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 Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:42 am Post subject: Report: Jeter receives racist hate mail |
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NEW YORK - Yankees star Derek Jeter is the latest athlete to receive a threatening letter warning him to stop dating white women.
The letter was mailed to Jeter at Yankee Stadium and called him a "traitor to his race," according to a story in Monday's editions of the Daily News. It warned him to "stop or he'll be shot or set on fire," said a law enforcement source who the newspaper did not identify. It was not clear whether the source was speaking on condition of anonymity.
Jeter, whose father is black and mother is white, has been linked with women of various racial and ethnic backgrounds in New York's gossip columns.
In the last three years, 60 similar letters have been sent to professional black athletes and other well-known black men across the nation, including civic and business leaders.
Those receiving the letters include Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor and the parents of tennis player James Blake, according to the Daily News.
"The wording is very similar to letters that have been sent to other prominent people across the country," special agent Scott Wilson of the FBI in Cleveland told the newspaper.
Both the FBI, which has said it believes one writer sent those letters, and the New York Police Department's hate crimes unit are investigating the letter, the newspaper said.
The mail, postmarked from cities in northeastern Ohio and Pennsylvania, criticized interracial relationships and directed the men to end such relationships "or they're going to be castrated, shot or set on fire."
St. Ignatius and St. Edward, two Roman Catholic high schools in Cleveland with well-known sports programs, received threatening letters addressed to student athletes last fall. |
Kind of wondering. Is the writer a black or white nationalist? |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:44 am Post subject: |
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| And whether he considers Derek to be a half-race traitor or a race half-traitor... |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:22 am Post subject: |
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"traitor to his race" definetely hate mail from a black male.
I dated tons of black women when I lived in NYC (almost exclusively for two years - with the exception of one filipina during that time), and the few if any 'problems' I had from it dating black women, ALWAYS came from black men. Among the white or other races (particularly in NY), no one even flinched or cared.
The other thing to know about races and the United States.. is anyone with any african blood at all is considered 'african-american' regardless of how white they look or have in them. So Jeter being half-black/half-white is still 100% black to the african-american community. (Hence the 'traitor to his race' comment). |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| So, you don't think it could have been a Black female? |
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Pligganease
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: The deep south...
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:50 am Post subject: |
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No white extremist would have ever said that Jeter was a "traitor to his race."
A white extremist might have said "You don't date white women 'cause you corruptin' our pure white blood."
This was definitely written by an african-American person.
Personally, I'd love my sister to date Jeter. That is, as long as he promised to have at least 3 errors during games against the Indians. |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Pligganease wrote: |
No white extremist would have ever said that Jeter was a "traitor to his race."
A white extremist might have said "You don't date white women 'cause you corruptin' our pure white blood."
This was definitely written by an african-American person.
Personally, I'd love my sister to date Jeter. That is, as long as he promised to have at least 3 errors during games against the Indians. |
i've actually heard the words "race traitor" more from white sources than black ones. |
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Pligganease
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: The deep south...
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| uberscheisse wrote: |
| i've actually heard the words "race traitor" more from white sources than black ones. |
I've heard it, too. However, a white guy would never call a black guy a "race traitor." The white girls Jeter dates, however, are a completely different story. |
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