{"id":6966,"date":"2014-04-09T04:47:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T08:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncdata.wpengine.com\/?p=6966"},"modified":"2017-09-20T20:48:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T00:48:05","slug":"project-21s-cooper-on-hank-aarons-race-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2014\/04\/09\/project-21s-cooper-on-hank-aarons-race-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 21&#8217;s Cooper on Hank Aaron&#8217;s Race Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary baseball star Hank Aaron fouled out when he tried to play politics \u2014 essentially spoiling the 40<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of his record-breaking 715<sup>th<\/sup> home run for many fans.<\/p>\n<p>During an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/2014\/04\/07\/hank-aaron-40th-anniversary-of-715-home-run-babe-ruth\/7432225\/?sf24769494=1\">interview<\/a> with <em>USA Today<\/em>, when Aaron unfortunately steered the conversation into politics, the 80-year-old retired right fielder said about Barack Obama and his performance as president:<\/p>\n<p>Sure, this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is left with his foot stuck in the mud from all of the Republicans with the way he\u2019s treated.<\/p>\n<p>We have moved in the right direction, and there have been improvements, but we still have a long ways to go in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The bigger difference is that back then they had hoods. \u00a0Now they have neckties and starched shirts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6967 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P21HoraceCooper-7.jpg\" alt=\"P21HoraceCooper\" width=\"102\" height=\"122\" \/>After an otherwise dignified anniversary and a stirring speech by Aaron at the Atlanta Braves game on April 8, <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/P21Index.html\">Project 21<\/a> co-chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/bios\/P21Speakers_Cooper.html\">Horace Cooper<\/a> found Aaron\u2019s comments to <em>USA Today<\/em> to be wholly misleading and inappropriate:<\/p>\n<p>Hank Aaron\u2019s remarks are as disappointing as they are inaccurate.<\/p>\n<p>Suggesting that political differences are the moral equivalent to the odious philosophy of racial superiority is sickening.\u00a0 To make matters worse, they minimize the truly wicked past policies of institutional racial segregation.<\/p>\n<p>Across the board, President Obama\u2019s policies are failing the American people \u2014 black and white.\u00a0\u00a0 Pretending that they aren\u2019t just because he\u2019s the country\u2019s first black President serves no one\u2019s interest and ignores the progress we\u2019ve made.<\/p>\n<p>As an individual who had to actually live by his talents and character when it mattered most, Hank Aaron should \u2014 of all people \u2014 know the difference between naked bigotry and genuine political differences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary baseball star Hank Aaron fouled out when he tried to play politics \u2014 essentially spoiling the 40th anniversary of his record-breaking 715th home run for many fans. 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