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Article: Racial double standards and Dusty Baker's quip
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- July 17, 2003
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EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-17-2003
Racial double standards and Dusty Baker's quip
By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON
Date: 07-17-2003, Thursday
Section: OPINION
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CHICAGO CUBS manager Dusty Baker took much heat last week from sportswriters, talk-show hosts, and some ballplayers for his half-cocked quip that blacks and Latinos play better in the heat than whites.
But why didn't black leaders such as Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and Kweisi Mfume instantly condemn his remarks? If anything, blacks treated Baker's remarks with bemusement: "Hey, that was Dusty just being Dusty." Presumably that means that because Baker has a ...