FWIW I started reading abt this as a kid after seeing the 1984 TV movie The Jesse Owens Story, which I do prefer to the feature film Racehttps://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/860914977489776642 …
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The TV movie was of course extremely romanticized and compressed but it treats Jesse Owens' 1936 victory as a prologue, not a climax
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Bc while the Olympics was the end of the story for most of the world it obviously wasn't for Jesse Owens
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(Look it up if you can find it, it has Levar Burton in a cameo)
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The core event of the 2nd half of the 1984 movie is Jesse Owens being flown out by the IOC to speak against the Black Power salute in 1968
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Tommie Smith said he tried to write to Owens and open a dialogue after all that died down bc Owens had always been one of his heroes
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And Owens later reversed his position, saying "The only thing for a black man in 1970 to be was militant"
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I think even in context though Owens' stance was never "God Bless the USA, America Is Great"
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It was "Stay the fuck away from politics and protect your career bc as a Black man you're always in danger"
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If you look at the actual arc of his life, who could blame him
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I hear echoes of this when I see Black celebs specifically who criticize Kaepernick which is why though I disagree I stay out of their lane
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FYI - the UK Foreign Secretary's just agreed upcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia may be used by Putin like Hitler & '36 Games.
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So I was reminded about & I've been retweeting comments about 'Race', when I saw yours about 'The Jesse Owens Story'.
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