As a devout Christian, anti-communist, and pro-Republican. Bruins would deeply hate his guts at UCLA today. The home of communism on the West Coast would be no home to Jackie Robinson today.
it has always been inspiring, especially around the time of the World Series, to recall the central role that Christianity played in desegregating baseball. Jackie Robinson was a Christian and this faith was central to what he accomplished as a man and as baseball player. Branch Rickey, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers who signed Robinson in 1947, breaking the hideous color barrier, shared Robinson’s faith.
Robinson was also a fiercely independent thinker who championed civil rights while blasting Malcolm X and the radical left. If he were alive today, he would find no place in the Democratic Party.
The Rock on Which Robinson Stood
The book Strength for the Fight: the Life and Faith of Jackie Robinson, highlights how Robinson’s Christian faith was the rock upon which he built his activism. Author Gary Scott Smith notes that Robinson “relied on prayer to guide him and sustain him during his trials.” Robinson was particularly influenced by three Methodists: his mother Mallie, pastor Karl Down, and MLB commissioner Branch Rickey, who was pivotal to Robinson desegregating the major leagues. One pastor, Richard Stoll Armstrong, found himself “tremendously impressed by Jackie Robinson’s spiritual depth and theological maturity.”
It is petty and disingenuous of you to limit the hatred and racism of the democrat party to only include UCLA. This is a problem of country, not of a specific institution (and yes, UCLA is filled with racist democrats).