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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 1341755" data-attributes="member: 44954">I was in line at the grocery store today, the guy two people ahead of me was quoting Satchel Paige to the clerk, and said Negro Leagues in the course of the conversation.&nbsp; The customer between me and him was an African American lady.&nbsp; The cashier proceeded to apologize profusely to the lady after the guy walked away.It was called the Negro Leagues.&nbsp; There is no other name for it.&nbsp; There is a Negro Leagues museum, it is a part of our history.&nbsp; When she started to check me out she started to talk to me about it, I tried to set her straight about the history of the segregation and eventual integration of Major League Baseball, Moses Walker to Jackie Robinson etc.&nbsp; She was just so taken back with the use of the word &quot;negro&quot;, even though in the context of the Negro Leagues I&#039;m not sure any other term would have been accurate.Race is a touchy subject considering our country&#039;s past, but the guilt and political correctness sometimes gets ridiculous.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DriveInDriѵeOut, post: 1341755, member: 44954"] I was in line at the grocery store today, the guy two people ahead of me was quoting Satchel Paige to the clerk, and said Negro Leagues in the course of the conversation. The customer between me and him was an African American lady. The cashier proceeded to apologize profusely to the lady after the guy walked away. It was called the Negro Leagues. There is no other name for it. There is a Negro Leagues museum, it is a part of our history. When she started to check me out she started to talk to me about it, I tried to set her straight about the history of the segregation and eventual integration of Major League Baseball, Moses Walker to Jackie Robinson etc. She was just so taken back with the use of the word "negro", even though in the context of the Negro Leagues I'm not sure any other term would have been accurate. Race is a touchy subject considering our country's past, but the guilt and political correctness sometimes gets ridiculous. [/QUOTE]

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