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    Will the Yawkey Center be next?


    Boston officials Thursday approved changing the name of Yawkey Way, the street outside Fenway Park, because of allegations that former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey was a racist who resisted hiring black ballplayers in the 1940s and '50s.

    The city's Public Improvement Commission unanimously approved a proposal by current Red Sox ownership to call the stretch of road Jersey Street, which it was originally named before being changed in 1977 to honor Yawkey the year after he died.

    The Red Sox praised the commission's decision in a statement.

    "We recognize we have a long way to go, but remain committed to building a spirit of diversity, inclusivity, and openness within our front office and our ballpark," the team said. "We look forward to working with the business and civic leaders of Boston to continue to bring about social change in our community."

    The vote drew immediate condemnation from the Yawkey Foundations, the charity named for Yawkey and his wife, Jean.

    "As we have said throughout this process, the effort to expunge Tom Yawkey's name has been based on a false narrative about his life and his historic 43-year ownership of the Red Sox," the organization said. "The drastic step of renaming the street, now officially sanctioned by the city of Boston (and contradicting the honor the city bestowed upon Tom Yawkey over 40 years ago), will unfortunately give lasting credence to that narrative and unfairly tarnish his name."

    The Red Sox filed a petition with the commission in February and said that restoring the Jersey Street name is intended to reinforce that Fenway Park is "inclusive and welcoming to all."

    Principal owner John Henry told the Boston Herald last year that "I am still haunted by what went on here a long time before we arrived."


    The street outside Fenway Park will be restored to its original name of Jersey Street following approval by Boston's Public Improvement Commission on Thursday. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer
    Yawkey owned the Red Sox from 1933 until 1976. The Red Sox were the last Major League Baseball franchise to field a black player, when infielder Pumpsie Green was called up in 1959, 12 years after Jackie Robinson debuted for the Dodgers.

    Prior to that, the team chose not to sign several prominent black players, including Robinson and Willie Mays.

    The Yawkey Foundations acknowledged that in its statement but said the good it has done far outweighs the negative, including the more than $300 million the foundation has provided to organizations throughout the city.

    "We have always acknowledged that it is regrettable that the Red Sox were the last Major League baseball team to integrate," the statement said.

    The debate over Yawkey Way was part of the larger national debate over markers, memorials and statues that are now perceived as racist or incompatible with modern sensibilities. Dozens of monuments to the Confederacy have been removed in the past year.

    The Public Improvement Commission noted that other businesses on the street had unanimously approved of the name change.

    "The spirit of Boston is being renewed," said Walter Carrington, 87, a former member of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination who investigated the Red Sox organization in 1959.

    Democratic Mayor Marty Walsh did not say whether he agreed with the change but noted that doing so alone would not address the problem of racism.

    "I know a lot of people are talking about 'this is going to help us end racism?'" Walsh said. "This is not the answer to that."

    It was not clear when the street signs would be changed.

    The city renamed a stretch of the road David Ortiz Drive last summer in honor of the retired Red Sox designated hitter.

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.

    http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2...ed-racist-past

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    i get so freaking tired of this stuff.

    can we stop worrying about what dead people did?
    Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.

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    The democrats ain't. They getting dead people to vote coming up. Open up them eye's and ear's.
    Gettin old is for pussies! AND MY NEW TRUE people say like Capt. Tom >>>>>>>>>/
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    Stephen Foster's monument is gone now, too.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.f0814b233222

    It is to be replaced by an as yet to be decided African American woman.

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    Just more ignorance perpeptuated by liberals.

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    I’m a racist if we can call liberals a race.
    Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.


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    Diversity for the sake of diversity will never add anything positive to this country.

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    I have a good friend whose father was hired as the administrator for the Georgetown County hospital in the 70s. He hadn't been on the job for a week when the secretary announced that there was a gentleman asking to see him. It was Yawkey. He said that he just wanted to say "welcome". Then he handed him a check for $250,000.00.
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    That was mighty generous of him.

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