October 16, 1968

[KickballDeac]

Hope I get to see a sports moment as powerful.

 

[timdunkandthefunk]

I doubt we will see the white power salute on the podium any time soon.

 

[mebanedeac]

wow.

 

[liveanddiedeac]

Hope I get to see a sports moment as powerful.

Rulz is going to be really upset when he sees you beat him to posting this.

 

[VaDeac]

So the 1968 summer Olympics were held in the fall?

 

[94Deac]

I doubt we will see the white power salute on the podium any time soon.

They tried that in '36. Didn't work out as well as they hoped. Thank you, Mr. Owens.

 

[tsywake]

So the 1968 summer Olympics were held in the fall?

Yep.

They were also the third Games to be held in autumn, after the 1956 Games in Melbourne and the 1964 Games in Tokyo. The Mexican Student Movement of 1968 happened concurrently and the Olympic Games were correlated to the government's response.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics

 

[bcobbdeacs]

As a High School senior at that time , this action was very shocking to me but as I matured I have come to realize how strong an act it was and the level of fortitude that it required.

 

[Shorty]

I was in 7th grade at the time and I don't remember seeing it on TV, although the '68 Olympics are the first games I remember watching. I do remember talking about it in school where the sentiment was very much anti-Carlos and Smith. I remember one of my teachers talking about how one of them walking back across the track twirling the medal was a sign of disrespect.

It took a long time for people to realize how courageous Carlos and Smith were to do what they did.

 

[scooter84]

I was in 7th grade at the time and I don't remember seeing it on TV, although the '68 Olympics are the first games I remember watching. I do remember talking about it in school where the sentiment was very much anti-Carlos and Smith. I remember one of my teachers talking about how one of them walking back across the track twirling the medal was a sign of disrespect.

It took a long time for people to realize how courageous Carlos and Smith were to do what they did.

But couldn't their act have been courageous and, at the same time, disrespectful?

 

[Shorty]

But couldn't their act have been courageous and, at the same time, disrespectful?

Of course. It was obviously both.