After the Defense Ministry had taken down, then the re -post, an online feature of Jackie Robinson’s military service, even including the letters “Dei” in a new link, Mina Kimes let her feelings in the well -known case.
Kimes appeared on ESPN’s “Around the Horn” Wednesday, a few hours after the story was restored and said that the MLB legend’s story “matters.”
“Jackie Robinson was known for many things. But above all, it was first and foremost his running courage in the light of racial discrimination,” Kimes said. “In fact, in addition to crossing the color barrier in baseball, he served in a separate unit in the army and refused in a case of moving the back of the bus, being arrested and acquitted. It matters. This story can be deleted, it cannot be undone and it must be recognized to fully understand and celebrate his legacy.”
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October 16, 2023; Inglewood, California, USA; Robert Griffin III on ESPN Monday Night Football Countdown Set at Sofi Stadium in Inglewood, California, October 16, 2023. (Kirby Lee -usa Today Sports)
It may not be a coincidence, but her ESPN colleague, Robert Griffin III, said in his own X post that sports shows should be about sports.
“Sports shows on TV are about sports, not politics,” wrote the former NFL quarterback.
“This tweet is not about Jackie Robinson. His meaning can never and should never be deleted. Breaking the color barrier in baseball itself is not political,” Continued Griffin. “Jesse Owens, who won 4 gold medals in itself, was not political. Jack Johnson became the 1st black boxing master was not political. They had all political branches. They challenged all the status quo of racial barriers to fair play, racial relationships and civil rights. It should always be recognized and never forget. National Telitic to an audience who is to an audience and who is never forgotten.
DOD TAKES CARD ONLINE Function about Jackie Robinson’s military service, includes ‘dei’ in link
Jackie Robinson from Brooklyn Dodgers steals the home plate during the World Series game against New York Yankees in New York City. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The story entitled “Sports Heroes, who served: Baseball Great Jackie Robinson was a wwii soldier,” was launched on February 9, 2021, written by David Vergun. Other features on “Sports Hero who earned” Include Bob Feller, Hoyt Wilhelm, Bob Uecker and many others.
Pakinomist Digital reached the Pentagon about the removal of the story, and about it and the “Dei” involvement in the URL was intentionally. The Pentagon did not say if it was done intentionally, but the Pentagon press secretary John Ullyot released the following statement to Pakinomist Digital before the story was restored.
“Everyone in the Ministry of Defense loves Jackie Robinson as well as Navajo -Code speakers, Tuskgee -As, the Marines at Iwo Jima and so many others -we greet them for their strong and in many cases heroic service to our country, fully stop. We do not look at their prism and dedication of immovable characteristics, such as race, Ethnicity, or gender. Their patriotism and dedication of the prism they are in dedication warfighting mission as still another American who has carried the uniform.
“DEI – discriminatory equity ideology does the opposite. It is a form of woken cultural Marxism that shares the power, erodes the unity’s cohesion and interferes with the core guard mission of the service.
“We are satisfied with the quick compliance across the department with Directive Removal of the DEI content from all platforms. In the rare cases that the content is removed – either consciously or by mistake – it is out of the clearly outlined scope of the directive, we instruct the components and they correct the content to recognize our heroes for their dedicated service with their Med -Americans, period. “
Robert Griffin III looks at under the Pro Bowl skills competition on the InterMountain Healthcare Performance Facility in Henderson, Nevada, on February 2, 2023. (Kirby Lee -usa Today Sports)
Last month, Pentagon called for a “digital content update” that would “remove and archive DOD news articles, photos and videos that promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).”
Robinson was drafted in the military five years before breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947 and was honestly discharged in 1944 after serving as a second lieutenant under 2 World War II. His number 42 was retired throughout the baseball in 1997.
