Study guide question
1. The Boatload mentality" in MLB is teams signing a boatload of Latinos for little pay/income and still come out on top and ahead. Yes practices identified by Breton reveal exploitation because
instead of signing four American guys at $25,000 each, the team signs 20 [Dominican] guys for $5,000 each. The justification for this “boatload mentality” used by baseball people is this, Latino players are fortunate that MLB gives them an opportunity to escape the third world poverty they grew up in. Baseball gives them a way out and a chance to get paid.
2. Roberto Clemente faced discrimination due to the fact that he couldn't speak English. He faced language barriers He was not understood in the world of Baseball and the league/teams didn't hire interpreters for the player who spoke non English so he was often time discriminated for not knowing how to speak English.
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