Announcer Matthew Andrews of the university of North Carolina talks about how the racial tensions of the 1980s were reflected in the sports of the era, particularly when white and black athletes faced off in boxing and basketball. He argues that athletes became around which conversations and disagreements over racial issues took place. This class is about one hour in 10 minutes. Matthew andrews we have been exploring the question of gender and womens rights and sports. We will return our focus to race relations. Were going to explore what i like to call the return of the great white hope in the 1980s. You know all about the original great white hope. You did research on it. Jim jefferies in 1910. He comes out of retirements and tries to redeem the white race and defeat jack johnson. Was unsuccessful. He failed. In the 1980s there were a few white athletes who are thought of in the same way. These were white athletes that White Americans hoped would score symbolic victories in sports an
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Slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. The 1980s will be upon us. And what a decade it is coming up. Happy new year as we began the 80s in the television world, the landscape was on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people watching only one of three networks. More than 30 Million People are addicted to it. Social critics are mystified by its success. What is it . Its televisions primetime prairie potboiler dallas. A move like that will destroy all of ewing oil and ruin our family name i assure you, a thought like that never crossed my mind. Brother or no brother, whatever it takes, ill stop you from destroying ewing oil. Dallas really did establish new ground in terms of a weekly onehour show that literally captivated america for 13 years. Dallas is a Television Show which in some ways is rooted in the 1970s. And one of the crazy things that emerges is this character, j. R. Ewe is, as a pop phenomenon. Tell me, j. R. , which slut are you going to stay with tonight . What differenc
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