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WahooMatt05

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Yes, but that doesn’t change the fact the guy was a massive racist


The Masters Tournament, an invitational event, excluded black players for four decades, with Roberts once quoted as saying "to make an exception would be practicing discrimination in reverse."[11] Roberts was finally forced[by whom?] to relax this stance late in his career, and Lee Elder became the first black participant in 1975. In 1997, Tiger Woods became the first person of color to win the tournament.

It was not until 1990, thirteen years after Roberts stepped down as chairman that Augusta National admitted an African American member, Ron Townsend. The first woman, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, was admitted in 2012.

(In response to this post by Tuckahokie)

Posted: 04/08/2023 at 1:08PM



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