The Ghost of Jesse Owens
Bookworm on Jul 13 2008 | Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Iran
We all know the story: Adolf Hitler planned for the 1936 Olympics to showcase Aryan supremacy, only to have his little race-building effort destroyed by the great Jesse Owens.
Iran, apparently, isn’t taking any chances. It’s decided that it simply cannot afford to risk having one of its athletes race against Jews — for (who knows?) [...]







