The Germans were race-ist but not in our modern sense, it was not about contempt but rather a you do you and we'll do our thing may the best man win. Jesse Owens was popular with the people there not so much in the segregationist 1930s US
Correct, but he's just pretending to befriend the schwartze for appearances sake. People the world over around the mid 1930s admired the shiny new Third Reich.
In a class all by himself! A man that loved his country and represented it with honor unlike these hateful and ungrateful excuses we now have for athletes.
Actually Hitler saluted him. Learn the real history lol
Dude, that's even more awesome. Hitler was right. LOL
The Germans were race-ist but not in our modern sense, it was not about contempt but rather a you do you and we'll do our thing may the best man win. Jesse Owens was popular with the people there not so much in the segregationist 1930s US
Admit to camps if 3 of 4 grandparents jewish or gtfo... Hitler looking at the American South like "one drop of negro blood? Really? WTF!?"
Correct, but he's just pretending to befriend the schwartze for appearances sake. People the world over around the mid 1930s admired the shiny new Third Reich.
Tell that to the hundreds of thousands of 'coloured' and jew folk who served in the army?
In a class all by himself! A man that loved his country and represented it with honor unlike these hateful and ungrateful excuses we now have for athletes.
Patriots Have No Skin Color!
T-shirt material there^
The Japs and the Germs must have been extra salty that day.
Not at all, he was quite popular after his victory, but wasnt acknowledged by US press at the time.
This was also the last time an Asian medaled in a track and field event. Kek. /S
What an amazing photo that is π
F yah, take that Democrats. Ah.. Er.. I mean bad guys.
Interesting g that Japan and Germany are on the Dais with him. 5 years later we were at fake war with them. . We're they telling us something?