Re: Mo's Mail

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.andara.com>]

Hi Jim,

I must be very careful how I respond to this because it's a very difficult
subject for me to handle.  This is the kind of story which should be told
because it allows for your average fan to get a sense of what the player and
his family deal with regularly.  For anyone to make those remarks about his
Dad, well, it is more than unfortunate for any player to have to endure that
stuff.

I think the point here is that *some* fans in Boston *still* get their
jollies in this demented fashion.  Bill Russell and his family suffered
numerous indignities from some less than classy cowards.  I guess I'm being
naive to believe that people are more sensitive to people's racial
differences in this current era.  That's what I want to think, anyway, but
the reality is that some zealots are still out there trying to fan the
flames when the chance presents itself.

I just don't think it should be dismissed so cavalierly as a futile attempt
to dig for a story.  Like you said, Boston isn't the only city where this
stuff happens.  But it shouldn't be happening at all.  What is gained by
slurring Mo's Dad?  Who gets anything out of that?  I think it's remarkable
that he was able to stay as focussed as he did for the duration of the
season amid that kind of ridiculousness.  I still hold out faint hope that
Vaughn will re-sign with us, if just because I'd like to see someone who
could jump ship, stay and finish a career with the organization who drafted
them.

Cecil

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Meninno <jim_meninno@hotmail.com>
To: celtics@igtc.com <celtics@igtc.com>; damekmo@teleport.com
<damekmo@teleport.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: Mo's Mail


>I don't.  This is not some Earth shattering news story. Hey, celebrities
>get hate mail sometimes.  Sometimes it's racist.  Sometimes it's sexist.
>Sometimes it's anti-semetic or anti-homosexual.  I'm glad it's not me,
>but Mo's hardly unique in this.  And Boston is hardly the only place
>where this happens either.  What is the point being made here?  That
>black athletes should steer clear of Boston? If not, what then?  The
>story points out that Mo understands that this is a tiny fraction of the
>public, he thinks the fans are great.  I'm sure athletes and other
>celebrities all over the country have made the same judgement.  There is
>no story here, other than that the media will pick at any scab to try to
>stir up something.
>
>Jim
>
>>From: damekmo@teleport.com
>>Subject: Mo's Mail
>>
>>From this morning's Globe at:
>>
>>boston.com/dailyglobe/globehtml/279/Lobel_was_the_bearer_of_bad_news_Su.sh
tml
>>
>>I wonder what Antoine's mail is like.
>
>
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