Ezra Edelman: "OJ Simpson terutama tertarik pada OJ. Ketenarannya pada...

"OJ Simpson terutama tertarik pada OJ. Ketenarannya pada akhir 60-an bertepatan dengan periode di mana atlet kulit hitam lebih blak-blakan dan politis daripada di zaman mana pun. Anda sedang berbicara tentang generasi atlet kulit hitam yang muncul setelah Jackie Robinson. Atlet setelah itu hanya senang menemukan tempat dalam olahraga. Tetapi ketika Anda sampai di pertengahan 1960-an, Anda memiliki atlet seperti Jim Brown dan Muhammad Ali, yang sangat lantang dalam masalah ras dan hak-hak sipil."

--- Ezra Edelman

#Politik #Olah raga #Hitam #Ketenaran #Atlet #Muhammad #Hak-hak sipil

Versi Bahasa Inggris

O.J. Simpson was primarily interested in O.J. His rise to fame in the late '60s coincided with the period where black athletes were more outspoken and political than in any era. You're talking about the generation of black athletes that came about after Jackie Robinson. Athletes after that were just happy to find a place in sports. But when you got to the mid-'60s, you had athletes like Jim Brown and Muhammad Ali, who were very outspoken on the issues of race and civil rights.