Qasim Rashid, Esq.Feb 22, 2023

Here's an uncomfortable American history fact. While folks often point out that after Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Hitler refused to shake his hand.

But what happened next? Well, after returning home, Owens & 17 other Black Olympians were denied an invite to the White House. Instead, President Roosevelt only invited white Olympians. And it wasn't until 2016 that the White House finally apologized and invited their descendants to the WH.

2016.
#BlackHistoryMonth

Show threadKangaroo Care:

@QasimRashid I didn't know that but I guess it's too be expected.

After both WWI and WWII #FirstNations soldiers who had served the Brit #invaders as soldiers in defence of their own land, returned to Australia with their white "colleagues" who had treated them as colleagues in #battle but once back here on invaded soil those same white fellas went back to treating them as filth which in many country areas still happens today.

They were not allowed to join the RSL for example

Feb 22, 2023 at 9:14pmWeb
Show threadMamaBodesFeb 23, 2023
@WarregoCarer @QasimRashid I hate that this is true😩
Show threadKangaroo Care:Feb 23, 2023
@lynetteB @QasimRashid thank you and I agree completely.
Individuals change things as they go forward though. Small RSL groups in Queensland are using the Acknowledgement of country at the opening of meetings for example which is very new and doesn't appear to be a "woke" thing but rather an acceptance of the reality of the situation.
RSL groups are generally older men who have served in the military.
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKFeb 23, 2023
@WarregoCarer @QasimRashid one of the reasons there is a strong Soul/RnB/disco influence in some German Schlager music, Dutch piratenhits and the playlists of local and community radio stations in Eastern England is many Black USA servicemen decided to remain in Northern Europe after WWII and the Cold War (well into 1960s), and settled and start families, as though there are issues with racism here, they were still far better treated than they would have been if returning to the USA...
Show threadKangaroo Care:Feb 23, 2023
@vfrmedia @QasimRashid or if they were in Australia it has to be added. Anyone here who believes on the weight of numbers that we aren't a racist state I believe, is living in cloud cuckoo land.