Was Babe Ruth Black?

[@Ohhjoni]

Who was here for the og thumbnail💀💀💀

[@CSDonohue11]

Black Face Ruth 😂

[@Strattbatt]

💀

[@yesplease29]

I was but forgot what it looked like. 😂

[@OksureIguess]

Black face baby Ruth is mad 😂😂

[@bigpacthatseazye3462]

yup😂

[@spencershaffer447]

Only OG’s remember the old thumbnail…

[@CSDonohue11]

Tap Dancing Ruth

[@therealtombrokaw]

It was a good one

[@nickr3441]

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[@legocamdude1]

We all saw the old thumbnail….

[@Athlete1990]

So? You’ll keep watching because you’re not really offended you have just grown up to accept cancel culture. Cancel culture is for the weak minded.

[@bigpacthatseazye3462]

@@Athlete1990Man you’re really upset about this aren’t you

[@sportsfansports3353]

You mean the one that sort of quoted people like Ty Cobb? Blame Ty Cobb.

[@Athlete1990]

@@bigpacthatseazye3462 I’m actually not upset about anything. I just find it hilarious that you’re trying to bully a content creator for something stupid. You’re stupid and trying to call it racist doesn’t make it racist. It just makes you stupid

[@AloysiusScrimshaw]

@@sportsfansports3353Ty Cobb called Ruth a nigger because of Ruth’s behavior… not his ethnicity… 🦈👁️

[@michaelraphael2160]

Side note: a third of Babe's 714 homeruns came after the ground rule double became a rule in 1929. Before then a ball that bounced over the wall was considered a dinger.

[@wsmokr]

Thank you for reminding people,I've posted that a few times and people call me a liar.

[@elchancho8432]

Seriously??? Thats wild

[@michaelraphael2160]

@@wsmokr It's funny how people will label you a liar when there is such thing as Google. Although, the Babe did have a bunch of 450' outs before they moved the fence in to a reasonable distance. So maybe it all evens out.

[@wsmokr]

@michaelraphael2160 Yeah it does even out excluding a lot of cheap hrs he hit in YS ,Fenway,and the Polo Grounds with the rf fence very short.

[@EvSop93]

Also walk off homers didn't count unless he himself was the winning run. So if they were tied and he hit a 2 run homer to walk it off. Only the 1 run would score and it would be ruled a single.

[@outrlmts1879]

Babe’s parent’s owned a Saloon bro, not a Salon 😂

[@ericemler8151]

Babes parents were both from Germany also, so he’s literally the opposite of black lol

[@cindymmm11]

@@ericemler8151agree

[@TheOGSticks11]

Hold on, he did say Salon. Dudes just posting shit with no thought.

[@DrJackJeckyl]

😅😅

[@trojans7]

I think they kept calling Babe those slurs because he interacted with African American people, including ballplayers. Like N lover, N this N that. I say this because I saw the movie "42" and saw a lot of people would call those things to people who interacted with Jackie Robinson. That was a movie, so I would imagine it was a lot worse in real life. That's my guess.

[@KushiteComplex]

Numerous light-skinned/mixed raced Blacks passed as White throughout American history.

[@echocharlie23]

bro doubling down on twitter he’s cooked

[@b-rad3681]

He refuses to back down

[@Nick_828]

Yeah he’s a sexist + racebaiting, can’t accept he’s wrong and needs every excuse to be “right”. It’s a shame, he makes decent quality videos

[@iTalkStudios]

You got me!

[@LimitlessCoasters]

​@@Nick_828 what the fuck are you waffling about

[@laboon344]

​​@@iTalkStudioswhen you asked is Babe Ruth black I laughed so damn hard thank you for the good laugh

[@RangersNation-qk4px]

Bro thinks he’s slick for removing that old thumbnail

[@Athlete1990]

Bot comment #2

[@nickr3441]

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[@zmoney9701]

Fun fact Ted Williams was Mexican. His mother was a Mexican American and he was also a advocated for MLB to desegregation

[@outrlmts1879]

From what I understand he was also an incredibly mean SOB, at least in his older age. He did have a great relationship with/ Tony Gwynn though.

