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"Alex was kissing Latino people's asses. . . .He knew he wasn't going to play for the Dominicans; he's not a Dominican! . . .I hate hypocrites: He's full of shit. The Dominican team doesn't need his ass. It's the same with Garciaparra playing for Mexico. Garciaparra only knows Cancun because he went to visit."
-- Ozzie Guillen calls A-Rod, Nomar hypocrites for WBC choices.
Okay, so here's the thing. Oftentimes, I find A-Rod as disingenuous as the next person but I think Guillen's being pretty harsh. "He's not Dominician"? Garciaparra only knows from Cancun because he's been to visit? To suggest that neither one of them has any significant tie to his ethnic heritage just because they were born in the United States? I mean, is it me, or is he basically suggesting neither one of them has any right to consider himself Latino? That's a little much, Ozzie. You have dual citizenship too, last time I checked. I thought A-Rod was full of shit for trying to please everybody and publically acting like choosing between the US and the Dominican was too hard. I think that's entirely different from suggesting he's full of shit because he's "not Dominican" enough for the decision to have even given him pause in the first place.
Being racially mixed myself, with the nationality issue tossed in to boot (I'm an American citizen by birth, though I was born abroad), this kind of talk absolutely pisses me off. What fucking reason is there to be so goddamned exclusionist? Lord knows he didn't get a White pass by being born here. I'm no A-Rod apologist (I'm definitely not one of those people who thinks "he just says the wrong thing at the wrong time, but his heart's in the right place" as Timmy K put it), and I'm not saying he didn't make a much bigger deal out of deciding who to play for than was necessary -- but I think Guillen's way out of line here. I'm probably not even making any sense. Just...grr. argh.
ETA: Orioles sign Roberts. Well, thanks, Universe. Maybe I'll stop trying to make Ozzie Guillen spontaneously combust. I guess B-Rob's agent saw how the arbitrations were all going management's way? No word on terms yet.
-- Ozzie Guillen calls A-Rod, Nomar hypocrites for WBC choices.
Okay, so here's the thing. Oftentimes, I find A-Rod as disingenuous as the next person but I think Guillen's being pretty harsh. "He's not Dominician"? Garciaparra only knows from Cancun because he's been to visit? To suggest that neither one of them has any significant tie to his ethnic heritage just because they were born in the United States? I mean, is it me, or is he basically suggesting neither one of them has any right to consider himself Latino? That's a little much, Ozzie. You have dual citizenship too, last time I checked. I thought A-Rod was full of shit for trying to please everybody and publically acting like choosing between the US and the Dominican was too hard. I think that's entirely different from suggesting he's full of shit because he's "not Dominican" enough for the decision to have even given him pause in the first place.
Being racially mixed myself, with the nationality issue tossed in to boot (I'm an American citizen by birth, though I was born abroad), this kind of talk absolutely pisses me off. What fucking reason is there to be so goddamned exclusionist? Lord knows he didn't get a White pass by being born here. I'm no A-Rod apologist (I'm definitely not one of those people who thinks "he just says the wrong thing at the wrong time, but his heart's in the right place" as Timmy K put it), and I'm not saying he didn't make a much bigger deal out of deciding who to play for than was necessary -- but I think Guillen's way out of line here. I'm probably not even making any sense. Just...grr. argh.
ETA: Orioles sign Roberts. Well, thanks, Universe. Maybe I'll stop trying to make Ozzie Guillen spontaneously combust. I guess B-Rob's agent saw how the arbitrations were all going management's way? No word on terms yet.
