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RE: I don’t think ANY of the Bruins have ever been black!

They have black players in the organization and actually had the first black player ever in the NHL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O%27Ree

Just died recently actually.

17 posted on 02/07/2015 6:48:38 PM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan)

To: big'ol_freeper

22 posted on 02/07/2015 6:54:44 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)

To: big'ol_freeper

Willie is very much alive, and I believe he has some type of position with the NHL.

54 posted on 02/07/2015 7:16:58 PM PST by Major Matt Mason ("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)

To: big'ol_freeper; ExCTCitizen

They have black players in the organization and actually had the first black player ever in the NHL:

Good to know. For those who thought I was being a bit of a jerk, my comment was COMPLETELY tongue-in-cheek. The comments about all the white Celtics was just being silly, as these guys actually won championships . . . and I'm nominally a Lakers fan! Truly racist management would rather lose with white guys than winning with black guys. Nothing wrong with winning with white guys.

This whole thing reminds me of what Casey Stengel said when the Yankees picked up Elston Howard:
"Well, when they finally get me a nigger, I get the only one who can't run."
(Howard of course was a catcher, and running catchers are a rarity.)

87 posted on 02/07/2015 8:18:15 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)

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