04-08-2008, 12:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Krimson X
I'm sure Owens was pelted with racial epithets and the constant presence of swastikas at the Berlin games.
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Not true....
http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016393.html
In Germany, the Nazis portrayed African-Americans as inferior and ridiculed the United States for relying on "black auxiliaries." One German official even complained that the Americans were letting "non-humans, like Owens and other Negro athletes," compete.
But the German people felt otherwise. Crowds of 110,000 cheered him in Berlin's glittering Olympic Stadium and his autograph or picture was sought as he walked the streets.
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