#Reggie Jackson

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Reggie Jackson drives a Rabbit, 1978 ad

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Spoilers for s14e06 from What’s on TV magazine.

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1978

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"I walked into restaurants and they would point at me and say ‘The (N-word) can’t eat here.’ I would go to a hotel and they would say ‘The (N-word) can’t stay here.’ We want to Charlie Finley’s country club for a welcome home dinner, and they pointed me out with the N-word, ‘he can’t come in here.’ Finley marched the whole team out. Finally, they let me in. He had said ‘We’re gonna go to a diner and eat hamburgers; we’ll go where we’re wanted.'

“I slept on their couch (Rudi and his wife) four nights a week for about a month and a half,” Jackson said. “Finally, they were threatened that they’d burn the apartment complex down unless I got out. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.”

Jackson’s response to the one question lasted more than three minutes.

No one on the Fox set interrupted him.

No producer screamed into a headset trying to stop him.

“I really didn’t think it would get as much attention as it has gotten,’’ Jackson told USA TODAY Sports after the game, “but as much response as it generated, I didn’t get one negative response. Not one.

“I didn’t know Alex would ask me that question, but I’m glad they gave me a chance to respond.

“I’m glad people listened."

Reggie Jackson

Loud. And clear.

Really, the oddest reaction was from America itself.

Folks acted as if they were shocked this was happening 50 years ago and not centuries ago.

Wake up.

It was in the ’80s when Al Campanis, general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, uttered on national TV that Blacks lacked “the necessities" to be general managers or managers in the game.

It was in the early ’90s in Los Angeles when Rodney King was brutally beaten by police officers on the city streets and every officer was acquitted.

It was in the mid-’90s in Vero Beach, Florida, when an apartment complex refused to allow a reporter’s two black children to swim in its community swimming pool.

It was in the past five years that George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, Breonna Taylor was shot and killed in her bedroom in Louisville, and Ahmaud Arbery was murdered jogging in Georgia.

So, really, we’re shocked that Jackson couldn’t eat in restaurants, sleep in hotels and hang in country clubs with his white teammates 57 years ago?

Welcome to America.

Racism still flourishes in this country, but the only difference, as Hank Aaron once told me, “the difference back then is that they had hoods. Now, they have neckties and starched shirts."

“In the South," Jackson said, “you knew they didn’t like you. You knew they didn't want you. They didn’t hide it."

Now, racism may not be as overt, but as Jackson reminded the country this week, don’t be naive to think it has gone away, or even greatly diminished.

Oh, and just in case you needed a reminder, there are only two Black managers in baseball, one Black general manager and there still has never been a majority Black owner. Jackson said Saturday he still is incensed the he was denied the opportunity to bid on the Oakland Athletics in 2005 when it was sold to John Fisher.

So, you really believe things have changed?

“I am glad,’’ Jackson said, “that I said what I did. It needed to be said."

And repeated over and over again.

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i loved this little scene

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Watching Call the Midwife and it occurs to me that all of the main male characters on the show should be excused from all tropes associated with “all men”. Fred, Cyril, Matthew, and Reggie would NEVER

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Three swings…three homers.

Reggie Jackson—aka “Mr. October” #OnThisDay in 1977. #baseball #Yankees

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reggie jackson from call the midwife is christian (canon) and bisexual (headcanon)

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I loved Call the Midwife's 2024 Christmas Special! My favourite part is the scenes detailing the growing friendship between Sister Veronica and Geoffrey Franklin, who we already knew also write to each other. It was also cool to see her do some serious midwifing!

The scene in which they discuss being "a couple of spinsters" was sweet and sad at the same time. Geoffrey, who is heavily implied to be homosexual -Trixie mentioned his former "friend" Bernard- knows marriage is something he can't aspire to, and I wonder whether Sister Veronica regrets having to give up the chance of marrying and raising a family to take the veil. It'd be nice to see the matter discussed in the next season!

Sad to see Lucille is still not coming back; poor Cyril is so lonely, and he is clearly close to the two youngest midwives, Rosalind and Joyce. I wonder whether his storyline for the next season will have Cyril cheating on Lucille, even if just with a kiss or because he has developed feelings for one of the two ladies.

Daniel Laurie, who plays Reggie, was particularly good in this episode. The actor also appeared in the Christmas Special of Sister Boniface's Mysteries! This young man seems to be destined to be surrounded by nuns!

What scares me a little is this:

Trixie won't stay away from Poplar for a whole year, because otherwise her abilities as a midwife will get rusty, and it'd be too complicated for her to get registered in America, so it seems like she's going to commute between Nonnatus House and her family in the United States. I fear her presence in the next season will be limited because of this; while I love every single character in this show -something that had never happened before!- we can't have Call the Midwife without Trixie!

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Call The Midwife: 2024 Christmas Special Preview

Here are the previews of the CTM CS from the recent UK TV magazines:

30 November - 6 December 2024

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Spoilers for Christmas Special 2024 from What’s on TV magazine.

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FAQ

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When was America ever great for Africans in America?

God Damn America!