[@zmoney9701]

@@outrlmts1879 yeah he did have anger issues and sucked as a father. But he did do some good like fight in Korea and advocated for minorities.

[@The_yeffy1]

@@zmoney9701he fought in WW2 as well bro in the prime of his career

[@zmoney9701]

@@The_yeffy1 oh yeah totally forgot that he fly in Japan as well.

[@ronanmusic118]

He seemed a bit ashamed of his Mexican side too-. It’s pretty sad.

[@huntingtonbeachkbd]

Well people used to call italians the n word back then too just cuz they were dark, doesnt mean they were black though.

[@paulmusso1982]

Worst than that ! Please research if your Italian you’ll be amazed how we became WHITE with the US Government…

[@SiltyCellar]

We got babe Ruth being black before gta6

[@cheeseweex]

The Ty Cobb quote in this video is suspect. It is accredited to Fred Lieb, a sportswriter who had previous beef with Cobb. And we all know about Cobbs recent revisionist history.

[@mysterygamermgclues8864]

This indeed.

[@realcade]

So sad Ty Cobbs legacy and name has been completely smeared by a lying scumbag

[@sonnyblack71]

Like Ty Cobb supposedly beat a black grounds keeper and his wife I think for asking for and autograph?

[@realcade]

@@sonnyblack71 it’s pretty much been proven the Ty Cobb being racist towards African Americans was debunked Cobbs close relatives were abolitionist which doesn’t completely vindicate him but theirs records of him attending Nergo league games and being a supporter of the league and players

[@monsterhuntingunslingers33]

The original thumbnail was 100x better!! Lol. Keep up the good work, friend. Love the videos. This was an especially interesting one

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Babe Ruth would go to other black peoples homes for dinner .🍽 I remember meeting people that had Babe Ruth over for dinner 🍽 I saw pictures of Ruth having dinner in black folks home. And going to church with them.

[@Sebakeng]

He liked to eat.

[@bemoguy]

I shared this in another KZbin channel discussing this very topic! I am an American man who is Black. A friend 12 years my senior (I'm 60) told me this after talking to her about the speculation concerning his ethnicity. My friend's dad played in the Nergro Leagues, and when he was active in the Leagues as well, Ruth was seriously considering playing in the Leagues as well. He changed his mind later.

[@Grizzlied555]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 😂😅

[@Chamis-dt4wc]

There are many Europeans with similar noses & facial features like Babe Ruth's. There's absolutely zero evidence that " The Babe " had black ancestry or DNA. (Many black people also swore (for some reason) that Beethoven was black as well but DNA testing has proven that he had zero black African ancestry and DNA)

[@AstroRayGun]

I've heard that there was a lot of people that thought this back in the day and i tried explaining to my friends about it but they didn't believe me. I could see how one could make that conclusion with his features but it's not uncommon for regular white folk to have those features either. There might be some African or Latin American blood somewhere in him. That's not impossible but he's definitely, overwhelmingly white and his mother didn't have an illegitimate child. He's copy and pasted from his father. You can't argue that at all. Anyways, European facial features vary greatly depending on region and some features can be considered more African. He probably has ancestry closer to the Mediterranean. Maybe more Eastern European genes, idk. Features aren't always a good way to judge race. I have an aunt that looks South East Asian. We're all white in my family. She just has narrow eyes and bigger lips. Our brains are just really good at pattern recognition. It doesn't mean that the pattern is indicative of race.

[@Mr.MikeBarksdale]

