{"id":999451,"date":"2021-11-11T15:29:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T20:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=999451"},"modified":"2021-11-11T15:29:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T20:29:28","slug":"biden-refers-to-famous-pitcher-as-great-negro-obama-signed-law-banning-government-from-using-negro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-refers-to-famous-pitcher-as-great-negro-obama-signed-law-banning-government-from-using-negro\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Refers To Famous Pitcher As \u2018Great Negro.\u2019 Obama Signed Law Banning Government From Using \u2018Negro\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-refers-to-famous-pitcher-as-great-negro-obama-signed-law-banning-government-from-using-negro%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=999451&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Speaking on Thursday at a Veterans Day event at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C., President Biden used a term which many find offensive, referring to the great black pitcher of the past, Satchel Paige, as \u201cthe great Negro at the time,\u201d adding for clarification, \u201cpitcher in the Negro leagues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden told the crowd, \u201cI just want to tell you, I know you\u2019re a little younger than I am, but I\u2019ve adopted the attitude of the great Negro at the time, pitcher in the Negro leagues, went on to become a great pitcher in the pros, major league baseball, after Jackie Robinson. His name was Satchel Paige.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Satchel Paige, on his 47th birthday, pitched a win against Chicago,\u201d Biden said. \u201cAnd all the press went in and said, \u2018Satch, it\u2019s amazing. 47 years old. No one\u2019s ever, ever pitched a win at age 47. How do you feel about being 47?\u2019 He said, \u2018Boys, that\u2019s not how I look at it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said, \u2018How do you look at it, Satch?\u2019\u201d Biden continued, adding, \u201cHe said, \u2018I look at it this way: How old would you be if you didn\u2019t know how old you were?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden refers to \u201cthat great negro pitcher\u201d Satchel Paige <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ikFdGaixZT\">pic.twitter.com\/ikFdGaixZT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1458842794425036814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Much criticism has been directed at public figures for using the term \u201cNegro.\u201d The Voice of America (VOA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/usa_trump-friend-roger-stone-calls-black-radio-host-negro-interview\/6193096.html\">reported<\/a> in July 2020 that political operative Roger Stone, whose 40-month prison sentence was commuted by former President Trump, called Los Angeles-based black radio host Morris O\u2019Kelly a \u201cNegro\u201d in an interview, prompting O\u2019Kelly\u2019s website to write, \u201cStone could have reached for any pejorative, but unfortunately went there,\u201d adding that \u201cStone offered an unfiltered, unvarnished one-sentence expression of how he saw the journalist interviewing him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cO\u2019Kelly characterized \u2018Negro\u2019 as the \u2018low-calorie version of the N-Word,\u2019\u201d VOA reported.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the Census Bureau announced it would no longer use the term \u201cNegro.\u201d In May 2016, former president Barack Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/05\/22\/politics\/obama-federal-law-minorities-references\/index.html\">signed a bill<\/a> into law that would ban the federal government from using the term \u201cNegro,\u201d permitting \u201cAfrican-American\u201d instead.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-biden-if-you-have-a-problem-figuring-out-whether-youre-for-me-or-trump-then-you-aint-black\">during an interview<\/a> with popular African-American commentator and radio host Charlamagne tha God, Biden, running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination , defended his record on racial issues and, when told that the host had \u201cmore questions\u201d for him, declared, \u201cIf you have a problem figuring out whether you\u2019re for me or Trump, then you ain\u2019t black.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked how he<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking on Thursday at a Veterans Day event at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C., President Biden used a term which many find offensive, referring to the great black pitcher of the past, Satchel Paige, as \u201cthe great Negro at the time,\u201d adding for clarification, \u201cpitcher in the Negro leagues.\u201dBiden told the crowd, \u201cI just want to tell you, I know you\u2019re a little younger than I am, but I\u2019ve adopted the attitude of the great Negro at the time, pitcher in the Negro leagues, went on to become a great pitcher in the pros, major league baseball, after Jackie Robinson. His name was Satchel Paige.\u201d\u201cAnd Satchel Paige, on his 47th birthday, pitched a win against Chicago,\u201d Biden said. \u201cAnd all the press went in and said, \u2018Satch, it\u2019s amazing. 47 years old. No one\u2019s ever, ever pitched a win at age 47. How do you feel about being 47?\u2019 He said, \u2018Boys, that\u2019s not how I look at it.\u2019\u201d\u201cThey said, \u2018How do you look at it, Satch?\u2019\u201d Biden continued, adding, \u201cHe said, \u2018I look at it this way: How old would you be if you didn\u2019t know how old you were?\u2019\u201dBiden refers to \u201cthat great negro pitcher\u201d Satchel Paige pic.twitter.com\/ikFdGaixZT\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) November 11, 2021Much criticism has been directed at public figures for using the term \u201cNegro.\u201d The Voice of America (VOA) reported in July 2020 that political operative Roger Stone, whose 40-month prison sentence was commuted by former President Trump, called Los Angeles-based black radio host Morris O\u2019Kelly a \u201cNegro\u201d in an interview, prompting O\u2019Kelly\u2019s website to write, \u201cStone could have reached for any pejorative, but unfortunately went there,\u201d adding that \u201cStone offered an unfiltered, unvarnished one-sentence expression of how he saw the journalist interviewing him.\u201d\u201cO\u2019Kelly characterized \u2018Negro\u2019 as the \u2018low-calorie version of the N-Word,\u2019\u201d VOA reported.In 2013, the Census Bureau announced it would no longer use the term \u201cNegro.\u201d In May 2016, former president Barack Obama signed a bill into law that would ban the federal government from using the term \u201cNegro,\u201d permitting \u201cAfrican-American\u201d instead.In May 2020, during an interview with popular African-American commentator and radio host Charlamagne tha God, Biden, running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination , defended his record on racial issues and, when told that the host had \u201cmore questions\u201d for him, declared, \u201cIf you have a problem figuring out whether you\u2019re for me or Trump, then you ain\u2019t black.\u201dAsked how he would address his critics in the black community, Biden said, \u201cWhat I say to them is that I\u2019m not acknowledging anybody who is being considered, but I guarantee you there are multiple black women being considered. Multiple.\u201d\u201cThanks so much. That\u2019s really our time. I apologize,\u201d a Biden aide interrupted.\u201cYou can\u2019t do that to black media!\u201d Charlamagne protested.\u201cI do that to white media and black media because my wife has to go on at 6 o\u2019clock,\u201d said Biden. \u201cOoh. Uh oh, I\u2019m in trouble,\u201d he added.\u201cListen, you\u2019ve got to come see us when you come to New York, VP Biden,\u201d said Charlamagne. \u201cIt\u2019s a long way until November. We\u2019ve got more questions\u2013\u201d\u201cYou\u2019ve got more questions?\u201d Biden said. \u201cWell I tell you what, if you have a problem figuring out whether you\u2019re for me or Trump, then you ain\u2019t black.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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