that s it. new ball. shots are 2-2. got by him. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and fort. in all white country clubs but a new, young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially an african american context. does still persist in the world about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletes. i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketballs. and the challenge now is to convince young black athletes that the
that s it. [ applause ] 2-2. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and forth between white baselines in all-white country clubs. but a new young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced, and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially in an african american context. there does still persist in the world myths about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletics. some people think we are all brawn and no brains. and i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketb
msnbc coverage for donald trump s camille trial. next, a conversation at the apollo. isn t it great to be at the apollo! . i grew up coming to this place so many times and tonight, especially, i thought about when i was coming in backstage. i have been on this stage for godfather of soul james brown who was like a father and michael jackson and the list goes on. tonight, you will have something that is special at the apollo. you are going to have two icons that are going to talk about their work and talk about what they do in this country that is so needed at this time. it couldn t be a better night at the apollo. this is not just a great show tonight but this is history. [ applause ] [ cheering ] so it is my honor and my pleasure that i can t tonight bring you the godfather of soul, but i bring you the godmother. rachel maddow. [ applause ] i got you on that one. [ applause ] [ cheering ] wow! how are you doing? i am so nervous. fantastic! fantastic. thank you all for
Life. you mentioned the excitement of your first date with a white girl at ucla. yes. being a black southerner it was taboo especially when you have been taught and your ancestors even during and after slavery were taught that the white woman was untouchable, like she s a queen, and just not to be defiled and not to have anything to do with lesser beings. so you have a natural curiosity about white women. every southern black man does. but in california nobody even bats an eye anymore about interracial dating. it was a period of exploration for me. it was liberating. his thought patterns for his life were no longer relegated to what he had learned in richmond. at ucla he started becoming the citizen of the world that he became.
Being a black southerner it was taboo especially when you have been taught and the ancestors during and after slavery were taught that the white woman is untouchable and just not to be defiled and not to have anything to do with lesser beings so you have a natural curiosity about white women. every southern black man does. but in california nobody bats an eye about interracial dating. a period of exploration for me. it was liberating. his thought patterns for his life were not relegated to what he learned in richmond. at ucla he started to become a citizen of the world that he became. you will be referred to as the first negro this and that.