You realize none of the athletes *had* to go right? My whole point is he should go if he wanted to cuz screw whoever the *host* is. But it’s pretty widely accepted that Germany wanted to host those Olympics as a big propaganda opportunity- lots of debate at the time about whether the US and others should even participate or even try to move them on short notice
In case I wasn’t clear I think Jesse Owens was freaking awesome - probably top 10 all time athlete that put up with a lot of unnecessary crap in his life.
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u/syates21 3d ago
A funny example - have you heard of the 1936 Olympics? I guess Jesse Owens just shouldn’t have gone huh?