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[–] 86 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Here’s a reminder that the Olympics was held in Nazi-controlled Berlin, and a team of 18 black athletes from the US thoroughly trounced Hitler’s “master race” talking points by sweeping the medals.

The black athletes then had to return to the US, where segregation was still the norm; many of them struggled to support themselves afterwards, because racism kept them from being hired into any decent jobs.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Anecdotally, they were treated better in Nazi Germany than 30's America.

    Really tells it all.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Anecdotally, they were treated better in Nazi Germany than 30’s America.

    Because they were US citizens. While the US has some pretty... ugly history. If you think Nazi Germany would have treated a random black citizen better than what they got in the US you are absolutely delusional. The only reason they weren't sent to camps with the Jews was because the population was deemed too insignificant to be worth the effort.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_black_people_in_Nazi_Germany

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