I think it was much less sinister if you read about it--and it is one of the reasons why Jackie Robinson wasn't really "a hero", more just a figurehead. For starters, World War II was the catalyst for the color line being broken, and it is neved talked about. Pretty much every abled body American had fought either the Germans or the Japanese, and they had seen the ugliest sides of racism, or lost someone to those ideology. This caused everyone to reevaluate their old ideals of race. It wasn't that Branch Rickey was some quaker looking to make a point for the good of society. He was just a Moneyball practitioner for his time who wanted to win, and he was like that even into the 1950s. He saw a talent pool that wasn't being used or was undervalued, and he wanted to improve his team. Having Jackie Robinson, or nine Jackie Robinsons would help any team. Second, Jackie Robinson was hardly the only athlete to experience bad words being hurled at him. If you could see baseball in the 1900s, you would be shocked. It was largely a game for poor Irish and immigrant ruffians who often brawled in the middle of games. They said horrible things to each other, and that was just par for the course. Ethnic slurs were always fair game, for EVERYONE, because, you know, up until about five minutes ago, that was the way males bonded with each other. It certainly wasn't something that kept a man like Jackie Robinson up at night. Ironically, everything you've read about Ty Cobb is probably untrue. He was the son of a lawyer who defended blacks in Georgia, and being well-educated, was probably less racist than most of his counterparts. He certainly wasn't the avowed racist Al Stump--a pure charlatan--portrayed him to be later in life. Ruth simply had the features that people associated with blacks of that time. The big lips, the large ears, the rounded face. It became an easy way to make fun of him for a competetive edge. Hell, that's why they called him Babe, he had the rounded face one associated with the name "Babe". It was actually a pretty common nickname for anyone that didn't have WASP-y, defined features. If you look at Ruth, he looks exactly like his father, who was white. As for the thumbnail picture you reference at the beginning of the show, I think it is much more likely that the people are backed away from him because photo ops of the day were much harder to come by, and also, the journalists wouldn't want the aperture crowded with other people in the photographs. It's not because he was "black".

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

Well, your comment badly needs to be pinned.

[@arrchee8386]

Ted Williams' mom had Mexican heritage. He fully admitted he would have had 'issues' if that was publicized. I always wondered about the 2 fans coming up to Hank after 715. Thanks for letting me know!

[@D.D.-ud9zt]

He might have had less fans, but he would have been allowed to play just the same. Early in the 1900s they would try to pass off black guys as Chief so and so pretending he was native american so they could play him. So being native was fine. When the player was clearly black, the "Chief" was banned from baseball.

[@mattcox3373]

The old thumbnail was goated

[@Ajay-uk6kc]

I’ve played baseball since the age of about nine years old, and I’ve never thought about this at all… And I’m black, glad I came across. It is an interesting topic.

[@Theshowguy-vh8il]

I was at work when the video came out but I looked for it and I thought I went crazy

[@degengamblinman]

So Babe Ruth got real tan in the Summer while playing baseball outdoors and being exposed to a lot of sunlight. Some rival player's used racial obscenities towards the Babe, means he was possibly black ? Isn't that kind of a reach to fit your narrative ?

[@FedUpSista]

Romare Bearden was offered to play in the “Majors” but ONLY if he agreed to “PASS” for “white”. The GREAT artist REFUSED.

[@Mr1stcat]

I've always thought he was white because of his German background but I mean even German immigrants faced discrimination back in those days, a lot of people forget that Italian irish and German immigrants faced discrimination much like Hispanic people do today also because some were catholic

[@mattcox3373]

Bro is really set on this topic lol

[@nymike06]

lol

[@nickr3441]

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[@nickr3441]

Yet you think you're blacknfor saying bro

[@Sam-205]

@@nickr3441?

[@hutchphilpot6870]

@@nickr3441Bro sh*t up. You’re on every comment, sh*t up. Don’t you have anything better going on, then to comment “bOt” on every comment.

[@Trick-Framed]

During Ruth's time being part of the Klan was not something that one hid. 4:47 Also, Adolph enthusiasts were en vogue by the time of his retirement. The US had open diplomatic relations with the Nazis as they were the ruling party of Germany at the time. In fact, the world wouldn't come to hate Adolph for another 4 years.

[@BuckshotPA1]

His ancestry is available online! All German!

[@jaywright9635]

😂

[@HobbsSportsCards]

No disrespect but all white people are of the Germanic tribe: Saxon, Mystigoths

[@Tykoon22]

If Babe Ruth was really an alien from another planet, he would maintain his status as an American icon, but all of his baseball statistics/achievements/records would be disqualified under the Superman principle -- there is a reason why individuals with superhuman abilities of any kind are not allowed to compete against the rest of us mere mortals… It’s just not fair. That said, an exhibition game featuring nothing but comic book characters wielding special abilities and super powers is something I would absolutely pay to watch. Come up with your best 9 v 9/Marvel v DC fantasy teams and play it out.

