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The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Listen to Reggie Jackson's Powerful Story About Racism. The World He's Talking About Isn't Far Away.

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

iHeartPodcasts

News, Government, Politics

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Baseball great Reggie Jackson shared a powerful story about racism in the early days of his baseball career. He said that what he experienced "he wouldn't wish it on anybody." Steve Schmidt, a huge Reggie Jackson fan, reacts to his message. He says it's a warning - because the racist, sad world that he experienced isn't too far in our history. *** To become a The Warning Premium Member and listen to the show 48 hours early with access to premium content visit: https://thewarning.supercast.com/ Subscribe for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/

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0:00.0

Coming back here is not easy. The racism that I played here, when I played here, the difficulty of going through different places where we traveled.

0:15.7

Fortunately, I had a manager and I had players on the team that helped me get through it. But I wouldn't wish it on anybody.

0:22.7

Today, there are people in the United States that seek to divide by race that seek to dominate.

0:29.1

We hear again a siren call of supremacy, Confederate flags flying and marching.

0:36.6

Reggie Jackson is telling a profound truth here.

0:39.8

If a vote for Donald Trump puts him back in the White House because he doesn't believe in voting rights,

0:45.7

he doesn't believe in civil rights, he doesn't believe in equality or justice under the law.

0:52.9

He believes in retribution. He believes in punishment. He believes in a

0:57.5

dark vision of the world. The world that Reggie Jackson is talking about is not very far away.

1:05.8

It is June the 21st, 137 days to go until the American presidential election.

1:15.6

Today, we're going to talk about baseball and we're going to talk about Mr. October, Reggie Jackson.

1:22.6

I'm 53 years old, which meant I was seven years old in 1977, and I don't care what anybody

1:31.2

says.

1:32.1

There's never been a team like those 1977, 1978 New York Yankees teams.

1:39.6

It was exciting.

1:40.8

It was off the hook.

1:42.1

And Reggie Jackson was a giant of my childhood. When I was seven

1:47.9

years old, it really never occurred to any of us that Reggie Jackson was anywhere before he was

1:54.7

in New York Yankee. It was as if he just appeared spontaneously to win World Series games.

2:01.4

He famously said he was the straw that stirred the drink, and he was.

2:06.6

Every single Yankee fan of a certain age will always remember the moment

2:12.2

when on three swings of the bat in a single World Series game. The man remembered by baseball fans forever as Mr.

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