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Date: 21 Jun 2005 01:07:11
From: Cleon Jones
Subject: African-American Chess Hall of Fame
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I have noticed that not many of my fellow African-American brothers and
sisters are ever featured on the cover of Chess Life. I am not sure how many
blacks are members of Chess Life, however, I think that this issue needs to
be addressed.
As a former baseball player, I don't want to push the issue based on my
connections, but I think that it is fair to say that Al Sharpton would be
interested in seeing the discrimination that goes on in the USCF. When was
the last time an African-American was elected President of the USCF? How
many Directors have EVER been of black origin?? Certainly, Hispanics do not
count as black people.
Now I would like to see some progress on this issue before I call out the
cavalry and ask for help from the committed brothers and sisters in the
Movement. I would like to see colored faces on the covers of Chess Life, and
some acknowledgement of the great contributions of African Americans towards
the game of Chess. How many African Americans have been elected to the Chess
Hall of Fame? Time to start now.
I know that I have participated in several tournaments, and have even beaten
Sam Sloan, Tony Terrapin, and Gus Giraldi in the last tournament that I
participated in. My game was published in the Harlem Herald, however, they
do not seem to be able to find the article that analyzed the game. I won
second place, and a coupon for two nights with Tayler Kingstons's wife.
Back in those days, when I was playing baseball and living in a small room
in the clubhouse, I used to play with some of the greatest Chess Masters
from Queens and the Bronx. I played against Pepito Aguilar (The Eagle) who
was rated higher than Biff Pocaroba who I also beat. Luis Tiant was no
slouch either, and I beat him twice in the early 1970s. Sadly, these records
do not seem to be available online at the USCF website.
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Date: 29 Jun 2005 06:49:00
From: El Chapo
Subject: Re: African-American Chess Hall of Fame
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"Cleon Jones" <[email protected] > wrote...
>I have noticed that not many of my fellow African-American brothers and
> sisters are ever featured on the cover of Chess Life. I am not sure how many
> blacks are members of Chess Life, however, I think that this issue needs to
> be addressed.
>
> As a former baseball player, I don't want to push the issue based on my
> connections, but I think that it is fair to say that Al Sharpton would be
> interested in seeing the discrimination that goes on in the USCF. When was
> the last time an African-American was elected President of the USCF? How
> many Directors have EVER been of black origin?? Certainly, Hispanics do not
> count as black people.
>
> Now I would like to see some progress on this issue before I call out the
> cavalry and ask for help from the committed brothers and sisters in the
> Movement. I would like to see colored faces on the covers of Chess Life, and
> some acknowledgement of the great contributions of African Americans towards
> the game of Chess. How many African Americans have been elected to the Chess
> Hall of Fame? Time to start now.
Hee hee, you can't be serious. And you know what else is terrible, the
complete absence of Asian-Americans in the rap/hip-hop music industry.
I think we need to pass a law that requires the sport of chess to ensure
most of its members are black, just like the basketball and football
industries (i.e. a quota of 90%+ to reflect the 12% national black
population). A possible solution to this crisis is to force the gov't
to spend billions of dollars subsidizing chess education for the black
community, and to require a minimum quota of blacks in the chess
associations, not to mention mandating a certain quota of wins by
black chess players.
More likely, the oh-so-fucking-righteous-reverend Jesse Jackson will
whip up hysteria over the lack of black chess champions, but will rethink
his proposed boycott upon "donation" of a sufficient sum to his Rainbow
Coalition front operation.
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Date: 21 Jun 2005 16:08:04
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: African-American Chess Hall of Fame
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Cleon Jones wrote:
> I know that I have participated in several tournaments, and have even beaten
> Sam Sloan
In case anybody is wondering, I have never lost a tournament chess game
to anybody named Cleon Jones.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 21 Jun 2005 08:33:17
From: Liam Too
Subject: Re: African-American Chess Hall of Fame
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Leshaun T. Fossett wrote:
> This is not Cleon Jones. In fact, this post has the same header info as
> the fake Beatriz poster and other stupid posts that have poped up
> recently.
And he is not Sam Sloan neither. He is our famous Mr. BellSouth.net,
who is more like a TMB to me.
Lance
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Date: 21 Jun 2005 08:24:27
From: Leshaun T. Fossett
Subject: Re: African-American Chess Hall of Fame
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This is not Cleon Jones. In fact, this post has the same header info as
the fake Beatriz poster and other stupid posts that have poped up
recently.
Frisco Del Rosario wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, "Ray Gordon"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > I'm supposed to believe that this is Cleon Jones?
>
> We're supposed to believe that you are/were:
>
> A seduction guru
> A chessplayer who routinely defeats 2300-rated chessplayers
> A hypnosis expert
> A child abuse whistleblower
> A leading gymnastics coach
> An expert handicapper
> A top junior bowler
> A psychic
> A genius
> An expert paralegal/legal secretary
> A plaintiff against "The Seduction Mafia" seeking redress of $2 billion
> An author
> Jesus Christ
>
> And we're supposed to share, or not laugh out loud at, your skepticism
> that this is baseball player Cleon Jones?
>
> --
> Frisco Del Rosario
> A First Book of Morphy -- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1412039061
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Date: 21 Jun 2005 07:19:10
From:
Subject: Re: African-American Chess Hall of Fame
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www.the chessdrum.net
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Date: 21 Jun 2005 14:55:29
From: John J.
Subject: Re: African-American Chess Hall of Fame
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If you're going to promote a web aite dedicated to one race, and by
definition a racist web site, please post the correct URL. Here it is...
www.thechessdrum.net
<[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> www.the chessdrum.net
>
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Date: 21 Jun 2005 06:12:27
From:
Subject: Re: African-American Chess Hall of Fame
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Go check out the Chess Drum.A nice site dedicated to players of African
decent
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Date: 21 Jun 2005 09:28:34
From: Ray Gordon
Subject: Re: African-American Chess Hall of Fame
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I'm supposed to believe that this is Cleon Jones?
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Date: 21 Jun 2005 10:33:04
From: Frisco Del Rosario
Subject: Re: African-American Chess Hall of Fame
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In article <[email protected] >, "Ray Gordon"
<[email protected] > wrote:
> I'm supposed to believe that this is Cleon Jones?
We're supposed to believe that you are/were:
A seduction guru
A chessplayer who routinely defeats 2300-rated chessplayers
A hypnosis expert
A child abuse whistleblower
A leading gymnastics coach
An expert handicapper
A top junior bowler
A psychic
A genius
An expert paralegal/legal secretary
A plaintiff against "The Seduction Mafia" seeking redress of $2 billion
An author
Jesus Christ
And we're supposed to share, or not laugh out loud at, your skepticism
that this is baseball player Cleon Jones?
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Frisco Del Rosario
A First Book of Morphy -- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1412039061
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