WaPo: Centuries of U.S. Imperialism Made Surfing
Olympic Sport, Warns ‘History Will Also Be on
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Posted By: ladydawgfan, 7/27/2021 1:04:31 AM
Surfing as an Olympic sport was made possible by centuries of American imperialism as the United States used surfing as a tool to expand its powers abroad, according to a recent Washington Post op-ed that warned the sport’s history would continue to be on display during the current 2021 Tokyo Games. The piece, published on Sunday by Thomas Blake Earle, a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, attempts to depict the water sport’s history as one filled with American imperialism.
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I'm still waiting for one of those morons to declare toilet paper racist since it is always white!!