That’s certainly understandable, and seems entirely possible.
I would once again ask the contestants to refrain from racial slurs.
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“It appeared that Kuiper mispronounced the word “Negro,” making it sound instead like a slur.”
So what did he say?
Take a wild guess.
Yes, that’s what he said.
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Just curious, because I grew up with grandparents who pronounced “negro” like “negra” because that’s how their accents worked, and I remember it being a bit unconfortable/confusing.
I suspect he simply stumbled into a horrible bear trap.
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No word on whether Castellanos homered during the apology.
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The A’s were pitching so SOMEONE homered
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“We had a phenomenal day today! N-word League Museum, and Something Something Barbecue!”
He was obviously excited to mention it and it was just a mistake, not an intentional slight. But still, yikes.
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E can be a tricky vowel.
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Audio of the call. I can’t believe he said that.
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How are things going in STL?
Yikes. That is really terrible.
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Is this when you say you were taken out of context?
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What the actual fuck.
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Please forgive this stupid fucking piece of shit for saying something awful for no reason.
Yeah, no.
Well the guy work for the NGLM. FWIW
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I think the idea is that you can forgive basically anyone for anything at basically any time, and maybe—especially in the absence of evidence of assholery—should, because the alternative sucks.
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Bob Kendrick is the President/Director of the NLB Museum.