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Eldrick W oods remembers what
it felt like to be racially mistreated.
Even before preschool he felt the
sting of prejudice as neighborhood
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his home. They pelted his bedroom
windows with BB gunfire. At five
years old, a gang of older kids tied
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future golfing cham pion o f the
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While his heritage includes Thai,
A frican,Chinese, American Indian
and European, Tiger W oods refers
to him self as “African and Asian.”
As he grew up and became a young
golf legend, overt actions o f racism
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E ldrick got his nicknam e “T i
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trated named him the Sportsman of
In golf, where few minorities have
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