Re: Satch Sanders

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

Now see, that's why I love these Boston sports lists so much.  And that is
why I suggested a sort of Celtics weekend for those who were interested,
some time ago.  I would love to meet all of you and be able to attach a face
to these names we so regularly see.

Though our team is on the wallow right now, this list is still a must-read
for me on a daily basis.  When I travel, and am disconnected from these
messages, I know some of my colleagues think I'm off kilter when I mention
how much I miss everyone, even Dan F.:-)

Thanks Joe and everyone else.  BTW, what's the story on the big fire in
Newton?

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: <opi@unesco.org>
To: Cecil Wright <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: Satch Sanders


> Thanks also Kevin Lok, for that post.
>
> As for Cecil Wright (one of the MVP Celts and Red Sox list posters IMO), I
was
> just a dumb immigrant but I also grew up with a vague memory of the 70s
busing
> crisis in Boston (adults hurling bricks at school buses transporting black
> students to white neighborhoods etc). Still, as far as I gathered from our
> ocasional off-list e-mail exchanges, you were anything but a "small black
boy"
> from Roxbury. In fact you very casually informed me once that you were a
> linebacker in high school and college who I assume might still be tempted
to
> deliver a can or two of whup-ass on the dastardly Dan Forant and the rest
of us
> who fall out of line on occasion.
>
> Joe H.
>
> ***
>
> Cecil Wright wrote:
>
> > Thanks for posting this story Kevin.  I was one of those small black
boys
> > who lived in Roxbury in the early 60's, wondering if I would be able to
make
> > it to the 70's.  My family also moved to a suburban, predominantly white
> > community where we faced some hostility, but fortunately, not to the
same
> > degree as Satch, Russell or any other number of black athletes who
toiled in
> > Boston.
> >
> > Many of the other high school athletes from Boston, who I later went to
> > college with, were involved in the METCO program.  Most people thought
how
> > nice it was for them to have an opportunity for them to go to a "good"
> > school outside the city limits.  What they failed to recognize is that
they
> > had to rise at 5am to get the transpoprtation to arrive on time.  And if
> > they were involved in a team sport, there were times when they wouldn't
make
> > it home until late in the evening.  Certainly, it was a heavy cross to
bear.
> >
> > Alot of people will not see the pain behind such stories, but it is
real,
> > and most often, overlooked.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Cecil
>