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<text id=92TT2714>
<title>
Dec. 07, 1992: Marge's Mouth
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Dec. 07, 1992 Can Russia Escape Its Past?
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK, Page 29
SOCIETY
Marge's Mouth
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<p>Cincinnati Reds' owner sparks a furor over alleged racial
remarks
</p>
<p> 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."
</p>
<p> 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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</body></article>
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