Jack Roosevelt Robinson Sociology

Before 1947, professional baseball was heavily segregated, for that matter majority of society at this point was in a similar situation. Life was tough for African-Americans, even though they were born in the same country as the other, they were still treated as aliens. Growing up in a neighborhood where his family was the only black family, Jack Roosevelt Robinson experienced first hand the racial aggression that people of the same kind experienced. For any who grew up in this sort of society, would be shaped by this racial tension and whether that would negatively or positively affect them would be based on their nurturing and the severity of the racism. Even now, signs of racial tension between white and black Americans are evident, granted

He was the youngest of five children and was raised in a relatively poor environment. Within his neighborhood, his family was the only African-American family which would lead to struggles with racism during his childhood. While at the time, he wouldn’t understand the meaning of this racist behavior until later in life Jackie would take notice to this unfair society and would not stand for it. Through school days, Jackie would become known as a very talented athlete, during high school, Jackie played four sports (football, track, basketball and baseball). After high school, he did pursue a college degree but wouldn’t be able to graduate due to financial issues and soon after he would wind up in the army to support the US in WWII (Editors). Once again his military career would cut short because of his decision to not give up his seat on the bus for a white man. This event would later fuel him to become a civil rights

Jackie was no average player, he had the talent to silence many of his haters, but that wasn’t enough to stop them all. Over the years he had received many death threats to not just him but to his whole family and that’s not including the verbal insults he had suffered from fans along with fellow players. By the end of his career, Jackie would have been to the world series six times, achieved rookie of the year and so much more not to mention he would have the open the door many other African American athletes at the time and become an inspiration for generations to