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Nazi Germany was pro white supremacy, an African American from America got 4 Gold Medals
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For the first time in 40 years, the Soviet Russian's participated in the Olympics.
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Lots of boycotts occurred after the IOC recognized Taiwan as a country.
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South Africa was excluded from the Olympics because of its racist regime.
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More than 60 western nations boycot the Communist hosted Olympics
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John Carlos gave the black power salute during the awards ceremony.
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The Munich Massacre
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The games were protested by Human Rights groups, claiming that allowing China to host the Olympics legitamized their repressive regime.
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Russsia bans gay propaganda and the LGBT community is outraged.