When I was a kid Reggie Jackson was my sports hero. Mainly because he was good, his teams were good and he was brash.
1 result of that is I read biographies of him + I learned about how bad #racism was very recently in the USA from the few pages they included about what he had to endure. That left a strong mark on my understanding of my society.
Recent clip of him
https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/1dkpxux/full_reggie_jackson_answer_to_arods_question/
It is extremely damaging that we have "leaders" today trying to erase history + deny current realities.