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Cake day: December 18th, 2021

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  • I think a lot of it was around the comparison Jesse Owens made regarding his treatment and that of other black athletes during and after the Olympics in Germany vs the US. In the Olympics all athletes are supposed to to be treated equally under the rules whether Germany wanted to or not; while after the Olympics back in the US he and other black members of the Olympic team weren’t even permitted to use the front entrance at their hotels or reception events.

    I think it more accurately shows how barbaric the US race laws were and are as opposed to portraying the Germans in any better light.