James Finn
Feb 13, 2023

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As a baseball lover, I looked up to Roberto Clemente when I was kid. He wasn't just a great baseball player, he was a hero.

There's no way to tell his inspiring story without mentioning that he had to struggle against racism in professional baseball. That struggle was a very important part of who he was as an athlete and a hero.

Erasing that part of him erases a critical part of the man. It erases inspiration that all children deserve.

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James Finn
James Finn

Written by James Finn

James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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