42 - Confrontation Over Race and Identity in Baseball
Ben Chapman: [To Robinson]
Why don'tcha look in'a mirror? This'a white man's game, alright, get that THROUGH YOUR THICK MONKEY SKULL!
Rachel Robinson: [From the stands]
Look at me baby. Look at me baby look at me.
Robinson: [Sees Rickey approaching, points his bat to Rickey; Panting]
No! No. Next white son of a bitch that opens his mouth I'll smash his goddamn teeth in.
Branch Rickey:
You can't do that Jack.
Jackie Robinson:
So I'm supposed to just let this go on?
Branch Rickey:
These men have to live with themselves.
Jackie Robinson:
I have to live with myself, too! And right now I'm living a sermon out there.
Branch Rickey:
You don't matter now Jack. You're in this thing. You don't have a right to pull out from the backing of people that believe in you, that respect you, that need you. If you fight, they won't say that Chapman forced you to, they'll say that you're... in over your head, that you don't belong here.
Jackie Robinson:
You don't know what it's like having somebody do this to you.
Branch Rickey: [[w:Temptation of Christ|In the wilderness. Forty days.]
No. No. You do. You're the one living the sermon. ] All of it. Only you.
Jackie Robinson:
Not a goddam thing I can do about it...
Branch Rickey: [Rickey comforts Robinson]
Of course there is, you can get on there... and hit... you can get on base and- and score, you can win this game for us. Everybody needs you, you're a medicine, Jack.
Jackie Robinson:
I'm takin the field.
Branch Rickey:
Who's playing first?
Jackie Robinson:
I'm gonna need a new bat.
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