Afrocentrism Analysis

Jackie Robinson is mostly remembered for breaking the color barrier in baseball. By stepping into the predominantly white sport, he changed the face of not only baseball, but also the United States as a whole. He did all of this during a time of segregated buses, schools, hotels, drinking fountains, and when restaurants were separated. After joining the league in 1947, he wasn't accepted. He faced death threats, vulgar insults, and fans

When Jackie Robinson join the ranks of an all white baseball team he challenged these norms and established new ones, securing his rank as a role model for other African Americans (he hoped they would challenge the color barrier too). Author Jessica McBirney expresses this idea in “Excerpt from How jackie Robinson Changed Baseball”, where she expounds; “Jackie Robinson became the first Major League baseball player to break the color barrier since 1880” (Birney). It had been years since a team had members of both race. Robinson did not accept this and signed to the Dodgers even though he knew what he would have to face. Robinson also challenged the U.S. social norms by becoming one of the first African Americans to be inducted into the Baseball hall of Fame. This as a massive feat for Robinson, for this had not happened many times before. Robinson’s baseball success prompted other African Americans to join sports teams that were previously “whites only.” In the video “Jackie Robinson – Mini Bio” by A&E Networks, they inform the watcher that, in the first five years of Robinson's baseball career around one hundred and fifty other African American/black players joined previously all white baseball teams (2:31–2:37). This movement of African Americans joining all white sports teams head butted with the age old idea of separation between the two races. This social norm was slowly being broken by Robinson and others, and was paving the way to a time where everyone would be treated

Jackie Robinson was an African-American who played for a “Negro League” for a team call the Kansas City Monarchs. Their team colors being white with thin red stripes going vertically down the uniform. But a manager from the MLB’s jaw dropped to the floor when he saw how great of a player Jackie was, and decided to do something that nobody ever thought would happen. “I had never seen a ball player,” stated the Dodgers manager. “quite like Jackie Robinson.” He drafted Jackie Robinson in to the MLB for a team called the Brooklyn Dodgers, but just because something good happens, doesn’t mean that there will a few obstacles along the way.

Jackie Robinson once said “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives”. True heroes, living among ordinary people, have paved the roads of today's world. One person who has exactly done this and not received nearly enough credit is Jackie Robinson. When people think of Jackie Robinson they think of the man who stole second base continuously, when in reality he did more, Jackie Robinson opened the gate for African American’s to play major league baseball. Born in 1919 Jackie was brought up in a society that was characterized by racial segregation and inequality, He fought through the era and made himself known all around the world for being the first African American to play major league baseball. Jackie

Brave, courageous, daring, bold, these all describe the baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Jackie was the first African American major league baseball player. (Jackie Robinson official website) Things were not always easy but he had many supporters and motivators to keep him going.( Britannica encyclopedia) Since Jackie never gave up through all of the harsh comments and criticism as he carried on being the first African American baseball player, African Americans are now allowed to play in the major leagues and all around the world.

Although Jackie Robinson was not the best African-American baseball player of his time, his attitude and ability to handle racist harassment led the way for the rest of his race to play Major League Baseball, amongst other sports. Being accepted into professional sports also helped African-Americans become more easily accepted into other aspects of life. Jackie 's impact in the world for the black population is enormous.

Jackie Robinson's entry into the Major Leagues was far from a walk in the park. He climbed over countless obstacles just to play with white men, some of which, he was better then. He not only had to compete with the returning players from the war, but he also contended with racism. "Many towns in the South did not want racially mixed teams"(Weidhorn 53). As time went on, cities realized that Robinson offered them free publicity.

Before Jackie Robinson came around the only people that were allowed to play baseball were white people. In the text it states “ Today you may not be surprised to see an African-American or latino player when you turn the tv to major league baseball.” The Major League Baseball Association has benefited from Jackie Robinson’s bravery.

Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson did more in his short baseball career than anyone else ever did for the sport. He was always able to push on despite the criticisms and punishment he took from others. No other man can say that they broke the color barrier or that they changed the sport of baseball forever. To do what he did required strength and the ability to endure physical and mental pain. Jackie Robinson was the first African-American Major League Baseball player.

In the racially separated culture of 1919 America, one man stood up to break the color barrier in professional baseball. His name was Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson (Scott). As the first black man drafted to play Major League Baseball he faced frequent personal attacks, game boycotts and even death threats (Scott). But Jackie handled himself with true dignity, never quit and let his talent speak for itself winning several prestigious awards throughout his career (Scott). Jackie lead a race revolution forever changing the game of professional baseball in America and leaving a lasting legacy (History).

Jack Roosevelt Robinson has influenced many people facing adversity as an African American who played sports in his era. His accomplishments and achievements had played an important role in his time and ours, because it paved the way for others colored races to be accepted in leagues that were primarily white dominant. Jackie Robinson’s influential challenges has given other African American athletes the courage to keep playing despite being segregated. He has given hope into any athlete who has the courage and will to play their sports. Jackie Robinson is an influential baseball player and has impacted the black community.

Jackie Robinson’s career started tough but got better. A guy named Ricky picked him to play for the Dodgers. Why you must ask because he played with white people in UCLA so he knew he’d be the right

In the past years there has been many white cops killing black people and people think that the white cops have been targeting black people only not white people in the United States. This effected sports aton. It mostly started in sports when during preseason week 1 a NFL preseason game in the United States on August, 14, 2016, was played and the national anthem started like usual and was played between the San Francisco 49ers and the Houston Texan. While the national anthem was playing the 49ers backup quarterback named Colin Kaepernick sat during the national anthem because he “isn’t going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color”. Colin Kaepernick also said “this is bigger than football

Through a number of important essays, Marleen Barr’s “Afro-Futurism” opens up a conversation about racial autonomy and collective agency in a literary space that seems to have been reluctant to even whisper about such things: namely, Science Fiction. Maybe that is not all that surprising given the genre’s predominantly white(ned?) literary categorization that, while it has no outright barred people-of-color, has not in turn seemed to make any meaningful space for them, either . Indeed, there is such an implicit racial claim of science fiction by White Culture that when a person-of-color is cast in one of the starring roles of a major Science Fiction production – oh, let’s say “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” – that there is a massive outcry and calls for boycott and existential fears of white erasure.

A person from the IOC said it was "a deliberate and violent breach of the fundamental principles of the Olympic spirit"(BBC On this Day 1968: Black athletes make silent protest). This was a social and political