“Joe Biden referring to Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige as ‘the great negro at the time’ sounds just as terrible as you'd think it would. YIKES.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 11 Nov 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMissing context.
What PolitiFact found
As he began to describe Paige as a great pitcher in the Negro Leagues and in Major League Baseball, Biden used the phrase “the great Negro,” but then corrected himself to describe Paige as a great Negro Leagues pitcher.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 November 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 November 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “Missing context.”.
Where the claim appeared
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