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Sculpture commemorates 1968 black power salute
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| Oct 16, 2005
Posted on 10/16/2005 9:17:49 AM PDT by lunarbicep
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To: lunarbicep
I never had any desire to visit San Jose State, now I've even less.
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posted on
10/16/2005 9:21:28 AM PDT
by
jla
To: lunarbicep
I wonder how different this story would be if it were a statue commemorating a white power salute. Racism is racism, folks.
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posted on
10/16/2005 9:30:42 AM PDT
by
inkling
To: Howlin; onyx; Clemenza; Petronski; GummyIII; SevenofNine; martin_fierro; EggsAckley; Xenalyte; ...
To: lunarbicep
Communist art is always so inspiring, isn't it? It reeks of blood and crime, and it's generally about as aesthetic as public execution.
To: lunarbicep
"Smith said he had raised his right fist to represent black power while Carlos's left fist represented unity in black America."I think it's because they only had one pair of gloves.
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posted on
10/16/2005 9:33:59 AM PDT
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Oblongata
To: Reactionary
That should be "as a" public execution.
To: lunarbicep
Well, isn't that special? I wonder if anyone else notices the similarity between the "black power salute" and the Third Reich's "Heil Hitler" salute?
And then, of course, it's San Jose Stste - a proud member of the Left State of California.
Nothing to see here, just move along.
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posted on
10/16/2005 9:35:41 AM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: Oblongata
Black gloves must be a black crime trademark. First there was the black gloved fist then there was the bloody black glove found at OJ's after Ron & Nicole were killed
To: lunarbicep
If they're so worried about civil rights, why don't they do something constructive with their lives to help people?
To: lunarbicep
Hey buddy, ever hear of deodorant?
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posted on
10/16/2005 9:44:08 AM PDT
by
Termite_Commander
(Warning: Cynical Right-winger Ahead)
To: Oblongata
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posted on
10/16/2005 9:47:08 AM PDT
by
EggsAckley
("The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handle")
To: lunarbicep
So much for black power...thirty-seven years later they're still complaining that they have none.
Smith and Carlos say they were influenced in 1968 by a young sociologist friend Harry Edwards who asked them and other black American athletes to boycott the Games.
This is the same Harry Edwards that's always hanging out on the San Francisco 49er's sideline. It's nice to see they suck.
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posted on
10/16/2005 9:52:31 AM PDT
by
blake6900
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To: Oblongata
The story has it that Carlos forgot his pair and had to borrow one from Smith.
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posted on
10/16/2005 10:01:29 AM PDT
by
Tadhg
To: Tadhg
Maybe somebody could photoshop that pic and have them
making the "Hook'em horns"!
Makes me want to go see it and bring 10gal of white paint,
just to paint the glove, make it look like Mickey Mouse.
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posted on
10/16/2005 10:32:06 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: lunarbicep
The gays will absolutely love it.
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posted on
10/16/2005 10:33:29 AM PDT
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tbpiper
To: lunarbicep
It would have been funny if Norman had noticed their juvenile antics and made a funny face or something. ;)
To: KellyAdmirer
Losers then, losers now, losers into the future.
To: inkling
You make a very good point. These athletes acted shamefully that day.
IIRC another American athlete, who happened to be black, brought a small American flag to the podium when he (or was it she) won the gold medal in those same Olympics.
THAT moment is worth recreating in bronze!
p>
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posted on
10/16/2005 2:29:57 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: BenLurkin
IIRC another American athlete, who happened to be black, brought a small American flag to the podium when he (or was it she) won the gold medal in those same Olympics. That wasn't just some athlete, that was the Mauler of Marshall, George Foreman.
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posted on
10/16/2005 2:31:47 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Gentlemen, Behold!)
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