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Author: Robert G. Weisbord Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351494945 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 326
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Sports are the opiate of the people, particularly in the United States, Europe, and parts of South America. Globally, billions of fans feverishly focus on the summer and winter Olympics. In theory, international fraternalism is boosted by these "friendly competitions," but often national rivalries eclipse the theoretical amity. How the Olympics have dealt with racism over the years offers a window to better understanding these dynamics. Since their revival in 1896, the modern Olympics were periodically agitated by political and moral conundrums. Racial tensions, the topic of this volume, reached their apex under the polarizing presidency of Avery Brundage. Race in sports cannot be disentangled from societal problems, nor can race or sports be fully understood separately. Racial conflict must be contextualized. Racism and the Olympics explores the racial landscape against which a number of major disputes evolved. The book covers various topics and events in history that portray discrimination within Olympic games, such as the Nazi games of 1936, the black American protest on the victory stand in Mexico City's Olympics, as well as international political forces that removed South Africa and Rhodesia from the Olympics. Robert G. Weisbord considers the role of international politics and the criteria that should be used to determine nations that are selected to take part in and serve as venues for the Olympic Games.
Author: Robert G. Weisbord Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351494945 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 326
Book Description
Sports are the opiate of the people, particularly in the United States, Europe, and parts of South America. Globally, billions of fans feverishly focus on the summer and winter Olympics. In theory, international fraternalism is boosted by these "friendly competitions," but often national rivalries eclipse the theoretical amity. How the Olympics have dealt with racism over the years offers a window to better understanding these dynamics. Since their revival in 1896, the modern Olympics were periodically agitated by political and moral conundrums. Racial tensions, the topic of this volume, reached their apex under the polarizing presidency of Avery Brundage. Race in sports cannot be disentangled from societal problems, nor can race or sports be fully understood separately. Racial conflict must be contextualized. Racism and the Olympics explores the racial landscape against which a number of major disputes evolved. The book covers various topics and events in history that portray discrimination within Olympic games, such as the Nazi games of 1936, the black American protest on the victory stand in Mexico City's Olympics, as well as international political forces that removed South Africa and Rhodesia from the Olympics. Robert G. Weisbord considers the role of international politics and the criteria that should be used to determine nations that are selected to take part in and serve as venues for the Olympic Games.
Author: Javier Clemente Engonga Avomo Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 80
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There have been no Olympic Games in Africa since 776 B.C., neither in the 20th century nor in the 21st century: THAT IS RACISM! Racists are also human beings and, as such, they often make mistakes; the world has accepted intolerance, discrimination and abuse of power and influence as normal and that has been the grave mistake of the 20th century. Now that the 32nd session of the Olympic Games, the greatest international event since the most remote antiquity, is being celebrated with risk and enthusiasm, precisely in Japan where already in the 20th century the most inhuman acts were committed as a consequence of an inhuman war, the so-called Second World War; now that the world, that is, the collective of the population community of this planet that is struggling and overcoming all the possible crises that accompany and will accompany the Civid-19 and its prefabricated variants. At this time when the world is increasingly determined to fight for equality, democracy and justice with more tenacity and effectiveness than ever before; it is precisely at this time when it is appropriate to accept with sincerity the magnitude of the shame that it should be for all, even for the most racist who hide behind a false and feigned tolerance, that in thirty-two centuries no less, the world has prevented Africa from shining for what its people are best known for: strength and physical and athletic capabilities. Until the world understood the value of working in community and for global benefit, African and even Caribbean countries should really consider focusing on strengthening the commercial and financial competitiveness of local and regional sporting events and not just soccer and basketball, and maximizing their profitability through the same channels as the so-called International Olympic Committee, but from a privatized order. If everyone wants to continue acting as if racism were something normal, if you are not racist and never intend to be, or if you are simply a coherent person with a sincere heart, do your part, and as far as the Olympics are concerned, always keep this in mind: The day the Olympics are held in Africa, not a single medal, neither bronze, nor gold, nor silver, will come from the African continent.
Author: Deborah Riley Draper Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1501162179 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 254
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In this “must-read for anyone concerned with race, sports, and politics in America” (William C. Rhoden, New York Times bestselling author), the inspirational and largely unknown true story of the eighteen African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South. Set against the turbulent backdrop of a segregated United States, sixteen Black men and two Black women are torn between boycotting the Olympic Games in Nazi Germany or participating. If they go, they would represent a country that considered them second-class citizens and would compete amid a strong undercurrent of Aryan superiority that considered them inferior. Yet, if they stayed, would they ever have a chance to prove them wrong on a global stage? Five athletes, full of discipline and heart, guide you through this harrowing and inspiring journey. There’s a young and feisty Tidye Pickett from Chicago, whose lithe speed makes her the first African American woman to compete in the Olympic Games; a quiet Louise Stokes from Malden, Massachusetts, who breaks records across the Northeast with humble beginnings training on railroad tracks. We find Mack Robinson in Pasadena, California, setting an example for his younger brother, Jackie Robinson; and the unlikely competitor Archie Williams, a lanky book-smart teen in Oakland takes home a gold medal. Then there’s Ralph Metcalfe, born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, who becomes the wise and fierce big brother of the group. From burning crosses set on the Robinsons’s lawn to a Pennsylvania small town on fire with praise and parades when the athletes return from Berlin, Olympic Pride, American Prejudice has “done the world a favor by bringing into the sunlight the unknown story of eighteen black Olympians who should never be forgotten. This book is both beautiful and wrenching, and essential to understanding the rich history of African American athletes” (Kevin Merida, editor-in-chief of ESPN’s The Undefeated).
