Ive readed some stuff that on the olympics of 1936 the americans despised black athlets like Jesse owens but the germans did not really care and even cheeared him a lot when he winned the medals, is that true?

Edit: Just to clarify, ive watched an movie on class today about jesse owens and the 1936 olyimpics, i got curious and searched a little about it, and there was stuff saying that the german audience did not at all shunned the black athlets during the olyimpics, with was something very common in the US. I would like to know if its true or not.

  • Star Wars Enjoyer A
    15•2 years ago

    I don’t know about the specific instance you’re talking about, but to the more general “less racist” question the answer is; not at all

    It was just about the same level of racism, if not technically worse because the Nazis acted on that racism.

    • KiG V2
      8•2 years ago

      Yes, thank you for the link.

      I do think that black people were less of a triggering, hot-button issue for rank and file Nazis in Germany just because they had less of a presence, while American KKKs were in close proximity to a lot of them and thus they became their sole focus. Like, when you think of KKK you think of hating black people, but the KKK hates other races too–they hate Jews, for example, but you only think of Jews first regarding Nazis.