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Black Boxing Heavyweights - Jack Johnson, Joe Lewis, & Muhammad Ali - Extra History
🕑 Added 2021-01-27 18:01:08 +0000 UTC- W-wait, sports are political?
- Always have been.
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Aaron Chandler
Ah yes, that time a bunch of racial ideologues disenfranchised people based on race and even went so far as to inject their bigoted politics into games. It's almost like that's a bad idea.
The Deaf Mans Lands
Also, wait. So Rocky IV's political symbolism isn't just shoehorned in. Fascinating.
The Deaf Mans Lands
Ah, the 40s. When Americans understood fascism was a bigger threat than any minority could ever be.
Thomas Keenan
See also, Philadelphia getting a statue of fictional white boxer Rocky Balboa in 1982 and only getting a statue of non-fictional black boxer Joe Frazier in 2015.