[@fattheodoes3888]

Of course he was black and passing. Have you ever seen a white man with those features, thick, wavy curly hair and darker complexion and not say he has some admixture? The last shot of Babe at the end proves it easily, especially when you pause the video.

[@D.D.-ud9zt]

My Grandfather was 100 percent German and had black very tightly curled hair. It's not that unusual.

[@fattheodoes3888]

@@D.D.-ud9zt Was your grandfather Jewish?

[@Leninade-ze7pd]

Made sure to change that thumbnail huh buddy?

[@Athlete1990]

Bot comment

[@Leninade-ze7pd]

@@Athlete1990 "sad to see you capitulated to the woke mob"

[@sadmarinersfan8935]

I didn’t see it but I’m guessing it was changed because of KZbin flagging it

[@bigpacthatseazye3462]

@@sadmarinersfan8935it was bound to get flagged, i mean it was a dumb move

[@Athlete1990]

@@Leninade-ze7pd it’s sad to see so many slow people like yourself follow this channel and post bot comments

[@vivalavivarium]

people got to calm down, I'm literally as white as it gets and I used to point out how Babe look exactly like my german descended grandpa. in fact my grandpa was darker than babe. no one ever questioned if my grandpa was black and guess what genetically virtually no one is 100% black or white like what would that really mean.

[@robertpietsch9382]

I was fortunate to see Hank Aaron as a member of the Milwaukee Braves in the 50s & 60s. It never bothered me about his skin. My memory of Hank was his swing. The best ever.. The sweetest swing.

[@NotLordOfCinder]

That original thumbnail was something else but given the context it makes alot of sense.

[@AngelChristinaaa]

All I know I’m white as can be ..Blonde hair,blue eyes& fair skin but when I did my genealogy- found out my great grandparents & all their kids were labeled as black in a 30’s census. Im still very intrigued by this however there was no info before the 30’s of any more family members and at some point the census starts counting my family as white. I really wish I could find out the mystery that is my family tree.

[@phill22221]

I thought he was half Native American. Could of sworn I heard that

[@wsmokr]

Lets say he was black what differnce does it make today and how does it change anyones life today??It will be nothing but an interesting footnote.

[@joejames1794]

Makes Ignorant racists look even dumber

[@MrJoebangleec]

The reason he was taunted with slurs/nicknames/put downs etc. was because when you "push someone's buttons", "get their goat" etc. you can emotionally manipulate that person. Think of how muhammad ali used to verbally taunt his opponents. When was Ruth was taunted he became incensed, furious, upset etc... which would effect his performance negatively..!

[@alreadyno23]

The curse of the bambino, he's gotta be Italian.

[@MrNexuscorre]

That OG thumbnail was Based as fuck

[@DaveTheTurd]

There were plenty of Black baseball players in the majors in the late 1800’s…. I wonder why that’s never discussed, when this topic comes up?

[@paulmusso1982]

Same with Congress back then…

[@jbryant5253]

This has to be my favorite titlw to a video ever

[@chrisfranco6603]

Because he was freak in terms of size and hand eye coordination…immediately the haters came up with excuses. But, think about it, they’re actually arguing that blacks should be allowed in baseball, in the 1910s…I’m not saying I believe that Ruth was a mix blood …I’m just saying, the accusation is ridiculous.

[@BoDiaz-y9w]

I was skeptical about #3 Being Black Even The Full Lips Nose And Hanging With Homies In Harlem But As Soon As I Found Out This Man Might've Set A Fire 🔥 Purposely To Get With A Hottie Was Totally Convinced.

[@nickurena1710]

"Adolf enthusiast" 😂

[@pathutchison7688]

Somewhere in the back of my mind I guess I always assumed he had Native American or Italian ancestory, although I don’t think i ever consciously thought about it until now.

[@BoringReviews]

I have been critical of your very common negative videos as of late. I love your videos and think you’re better than just posting negative things about players and teams. This video proves what greatness you can create. This is a great video. Bravo!

