Olympics

Politically the olympics are a time for countries to flex there muscles. Each host city has the support of their entire country. With this support, the cities try to out due the previous year host city. The spend millions of dollars to show the world what they are as a country. The last olympics CHina went all out and really impressed the world with their culture, planning ability, and there athletes. There have been political statments throughout olympic history. There have been boycotts because of political relations between countries, terroist attacks, and even racial statements being made. My favorite olympic moment is when Jesse Owens went and took on the "Nazi power" sentiment. He faced every "white" person Germany could throw at him and he beat them away with his technique and speed. Hitler was forced to see a black person beating his Arian race concept first hand. This statement made a huge impression on everyone and it helped changed the way the world thought about blacks.