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- <title>
- Dec. 07, 1992: Marge's Mouth
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Dec. 07, 1992 Can Russia Escape Its Past?
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 29
- SOCIETY
- Marge's Mouth
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- <p>Cincinnati Reds' owner sparks a furor over alleged racial
- remarks
- </p>
- <p> Using the word nigger gets you kicked off most teams. But
- since Marge Schott owns the Cincinnati Reds, she's probably not
- going anywhere. In depositions from a lawsuit filed against
- Schott by a former employee, several former Reds executives
- allege that they heard Schott refer to two players as her
- "million-dollar niggers." She denies using the phrase but admits
- using the N word. There are also charges that Schott has a
- swastika armband at home, but she argues that it's "memorabilia."
- </p>
- <p> The suit has since been dismissed, but the charges live
- on, putting the city in an uproar and prompting a new look at
- racism in baseball. Atlanta Braves executive Hank Aaron called
- for an investigation. The N.A.A.C.P. hopes to use the
- controversy to compel Schott to hire more minorities; of 45
- front-office staff, only one Red is black. Jesse Jackson has
- talked with Schott and wants to discuss hiring practices with
- other baseball-team owners as well.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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