"Those days were very tough. All my teammates are white, and it was a different time. I couldn't go out to eat with the white players; I had to wait until someone brought something out to the bus. We couldn't stay in the same hotels"
- Juan Marichal
About this Quote
This quote by Juan Marichal talks to the bigotry and segregation that existed in the United States during the 1960s. Marichal was a specialist baseball player and his experience of being just one of the few black players on his team was a hard one. He was not enabled to consume with his white teammates, as well as had to wait until someone brought food to the bus. In addition, he and also his colleagues were not enabled to remain in the exact same resorts. This quote highlights the systemic bigotry that existed in the United States throughout this time, as well as the discrimination that Marichal as well as various other black athletes dealt with. It is a pointer of the development that has been made ever since, however likewise a suggestion of the job that still needs to be done to ensure that everybody is dealt with just as.
This quote is written / told by Juan Marichal somewhere between October 20, 1937 and today. He/she was a famous Athlete from USA.
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