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- THE WEEK, Page 29SOCIETYMarge's Mouth
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- Cincinnati Reds' owner sparks a furor over alleged racial
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- 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."
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- 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.
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