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thequeenishome
They were his pallbearers *sniffle* +10000000
RattlesnakeRattlesnakeRattlesnakeRattlesMe
Carlos and Smith both planned to wear gloves, it was Norman who suggested they share Smith’s pair after Carlos forgot his
Lots85
Was going to point that out, well done.
akillha
Um I’m being a nit picker but actually the guy that game 2nd forgot his gloves and the Aussie came up with the idea that they could share
1877Kars4kids
The aussie was the dude who came in 2nd. 3rd place forgot his so they split 1st place gloves
EngineerZero
I fucking hate Twitter. Get a blog or something if you want to tell a story
jungleofthesenses86
"Did you ever hear the tragedy of Peter Norman The White?"
LavaAxe
Their statue in SanJose is missing Norman. It's so everyone can take his place and relive that moment of bravery by Peter as he took a stand
AlbertaPrime
Thanks for the post. Glad I read it. "Peter Norman" I want to remember that name.
ButtholeMarsBarDispenser
Yeah Australia still has a lot of catching up to do for equality, racial included.
Mailvirgo
As a fellow Melbourne 'norvern suburbs boy most of us know who Peter Norman is and pretty much all of us are ashamed of how he was treated.
alanivar75
Remember when this was top post yesterday? And the day before that?
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
No, actually. We don't all live on imgur, this is the first I've seen it.
lindabelchersfirstcousin
martinsugar813
God Winona Ryder is still smoking hot.
Nccoffee
Of all the upvote gifs, this one has got to be the least relevant
Chryzis
I do love the gif, but I agree
Benruryefri
Fuck as an australian this should be included in history not just the captain cook stuff
LordCarna
I went to a semester of primary school in AU in the 90s. I always remember the textbook saying the Cook discovered Australia, then in the...
LordCarna
Drawing alongside it showed black people looking at the his ship. So who the hell are they & why are they there if he discovered it?
LordCarna
No-one in the class even questioned it. There was 4 Aboriginal girls in the class. It was messed up.
OneFuckedPony
xKaliban
Aussie here. Peter Norman should be as well known worldwide as Steve Irwin. The man is an Australian hero.
WalterSobchaksWorldOfPain
Don't use Twitter for a story of this length.
DomTheFuzzyKitten
I agree. This guy literally just took a TIL from earlier on Reddit and posted it to Twitter for the retweets / attention.
alanivar75
Nah he took an imgur post that someone made a TIL if, and turned it into an imgur post it's like those pictures that are 60% watermark
Corastuff
I learn so much from imgur! Thanks. The world is still a rather shitty place.
candiduscorvus
I guess a public apology two generations later makes it all better...
dirtmarker
This sucked to read. I hate twitter posts. Great story tho
senefen
This has been covered a lot in recent years in Australia. I feel like a lot more people know his story now at least.
BoondockPaints
I had no idea. What a legend. Stood for his principles quietly while getting fucked. Never broke
Nightcaste
I agree this story should be shared, I just don't understand why people choose Twitter to do it.
papagdogg
Just another part of Australia's hidden past ... makes me embarrassed to be an Australian ...
Jordanjcr
Try being an American.
BESTtaylorINAUSTRALIA
Get fucked it's twitter you mong
VirginAmericaInFlightSeatToSeatChatSystem
We're not our past mate, if you turned that shame to motivation we could change it in future for the better.
DoYouNaomi
This is why I love Imgur !
Dogalicious
Extremely proud of Peter and the stand that he took and yes my countries reaction to his stand is nothing short of disgraceful. As for 1/2
Dogalicious
those lamenting his treatment or the govt's belated apology to him, fret not, the next life will bestow upon him all that he is due.
SankariSuomi
Tommie Smith clarified in his autobiography that they were saluting human rights, not black rights specifically.
SmokingGandalf
You can't call a guy "the white guy" that's racist
mycousinthewifebeater
How bout: the non black man, the guy not holding up a fist, the guy not bowing his head, the guy looking straight ahead, second place guy...
PlantainSuperNova
"Don't call Norman the white man!, but it's alright to point out that the other two men are black!". You.
RoutemasterFlash
As a way of identifying him in that photo, I think it's reasonable.
dontmindmepls
He was "the white guy" in the picture, so yea, they can call him that...
ShamnusMcfee
Whenever I see this picture, I ONLY see it talking about Peter Norman
uncas5128
I'e seen this pic many many times and never heard this story at all...
TheSlutWhisperer
yes, never seen it about the ''main'' characters
VirginAmericaInFlightSeatToSeatChatSystem
I've seen tons on the others, in fact they have their own statues in America with Norman's podium purposefully left empty.
SankariSuomi
Injuries (including a torn Achilles tendon) and illness (including gangrene) prevented Norman from seeking an athletic career after '72.
PlantainSuperNova
Your other comment claims he got rejected because of his drug addiction (the got after the gov. buried his career), so which one is it?
allanrimban
He contracted gangrene in 1985. See Johnstone and Norman's book "A Race to Remember." Stop distorting the facts!
cptcr
Australia, what an upside down country
HumorLeech
Didn't this JUST get posted by someone else in the last two days, with a different first image?
Jupman
How long befor someone repost the entire daquan story.
SwarleysQuinntervention
Dis gun b goood
WasholeMasshole
Who the fuck cares. I hadn't seen it as I don't live on Imgur and I found it interesting. Get over the fake points people.
HumorLeech
It's not about the points. It's annoying to see all the immediate parroting when a post does well. Not my problem if you miss shit.
WasholeMasshole
2 days is not immediate, and while it's not your problem that I don't live here it's as well not my problem to give a shit you have no life
Cammynewbs
It's been reposted many times. Usually around today because this is the anniversary of them having their medals revoked.
ObeySparky
Fun fact: Their medals were NEVER revoked. Source? The athletes Carlos and Smith themselves. They were, however, removed from the team.
Cammynewbs
Well then, I guess I had my facts wrong. Thank you for correcting me! ... FYI that wasn’t sarcasm.
IAmAngry
Welcome to Imgur - we do everything to harvest virtual points , reposting is welcomed
Hhmbeck
You see right through me and my unrelenting quest for imaginary internet points -__-
IAmAngry
It takes one to see one . :)
Hhmbeck
Popped up on my twitter feed yesterday. Guess I should of checked for it first on imgur? Honestly just thought it was worth sharing
veranish
Also a monthish ago about the kneeling NFL thing, to compare the two.