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[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was absolutely dumbfounded at the time.

There was so much revealing racism and more in that statement, but also American Exceptionalism and willingness to do anything to get a gold medal.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

It's also crazy because the reason why Americans win so many medals is because an American decided to make a bunch of swimming events which rich white Americans have an advantage in because many minorities in the US — including blacks — don't live in communities with access to pools, let alone in their homes.