Dutch Sprinter wrote:
Thanks for the example from the article. You ar correct, I've never heard of them.
But no one can name a white woman from the same time, thus they are not discriminated because of their skin color. The most famous olympians from the 30s, in my opinion only, are Luz Long and Jesse Owens. One white, one black. Owens is the most famous, which is kind of racist that white people from that era don't get remembered. I don't see white people complaining about it.
White people don't complain about it because it's been whitewashed and is an inconvenient truth.
Sure they remember Owens...for his "stance" against Hitler. But after that he couldn't find work and was largely ignored from endorsements or even attending functions because they were "white only". Once his value to white Americans was used up he was no longer needed. White athletes of that era would come home to parades and gifts and job opportunities.
Long on the other hand was in fact a German soldier for a very unpopular regime. So there's a valid reason for not remembering him.