Tommie Smith/John Carlos 2008 Arthur Ashe Courage Award Pt1
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NO, you are lying just like every other white person that watched this back then & claims they thought of Carlos & Smith as heroes. I watched it too & I remember that every white person in the country interpreted this as black power, not a protest for inequality.
Now, simply because it is in style you want to pretend that you were not one of the haters but you're a liar. Us white people have come a long way since then & I'm not too proud to admit it.
3 weeks ago 2
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It is hard to interpret what they were trying to say with the fist pump. It comes across as Black Power rather than injustice and inequality. It would have been better to take off the medal, take off the US jersey, and walk out of the stadium while the national anthem was playing. Of course, they probably would not be alive though.
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Real Courage comes with a price and thats the difference between men of today, they fear the price required for freedom, but give them a job making 10 dollars an hour and their happy as a mickey fickey
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@Thelonl3y1 (contunued) he respected the fact that i had an obligation to uphold. he gave me back my ID with a hall pass back to my class.
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@Thelonl3y1 yes, but he would alway ask how you ended up in his classroom. i remember once i had my ID taken from me when i was late for class one day. i told security that i had to take a test in the class i was late for, so the guard told me to go to ISS after that class was over. i had been to ISS before, and Dr. Carlos told me never to go back. i didnt belong there he had told me. he was suprised to see me there at the begining of my next class.
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@mrseazye in california
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@Thelonl3y1 wow..that is nice to know...in what state?
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great men
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yeah bringing politics into what is supposed to be an unpolitical event, woohoo applause applause
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I remember watching this event. Many of my friends were black from choir and track and sports, When John and Tommy raised their fists I jumped off the couch too in front of my father and his golf friends.
They looked at me like I was insane. My dad asked why I would solute them and I looked at him and said, "Because they are not treated equal." My dad thought a moment, looked at me and smiled. His friends seemed pissed, but my dad was proud. It was a great moment for everyone.
williamblackfeather 3 years ago 22
Thank God courageous men like Smith and Carlos.
thegmansays 3 years ago 17