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Diverse panel enlivens Civil Rights roundtable (Gloria Gaynor "underground prejudice")
MLB.com ^ | May 13, 2011 | Alden Gonzalez

Posted on 05/14/2011 1:15:41 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

ATLANTA -- At Friday's leadoff event for the fifth annual Civil Rights Game -- "Baseball and the Civil Rights Movement: A Roundtable Discussion" -- panelists noted how far this nation has come in the way of social equality, but also looked forward to how much is left.

In doing so, the event signaled the start of the Civil Rights Game festivities in a new venue -- one John Schuerholz believes will not disappoint.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: baseball; civilrights; gloriagaynor; mlb; prejudices
Gloria Gaynor? Was Donna Summer unavailable?
1 posted on 05/14/2011 1:15:42 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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Wish I could find a recording of Gaynor’s “Roses Love Sunshine.”


2 posted on 05/14/2011 1:28:06 PM PDT by Elsiejay
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...panelists noted how far this nation has come in the way of social equality, but also looked forward to how much is left.

Racism will never be allowed to be stamped out... even if it was possible to do so. Race hustlers like JJ and Rev Al would be out of a gig.

3 posted on 05/14/2011 1:51:59 PM PDT by hattend (Obama is better than OJ... He found a killer while on the golf course.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

She will survive.


4 posted on 05/14/2011 2:21:56 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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Donna Summer is no longer alive.


5 posted on 05/14/2011 2:22:47 PM PDT by Nepeta
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Donna Summer is no longer alive.

That would certainly come as news to her. She's 62 and quite alive.

6 posted on 05/14/2011 2:42:21 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Nepeta

She is still alive.


7 posted on 05/14/2011 3:22:54 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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Racism is used to gain an advantage plain and simple


8 posted on 05/14/2011 4:50:47 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (V)
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And for those who pass out the racial advantage, it is power. Which is why racism is alive and well in post-segregation America. White kids, when their parents are no longer the majority, are dead. It will be South Africa in the US.


9 posted on 05/15/2011 2:57:32 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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