[@Hii-lineGuy]

He was Dominican.

[@musiclighthouse1913]

he is pretty easily of german decent when you look at him

[@jarrbear13]

Real ones know the original😂

[@OfficialNoob69]

people calling you racist over this might be the most stupid and overblown shit ever

[@Sam-205]

I mean they’re trying to make a white guy black lmao

[@DoubleAAmazin]

yo boy was pure blooded german, stronger than an ox

[@thatoneveryfunnychannel2482]

i like ur videos man but wow i’ve never seen a creator miss this hard before this is a rough watch

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

If that photo shows his father, then he definitely looks like him. That's not a common face. If there was an affair involved, it would have had to be his father with a mistress.

[@thisguyagain7857]

Thanks for the great content. Have a great Day.

[@gunorijssel7987]

I'm sorry to say so: but HOW can you say that BABE was probably THE FIRST TO BREAK THE COLOR LINE, when UNLIKE JACKY ROBINSON, he in almost his entire career 'passed' as some kind of 'HONORARY-WHITE'?????? Correct me if I'm wrong: to be THE FIRST you have TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THE FRONT DOOR as being 'different' and none the less ACCEPTED AS SUCH!!!

[@MLCommy]

I knew zero percent of this, so thank you for the history lesson. This is kind of exciting to look into.

[@kingjulian420]

Bro why did you reupload it

[@Minka_The_Millennial]

Being that black people are magically beings, it wouldn’t be hard to believe that Babe could have been one 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@damienlahoz]

Been saying this for 30byears

[@VYT_Sports]

Shout out to the 70%

[@brianthomas2311]

Moses Fleetwood Walker Was the first black player.

[@joeytheslimeboi8900]

I thought Babe Ruth was Italian

[@marcustoney7762]

Ruth stayed connected to his people!😂🤷🏿‍♂️

[@theprofessional_ACH]

He looks like my step dad... he was light skinned

[@HughJass-td5rm]

I know he found the old thumbnail relatable

[@ChristopherSantos-o2f]

So the Red Sox had the first black player in the American League?

[@somebodyandthem]

Jack from dailydoseofbaseball brought me here

[@BWyatt76]

I rememeber reading Ruth was 1/4 black. One of his grandparents on his Mom's side was black

[@ramondiosdado9757]

The discourse this caused on twitter 💀💀💀💀

[@gahdamnboi]

black people also think that africans are the original israelis, anybody can just say anything online

[@hidesinlonggrass3229]

I've heard of Black-Irish but not Black-Dutch...

[@Paul-r3v]

Black? I thought he was human! These colourfull aliens who came from out of space are proving that we need to evolve.

[@jordane19969]

It would have been a lot cooler if you kept the original thumbnail. Saw a lot of people having a meltdown over it on twitter, which was hilarious to see. Babe ruth was definitely white tho and questioning that makes you delusional

[@danielz8183]

It’ll never take away from the fact that Babe Ruth was the greatest baseball player ever regardless of race

[@FedUpSista]

Josh Gibson 👑 G.O.A.T., imho 😊

[@danielz8183]

@@FedUpSista statistically speaking yes 👍🏽 I agree and love Josh but unfortunately in this timeline of history he wasn’t famous like the Babe

[@bryantmiranda]

So can we get a grimace Mets video🙏🏽

[@iTalkStudios]

At this point I might have to

[@bryantmiranda]

@@iTalkStudios the Mets have earned the respect for a postive Italk studios video about them

[@KingJ64]

Spike Lee has been trying to prove this for more than 20 years

[@ouimyboy]

Who else is walking this for a second time? 😂

[@jacquelinedorsey9290]

They should not have been calling him the n word or other things you feel that's not right blacks at that time we're called names also it's not right whoever is being called the names I believe he was black so what I'm black so what babe ruth and I no matter what we are human but they would not have treated him the same spike lee did not bring it up before him time

[@FlintyCobblestone]

He was 0% black.

