On May 20 in my American Sport in the 21st Century class we talked about the connections between politics and sport. Sport has been used as a tool to connect the world of both national and international politics to the world of national and international sport. The article in the Huffington Post keys in on the five biggest moments when sports changed the world and politics forever. These issues vary in importance but they website has broken down each one and ranked them. For example, in 1936 Adolf Hitler resisted to shake the hand of a Jew during the 1936 Olympic Games. Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler, focused in on the Aryan race (5-20-15 lecture) and they were superior than anyone else. Jewish athlete, Karoly Karpati defeated the German favorite Wolfang Ehrl during the gold medal wrestling match.
Another example, of politics being involved in sports is when former NBA player Dennis Rodman has a close friendship with North Korean leader Kim-Jong Un. As crazy as this sounds, but one day this weird friendship might actually benefit the United States. History has shown that athletes have an effect on leaders, even as crazy as Kim-Jong Un, for peace. Sport and politics play hand-in-hand role on each other.
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| Kim-Jong Un (left) spends time with former NBA player Dennis Rodman |
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