Ozzie Guillen's so-called apology

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by mo99

Not to sound racially motivated,but if Ozzie was white do you think he would still have his job? Remember the uproar from that relief pitcher from the Braves a few years back.I think his name was Rocker, who made a comment in jest about the gays in New York and was ultimately railroaded out of baseball.Sounds like good old reverse descrimination to me.

Yes he would. This was not an issue of race, this was an issue of sexual orientation which is a very different issue. Stop trying to say "I am white and life is not fair" BS. The bottom line life is not fair. If there was not a history of whites preventing people of other races opportunities then white people would not have to bare the burden of racial comments. Someone like Dusty Baker can make comments and get a pass because there is not he same history in this country of Black people holding out white people from opportunities in baseball or other aspects of society. The Negro Leagues did not systematically hold out white people from playing baseball. Also this issue was about sexuality not race. That is a different issue and different set of circumstances. I can tell you African-Americans are probably more against gays or are much more homophobic than the general public. So if another manager said this that it would be treated the same way. They would have to apologize, but not much would be done about it unless they probably managed in San Francisco. A place like Chicago (which had a well known Gay Pride parade this Sunday) not everyone really cares.

Peace