[@buckclark1104]

Every person,on planet earth derived from the darkest of humanity, examine a Clairol color chart, from azure to palest blonde, my point is every hew, derived from the so called black man

[@pangaea6united]

No he has black blood ancestor's

[@EffectedEarth]

I want the old thumbnail

[@justinsalomon3760]

Bro really thought again about releasing this vid

[@iTalkStudios]

Thought about it? I did it. And if you're not ok with being against racism, speak for yourself buddy

[@justinsalomon3760]

@@iTalkStudios I honestly have no idea why I posted this. I love the channel and I didn’t intend this comment to sound that way

[@iTalkStudios]

@@justinsalomon3760 No worries man thank you for the support it means a lot

[@yokaidigital3033]

As someone who is biracial part white part Asian this story was interesting to me. Looking at his nose that’s where I see maybe he was biracial? Also as story told he was pro equality as well. It’s probably something though we’ll never know for sure but it was interesting to dive into.

[@rainhawk5264]

no, he was not. A biracial is someone whose parents are Caucasian - East Asian or East Asian-African or Caucasian-African, etc. In Babe Ruths case it is that his parents and his grandparents and his grandparents and the grandparents of his grandparents etc. were all West Asian Caucasian. Not African. Not black African.

[@bhinovert]

YO he showed the old thumbnail 😭😭😭

[@HobbsSportsCards]

Running like he got shit in his pants

[@merrillashby7064]

Babe looks very much like his father.

[@FattyMcButterPants6]

I used to think this exact thing. But I've done my own research. We'll never truly know, but Babe Ruth looks EXACTLY like his white parents... Especially his father. 5:25

[@Mike.Hunt.]

What a stupid question

[@Reptilianway]

We ain't forgetting the old thumbnail

[@indecision6616]

What was on the original thumbnail? The one I seen says dealt with racism.. is that what it was?

[@nickr3441]

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[@SaItySauce]

@@indecision6616he just wrote the hard R verbatim in like big block text💀

[@sgabig]

@@indecision6616 6:37 shows the old thumbnail that quotes some of the racial slurs that Babe Ruth was allegedly called

[@ghost64626]

Only real fans saw the original video lol

[@Nunnayadambiness]

Only fans, you say?

[@TheAnimalWolverine]

@@Nunnayadambinesshaha 😂

[@Bobby-rz6dt]

I knew the last thumbnail was too much for KZbin lol

[@cambob42069]

What it look like

[@Ludzig]

​@@cambob42069 it had Babe Ruth on it and underneath it said "N****r Babe"

[@vannoy420]

It was Slave Ruth colored black in MS paint

[@SuperBucky89]

OG thumbnail gang unite 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@civil_leuthie]

Babe's dad could pass for Babe, so the illegitimate scenario is unlikely. Gerard Depardieu must be black because nose.

[@KCTV]

I’m black and white

[@owenl5385]

I’ve always assumed that babe must have been Italian or something which could explain the darker skin tone than most white people and black hair

[@orangeflaws8088]

Yeah I had also figured he was Italian

[@Chamis-dt4wc]

So now, pseudo Afrocentrics have convinced you that he was ' black ' as well?! 🙄

[@rainhawk5264]

Italian are not black.

[@rainhawk5264]

@@orangeflaws8088 Italian are not black.

[@orangeflaws8088]

@@rainhawk5264 we didn’t say Italians are black

[@egm07sh]

Bruhs wildin with this one 💀

[@Sawyerdoesstuff]

I saw the video yesterday that I guess got deleted

[@Ludzig]

Shocked he didnt start talking about skull measurements

[@thepiecreamer]

least racist red sox fan

[@KCTV]

💀

[@dominic64tblightning24]

The old thumbnail was better actually

[@ElijiahCater-xg9dq]

Just saying the hard r is better? Grow up man

[@mcdonoghrahloh459]

You ladies like that Hunh?

[@stephencorsaro954]

Babe was the spitting image of his father. He wasn't illegitimate. His father. Now that's the question.

[@guyfaux3978]

His mother and father were descended from German immigrants. His maternal grandmother was a prostitute and it was conjectured that Babe's mother may have been the daughter of her mother and some sort of hi-yella black man. Babe looked into the matter and concluded that his mother was the child of his grandmother and the grandmother's pimp, who was a German-American hoodlum, not black to any degree.