When white and black athletes faced off in basketball and. Oxing which conversations and disagreements over racial issues took place. This class is about one hour and 10 minutes. Matthew 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 white racedeem the war righ 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 and the attitudes towards these athletes suggested that perhaps the nation had not come as far as many people like to thank. Think. States may have entered what commentators were calling a postcivil rights era. The 1
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
Wimps andfor wallflowers. People that are going to get run over. In order to be successful, conventional wisdom says you have to be assertive, bold, even putting yourself out there, selfpromoting. I think humility countermand that. It councils a different disposition and attitude. Define it. Utility is an honest examination of oneself. Imperfect,it you are your imperfections, and think about how one might put others first in thought, word and deed. It is the opposite of self aggrandizement. What if you examine yourself and conclude you are terrific . Muhamed ali said it is hard to be humble when you are his rate as i am. As great as i am. I think there is a lot of that kind of mentality. It cant be a real self examination. If anybody is honest with themselves, they know they make mistakes. They are imperfect. The tendency is to gloss over those things, to think that one , that ones by mistakes dont have to be admitted. That you dont have to change your ways. I think the really honest p
Wallflowers. People that are going to get run over. In order to be successful, conventional wisdom says you have to be assertive, bold, even putting yourself out there, selfpromoting. I think humility countermand that. It councils a different disposition and attitude. Define it. Utility is an honest examination of oneself. You can admit you are imperfect, your imperfections, and think about how one might put others first in thought, word and deed. It is the opposite of selfaggrandizement. What if you examine yourself and conclude you are terrific . Muhamed ali said it is hard to be humble when you are as great as i am. I think there is a lot of that kind of mentality. It cant be a real selfexamination. If anybody is honest with themselves, they know they make mistakes. They are imperfect. The tendency is to gloss over those things, to think that one can just get by, that ones mistakes dont have to be admitted. That you dont have to change your ways. I think the really honest person wil
Two child per family is the accepted norm. They dont have a lot of interest in going beyond that. They realize those basics. Let me ask the last question. Which is where do we go from here . Based on your observations, they have given us some advice on what congress should do about the bill. Robin has called the sanctions bill a war bill. David has some advice on integrating iran into a regional structure. How would you like to conclude, what final thoughts about the way forward . Robin, why dont you let david. You have to start. What is next . I do think a deal is possible. I think that they will compromise more than we think they will to get it. Theyre really ready to move on. For a lot of reasons, for things that we dont recognize. The environmental problems are horrific. As david knows, the pollution, you wonder that half the population doesnt have lung disease. Three of the four most polluted cities in the world are in iran. They are running out of water. We have a great piece abo