Skip to main content
Taylor & Francis Group Logo
    Advanced Search

    Click here to search products using title name,author name and keywords.

    • Login
    • Hi, User  
      • Your Account
      • Logout
      Advanced Search

      Click here to search products using title name,author name and keywords.

      Breadcrumbs Section. Click here to navigate to respective pages.

      Book

      Racism and the Olympics
      loading

      Book

      Racism and the Olympics

      DOI link for Racism and the Olympics

      Racism and the Olympics book

      Racism and the Olympics

      DOI link for Racism and the Olympics

      Racism and the Olympics book

      ByG. Weisbord Robert
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2015
      eBook Published 25 October 2017
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315127989
      Pages 220
      eBook ISBN 9781315127989
      Subjects Social Sciences
      Share
      Share

      Get Citation

      Robert, G.W. (2015). Racism and the Olympics (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315127989

      ABSTRACT

      Sports are the opiate of the people, particularly in the United States, Europe, and parts of South America. Globally, billions of fans feverishly focus on the summer and winter Olympics. In theory, international fraternalism is boosted by these "friendly competitions," but often national rivalries eclipse the theoretical amity. How the Olympics have dealt with racism over the years offers a window to better understanding these dynamics. Since their revival in 1896, the modern Olympics were periodically agitated by political and moral conundrums. Racial tensions, the topic of this volume, reached their apex under the polarizing presidency of Avery Brundage. Race in sports cannot be disentangled from societal problems, nor can race or sports be fully understood separately. Racial conflict must be contextualized. Racism and the Olympics explores the racial landscape against which a number of major disputes evolved. The book covers various topics and events in history that portray discrimination within Olympic games, such as the Nazi games of 1936, the black American protest on the victory stand in Mexico City's Olympics, as well as international political forces that removed South Africa and Rhodesia from the Olympics. Robert G. Weisbord considers the role of international politics and the criteria that should be used to determine nations that are selected to take part in and serve as venues for the Olympic Games.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|24 pages

      A Case of Amnesia: Racism and the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics

      chapter 2|30 pages

      Jews, Blacks, and the 1936 Nazi Olympics

      chapter 3|20 pages

      The 1940 Winter Olympics: The Games That Never Happened—Politics, Morality, and Sports

      chapter 4|28 pages

      Racism and the Olympics: Black Protest at the 1968 Mexico City Games

      chapter 5|30 pages

      Apartheid and the Expulsion of South Africa from the Olympics

      chapter 6|28 pages

      UDI and the Expulsion of Rhodesia from the Olympic Movement

      chapter 7|23 pages

      Aftermath: Outlaw Nations as Olympic Hosts—Gays and Others as Targets of Discrimination

      T&F logoTaylor & Francis Group logo
      • Policies
        • Privacy Policy
        • Terms & Conditions
        • Cookie Policy
        • Privacy Policy
        • Terms & Conditions
        • Cookie Policy
      • Journals
        • Taylor & Francis Online
        • CogentOA
        • Taylor & Francis Online
        • CogentOA
      • Corporate
        • Taylor & Francis Group
        • Taylor & Francis Group
        • Taylor & Francis Group
        • Taylor & Francis Group
      • Help & Contact
        • Students/Researchers
        • Librarians/Institutions
        • Students/Researchers
        • Librarians/Institutions
      • Connect with us

      Connect with us

      Registered in England & Wales No. 3099067
      5 Howick Place | London | SW1P 1WG © 2022 Informa UK Limited