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Political Dissent in the Olympics

  • Berlin

    Nazi Germany was pro white supremacy, an African American from America got 4 Gold Medals
  • Helsinki

    For the first time in 40 years, the Soviet Russian's participated in the Olympics.
  • Melbourne

    Lots of boycotts occurred after the IOC recognized Taiwan as a country.
  • Rome

    South Africa was excluded from the Olympics because of its racist regime.
  • Moscow

    More than 60 western nations boycot the Communist hosted Olympics
  • Mexico City

    John Carlos gave the black power salute during the awards ceremony.
  • Munich

    The Munich Massacre
  • Beijing

    The games were protested by Human Rights groups, claiming that allowing China to host the Olympics legitamized their repressive regime.
  • Sochi

    Russsia bans gay propaganda and the LGBT community is outraged.