Black baseball player from Charles City gets racist taunts from Waverly fans
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JFC! Usually you're pretty reasonable with posts, but you're choosing to put your head in the sand on this one. The article CLEARLY states the perp said Trump 2020. This President has sought division from Day 1. This is another example that he's got it.
I didn't turn it political. It is political on it's merits. The issue is hatred and intolerance to being different.
Not making excuses as what happened is unacceptable. But it is entirely possible no one outside of the group doing it heard what was being said. Went to a game for my hometown (Janesville). I was the only one standing in the outfield. I wanted to be away from the annoying parents. Yes WSR/CC are bigger schools.
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Gotcha...I think they are requiring the crowds to disperse around the outfield fences in HS games...so it is plausible that the person(s) yelling the offensive words were not close to others. Even so...doesn't the ump, or a coach, jog out to the ne'er-do-well(s) and tell them to leave, etc? It sounds like this happened over multiple innings and the kid being yelled at reported it...I think pretty promptly.
Please explain further. I have a fairly decent amount of knowledge of the city as well so I’d be curious why you think this. If you, or the any other that agreed with you, could lay down some examples that would be great.And after giving that a guy a geography lesson. If anyone is familiar with CC, which I am...it's actually a city that some people would classify as having a fairly significant number of "white trash" residents. The city really never fully recovered from the tornado in 1968? that devastated the town. Once White Farm(no pun intended) went under, there was no industry remaining and people left en masse.
There is no physical location called "The Iron Bowl". "The Iron Bowl" is a game between Auburn and Alabama that is played at different locations.
We're getting off topic here because the story is more about culture than the towns involved. But there is some connection as Waverly has generally avoided economic setbacks(outside of Bantam) while Chas. City has struggled after the two big incidents... White Farm/tornado.
The north and east sides of CC experienced population losses and the eventual deterioration in housing. So landlords and owners offered lower housing costs which drew a social economic crowd of low income earners. Many higher earning families moved out of town and the trends continued. It's the same stories experienced by cities across the nation.
The city fathers got govt $$$ for low income housing complexes and many families moved to CC from Chicago/Waterloo etc. That's not a criticism, but more a stigma to others, imo.
CC has seen some development with the southside industrial(Winnebago/Tire Mfg), so I think things are trending up.
Did you read the article?
Later, after Waverly-Shell Rock scored two runs on a hit to the outfield, Chapman said the fans shouted that he should have been George Floyd, the Black man killed at the hands of Minneapolis police in May. He ignored them.
"That really hurt, because why would you say that?" Chapman said. "You’re basically saying you wish I was dead."
Then, Chapman said, the fans shouted, "Trump 2020!"
It was even said in the news article:
"That really hurt, because why would you say that?" Chapman said. "You’re basically saying you wish I was dead."
Then, Chapman said, the fans shouted, "Trump 2020!"
Straight from the article:
Later, after Waverly-Shell Rock scored two runs on a hit to the outfield, Chapman said the fans shouted that he should have been George Floyd, the Black man killed at the hands of Minneapolis police in May. He ignored them.
"That really hurt, because why would you say that?" Chapman said. "You’re basically saying you wish I was dead."
Then, Chapman said, the fans shouted, "Trump 2020!"
That’s the biggest issue. It’s not that some loser yelled some moronic things, it’s that the others let it continue to happen. It’s what the people denying systemic racism refuse to grasp: it’s not isolated, it’s cultural.
This is what you expect in Abby Finkenhaur's district, amiright? If would have happened 20 miles west it would have been Steve King's fault as I've heard on this site so many times...
It was really annoying how blatantly racist some people were when I moved from Waterloo/CF to Parkersburg in high school. This doesn't really surprise me. Funny you don't say that shit when you go to Crossroads.
The people who did this abomination need to be named and shamed
First or all, I have never understood how someone call yell any kind of insult at another player just out playing a game - whether it is HS or the MLB. Is that fun?
Secondly, when it is racist it is many times worse. Yelling racist insults at a HS player? How can a person do that? Why on earth would they want to?
Third, this is Iowa - yes, there are racists in Iowa, but I usually expect Iowans to be better than this.
Just disgraceful.
Secondly, when it is racist it is many times worse. Yelling racist insults at a HS player? How can a person do that? Why on earth would they want to?
Third, this is Iowa - yes, there are racists in Iowa, but I usually expect Iowans to be better than this.
Just disgraceful.
Nobody is arguing they aren’t supporters of Trump but you honestly believe they wouldn’t have said what they said if he wasn’t in office? None of these racists got the balls to say anything until 3 years ago? That seems weird as I’ve been hearing racist idiots for 35 years
I'm not suggesting that Trump made them racist, I just think it's wrong to say he had nothing to do with it when we know for a fact they yelled "Trump 2020."
I have never heard anyone claim that no racist activity occurred until Trump was elected, but if you don't think outwardly vocal and bold racism has increased under Trump then you haven't been paying attention. I have conservative and very openly racist family members who freely admit it. They felt as if Trump being elected gave them their country back. They explicitly told me that they were afraid they lost their country under Obama, and that when Trump won they felt free to say things that they couldn't for 8 years.
What is different is they are emboldened, and people on the receiving end aren't taking it like they used to. Plus, cell phones...
No one ever said there aren't conservatives in Abby's District. Fortunately, they are in the minority(no pun intended).
As stated... idiots like the people hurling insults at this kid are emboldened by this President. However, I don't think Trump's efforts to "divide and conquer" will be successful this fall.
Remember this? Have the locals done anything except protect the identity of the person(s) throwing out the slurs? It’s almost as if, deep down, they are perfectly fine with it.
Steve King is not the cause, but the symptom of Iowans like you that need to GTFO of our state.
Not sure if this was posted elsewhere but it is related to this and I find it to be strikingly accurate.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...own-values-cauldron-brews-bigotry/5382064002/
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...own-values-cauldron-brews-bigotry/5382064002/
I did see a story where a big fan club for the player started up in the outfield for his games.
Saw a video clip where he had a nice cheering section with signs of support. Pretty cool.
Also saw some other area teams sent him nice messages, school t-shirts, etc.
Saw a video clip where he had a nice cheering section with signs of support. Pretty cool.
Also saw some other area teams sent him nice messages, school t-shirts, etc.
Seriously, it’s been almost three weeks and they can’t figure this out? In a small town where everyone yaps about everyone else?
What a scam. They know who is responsible but they are protecting them because they are in a protected clan.
What a scam. They know who is responsible but they are protecting them because they are in a protected clan.
They still can't figure it out.
It's a real mystery and totally not a small town, racism protecting cover up!
It's a real mystery and totally not a small town, racism protecting cover up!
