This is a very enlightening and thought-provoking program. Good blend of sports, society, politics. Signature Ken Burn style.
It's astonishing to hear commentators of Johnson's day fearing African-American domination -- starting with boxing and gradually continuing through academia, politics, and the arts. Today, we think of Luka Doncic, Tom Brady, Lionel Messi, Roger Federer as simply athletes; not Great White Hopes. No race checkbox, e.g., Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, Native American need be checked. Sometimes we need to look deeper into the past to see how far we've come. Today we look to Steph Curry, Patrick Mahomes, Lonzo Ball, Klay Thompson, or Tiger Woods to highlight the ambiguities and absurdities of racism, colorism, shadeism, and ethnocentrism. We're all people.
It's astonishing to hear commentators of Johnson's day fearing African-American domination -- starting with boxing and gradually continuing through academia, politics, and the arts. Today, we think of Luka Doncic, Tom Brady, Lionel Messi, Roger Federer as simply athletes; not Great White Hopes. No race checkbox, e.g., Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, Native American need be checked. Sometimes we need to look deeper into the past to see how far we've come. Today we look to Steph Curry, Patrick Mahomes, Lonzo Ball, Klay Thompson, or Tiger Woods to highlight the ambiguities and absurdities of racism, colorism, shadeism, and ethnocentrism. We're all people.