Jeter receives hate mail

[DirtyKash]

Letter calls Jeter 'traitor to his race'

Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Yankees star Derek Jeter is the latest athlete to receive a threatening letter warning him to stop dating white women.

The letter was mailed to Jeter at Yankee Stadium and called him a "traitor to his race," according to a story in Monday's editions of the Daily News. It warned him to "stop or he'll be shot or set on fire," said a law enforcement source who the newspaper did not identify. It was not clear whether the source was speaking on condition of anonymity.

Jeter, whose father is black and mother is white, has been linked with women of various racial and ethnic backgrounds in New York's gossip columns.

In the last three years, 60 similar letters have been sent to professional black athletes and other well-known black men across the nation, including civic and business leaders.

Those receiving the letters include Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor and the parents of tennis player James Blake, according to the Daily News.

"The wording is very similar to letters that have been sent to other prominent people across the country," special agent Scott Wilson of the FBI in Cleveland told the newspaper.

Both the FBI, which has said it believes one writer sent those letters, and the New York Police Department's hate crimes unit are investigating the letter, the newspaper said.

The mail, postmarked from cities in northeastern Ohio and Pennsylvania, criticized interracial relationships and directed the men to end such relationships "or they're going to be castrated, shot or set on fire."

St. Ignatius and St. Edward, two Roman Catholic high schools in Cleveland with well-known sports programs, received threatening letters addressed to student athletes last fall.

[Slyder]

Glad to see people have put the days of hate in the past . Hope when they slip up they do to him/her what they threaten to do to the athletes and castrate them cause we have enough hate filled bigot morons running around now.

[yhova]

Jeter is a mack. He gets the best ass. He was the reason Mariah Carey went cuckoo. This moron is just mad that he has no game.

[voodoomon1jd]

Consider the source. Everyone has a right to their opinion, right or wrong, but if you are not man enough to voice your opinon to someone's face or make yourself known, then you are a ***** and your opinion is worth a shit. That's why I get the biggest laughs out of people threatening even in a forum like this. Cowards.

[RLA68]

It is a shame in this day and age the ignorance and hate. This person is no better than the coward that lives in a cave on the other side of the ocean that our soldiers are looking for. IMO.

[BIG COUNTRY]

Thats sad, who cares who he dates? Pathetic.

[ejk]

The other shortstops who can't wear his shoes, amongst many jerks in the world?

[Killah Sith]

I hope they catch this guy soon. I heard they think it is the same guy who has sent it to different athletes, including Jason Taylor. We don't need idiots like this out there, unfortunately we have too many.