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Was Babe Ruth For Integrating Baseball?

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No idea but this photo and comments is interesting. Found it randomly on a feed. I have heard rumors saying he had black blood. He was called racial slurs a lot because he had black features (nose, lips). No idea if true or not. If anyone knows more, please post it.

“According to Buck O'Neill and Monte Irvin, players in the Negro Leagues received the equivalent of a dollar a day. When Babe Ruth joined them, he would bring them $1,500 to share among all the teams. Ruth was, for a long time, an advocate of the integration of baseball.”
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    My grandfather said he called Jackie Robertson that N word a few times seating in the stands. We don't rock with him or that nasty ass candy bar named after him.
     
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    He knew Jackie Robinson was better than him & proved it by breaking his record!
    Who holds mostly ALL the records in sports? I know y'all know the answer, enough said! ❤️🤴🏾👸🏽❤️
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    I think that Brothas face in the middle of the photograph says it all (center derby) 😂 ..

    Yeah, there were some others in history that stories say they were mixed ... it's entirely possible,.. looking at the features, I would say he isn't solely European...
     
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    Dude did roids, didn't he? Probably had all sorts of roid rage and an alcohol problem to boot. I heard mixed things about him but he was never "for the blacks". Probably said a few things for PR.
     
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