad.

Negitive Post

Jackie had to face racism. Every ballpark that he went to he would get called names. Being the only African-American in baseball was a hard thing. Everyone would make sure to point out every little mistake that he made on and off the field. They would never say anything about all the great plays that he made.

Positive blog

Jackie was a very positive person. He would never let anything get him down. He would never hang his head. Even through the racism and the rough times, he kept his head up.

Inspired Jackie

Robinson's older brother, Matthew Robinson, inspired Jackie to pursue his talent and love for athletics. Matthew won a silver medal in the 200-meter dash just behind Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

Inspired

Jackie Robinson inspired me, because he had a lot of guts to change baseball. It would take a lot of courage to do what he did. He took a lot of stuff from everyone. Jackie was extremely nice to everyone. People would yell mean names at him, but he didn't pay attention to it. He was very strong inside.


A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. ~Jackie Robinson
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. ~Jackie Robinson
Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life. ~Jackie Robinson

pivotal point in Jackie's life

The pivotal point that happened in Jackie's life is when Dodger's President Branch Rickey selected him to become the first African-American to play in the majors this century. Rickey wanted a man who could restrain himself from responding to the ugliness of the racial hatred that was certain to come. This unwritten pact between two men would change the course of a country. Baseball might only be a game, but in the area of black and white, it often is a leader. Robinson's debut for the Dodgers in 1947 came a year before President Harry Truman desegregated the military and seven years before the Supreme Court ruled desegregation in public schools was unconstitutional.