Author: Douglas Hartmann Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226318567 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 370
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Ever since 1968 a single iconic image of race in American sport has remained indelibly etched on our collective memory: sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos accepting medals at the Mexico City Olympics with their black-gloved fists raised and heads bowed. But what inspired their protest? What happened after they stepped down from the podium? And how did their gesture impact racial inequalities? Drawing on extensive archival research and newly gathered oral histories, Douglas Hartmann sets out to answer these questions, reconsidering this pivotal event in the history of American sport. He places Smith and Carlos within the broader context of the civil rights movement and the controversial revolt of the black athlete. Although the movement drew widespread criticism, it also led to fundamental reforms in the organizational structure of American amateur athletics. Moving from historical narrative to cultural analysis, Hartmann explores what we can learn about the complex relations between race and sport in contemporary America from this episode and its aftermath.
Author: David Goldblatt Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393254119 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 755
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“A people’s history of the Olympics.”—New York Times Book Review A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt’s sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, revealing how the Olympics developed into a global colossus and highlighting how they have been buffeted by (and affected by) domestic and international conflicts. Along the way, Goldblatt reveals the origins of beloved Olympic traditions (winners’ medals, the torch relay, the eternal flame) and popular events (gymnastics, alpine skiing, the marathon). And he delivers memorable portraits of Olympic icons from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comaneci, the Dream Team to Usain Bolt.
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In 1936, 18 African-American athletes- dubbed the"black auxiliary" by Hitler - participated in the Berlin Olympic Games, defying Nazi Aryan supremacy and Jim crow racism. Despite their achievements, winning hearts and medals in Berlin, the world forgot all of them except one, Jesse Owens. "Olympic Pride, American Prejudice" is the story of the other 17. The film follows the athletes from the attempted boycott on the 1936 Olympics to their triumph at the Games and then to their unceremonious return to America. The film restores these mostly little known athletes who changed the course of sports and the fight for civil rights to their proper place in history.
Author: Jules Boykoff Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks ISBN: 1957792256 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 140
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When Adolf Hitler hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he used the Games to rally political support in Germany and abroad for his white supremacist worldview. In doing so, Hitler not only ruptured the myth that politics and sports do not mix, but he also initiated the first major instance of sportswashing: hosting a sports mega-event to launder one’s stained reputation on the world stage. The 1936 Berlin Olympics: Race, Power, and Sportswashing situates these controversial Games in the longer political history of the Olympics and examines the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to the International Olympic Committee handing these Games to Germany in the first place. In the United States, the Berlin Olympics catalyzed a raucous, if ultimately unsuccessful, boycott campaign that raised serious concerns about racialized repression in the host country. The Berlin Games furnished a high-profile testing ground for racial theories rooted in white supremacy—the marrow in the Nazis’ ideological bones—where Black athletes like Jesse Owens thrived. The Games also brought innovations—like the Olympic Torch Relay—that were subsequently woven into Olympic tradition. Sportswashing is a significant concern in modern-day sports studies; this book demonstrates how the Olympic Games have long been both a potential pedestal for autocrats to boost their unsavory regimes and a flashpoint for human-rights criticism. Although history does not gift the present moment with crisp facsimiles from the past, thinking through history illuminates patterns and possibilities that can help make sense of the whirling swirl of today.
Author: Amy Bass Publisher: U of Minnesota Press ISBN: 9781452905723 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 466
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Martin Luther King Jr., uprisings in American cities, student protests around the world, the rise of the Black Power movement, and decolonization and apartheid in Africa.".
Author: Amy Bass Publisher: U of Minnesota Press ISBN: 9780816639458 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 438
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Summary: "In this far-reaching account, Amy Bass offers nothing less than a history of the black athlete. Beginning with the racial eugenics discussions of the early twentieth century and their continuing reverberations in popular perceptions of black physical abilities, Bass explores ongoing African American attempts to challenge these stereotypes. Although Tommie Smith and John Carlos were reviled by Olympic officials for their demonstration, Bass traces how their protest has come to be the defining image of the 1968 Games, with lingering effects in the sports world and on American popular culture generally."--BOOK JACKET.