In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to baseball player Satchel Paige
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 26, 2022
After President Joe Biden clumsily related an anecdote about Negro Leagues and major-league pitcher Satchel Paige, he triggered a storm of denunciation from the right.
The Negro Leagues were the all-Black baseball teams that played largely during the 1920s and 1930s when baseball was segregated. Paige was one of the star players.
A misleading Facebook post by the conservative group ForAmerica, which has 7 million Facebook followers, stated:
"Joe Biden referring to Hall of Fame . . .
