More than fifty years ago the Washington Redskins had an owner, George Preston Marshall, who refused to hire black players despite every other team acquiring good black players.....and improving their teams. Marshall’s team suffered as a result. So Redskins fans were forced to suffer through many losing seasons. Marshall eventually relented under pressure from the Kennedy Justice department. Racism was bad not just because blind racism was immoral...in Marshall’s case it was stupid.
The Dodgers didn’t hire Jackie Robinson because they wanted to end racism. They hired Jackie Robinson because they wanted to win baseball games.