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7/29/2012
cynique: basedboogina: thorsgoddess: sspirate: nateonseoul: unhistorical: Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics, August 1936. In August of 1936, American athlete Jesse Owens won four gold medals, setting three world records and tying a fourth in the 100 yard dash, all in front of Adolf Hitler, who had planned to use the games as a tool to promote the physical superiority of the Aryan race.  A Buckeye. Funfact- While Hitler was pretty pissed that Owens won, it was Hitler who was gracious enough to actually acknowledge that Owens won.  “Hitler didn’t snub me – it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.” Owens was never invited to the White House to be congratulated, and he never received so much as a word from FDR or from Truman. Whereas Hitler sent Owens a commemorative photograph of himself.   You know you’re fucked up when even Hitler sends somebody a complimentary photograph and you didn’t send them jackshit. omg, the very idea, Owens owned a personal photograph of hitler…like…the very idea of that just shakes me a bit, the ultimate racist sent you a picture of himself…omg wow this is truly mindfucking the fact that the ultimate racist of all racists acknowledged and sent a gift to owens and america never gave two shits. like wow. can you believe that?  cynique: basedboogina: thorsgoddess: sspirate: nateonseoul: unhistorical: Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics, August 1936. In August of 1936, American athlete Jesse Owens won four gold medals, setting three world records and tying a fourth in the 100 yard dash, all in front of Adolf Hitler, who had planned to use the games as a tool to promote the physical superiority of the Aryan race.  A Buckeye. Funfact- While Hitler was pretty pissed that Owens won, it was Hitler who was gracious enough to actually acknowledge that Owens won.  “Hitler didn’t snub me – it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.” Owens was never invited to the White House to be congratulated, and he never received so much as a word from FDR or from Truman. Whereas Hitler sent Owens a commemorative photograph of himself.   You know you’re fucked up when even Hitler sends somebody a complimentary photograph and you didn’t send them jackshit. omg, the very idea, Owens owned a personal photograph of hitler…like…the very idea of that just shakes me a bit, the ultimate racist sent you a picture of himself…omg wow this is truly mindfucking the fact that the ultimate racist of all racists acknowledged and sent a gift to owens and america never gave two shits. like wow. can you believe that?  cynique: basedboogina: thorsgoddess: sspirate: nateonseoul: unhistorical: Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics, August 1936. In August of 1936, American athlete Jesse Owens won four gold medals, setting three world records and tying a fourth in the 100 yard dash, all in front of Adolf Hitler, who had planned to use the games as a tool to promote the physical superiority of the Aryan race.  A Buckeye. Funfact- While Hitler was pretty pissed that Owens won, it was Hitler who was gracious enough to actually acknowledge that Owens won.  “Hitler didn’t snub me – it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.” Owens was never invited to the White House to be congratulated, and he never received so much as a word from FDR or from Truman. Whereas Hitler sent Owens a commemorative photograph of himself.   You know you’re fucked up when even Hitler sends somebody a complimentary photograph and you didn’t send them jackshit. omg, the very idea, Owens owned a personal photograph of hitler…like…the very idea of that just shakes me a bit, the ultimate racist sent you a picture of himself…omg wow this is truly mindfucking the fact that the ultimate racist of all racists acknowledged and sent a gift to owens and america never gave two shits. like wow. can you believe that? 

cynique:

basedboogina:

thorsgoddess:

sspirate:

nateonseoul:

unhistorical:

Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics, August 1936.

In August of 1936, American athlete Jesse Owens won four gold medals, setting three world records and tying a fourth in the 100 yard dash, all in front of Adolf Hitler, who had planned to use the games as a tool to promote the physical superiority of the Aryan race. 

A Buckeye.

Funfact- While Hitler was pretty pissed that Owens won, it was Hitler who was gracious enough to actually acknowledge that Owens won. 

“Hitler didn’t snub me – it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.”

Owens was never invited to the White House to be congratulated, and he never received so much as a word from FDR or from Truman. Whereas Hitler sent Owens a commemorative photograph of himself.  

You know you’re fucked up when even Hitler sends somebody a complimentary photograph and you didn’t send them jackshit.

omg, the very idea, Owens owned a personal photograph of hitler…like…the very idea of that just shakes me a bit, the ultimate racist sent you a picture of himself…omg

wow this is truly mindfucking

the fact that the ultimate racist of all racists acknowledged and sent a gift to owens

and america never gave two shits.

like wow.

can you believe that? 

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