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HimalayanJoe t1_j9r97cu wrote

Reply to comment by No_Lube_Insertion in Jesse Owens arriving in London after winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics by fenton7

Came to say this, absolutely shameful that he was shunned like that when he returned. If he was white, he would have been showered with accolades and treated as royalty by the powers that be.

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SpamFriedMice t1_j9twzgl wrote

What did you have to try and squeeze in some republican dig to distract from a democrat president treated him poorly?

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FoetusScrambler t1_j9ty53j wrote

I don't think being a democrat/republican had anything to do with Owens treatment

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