Wednesday, March 11, 2009

1904 Olympics

http://www.slate.com/id/2197635/

-August 8th parade of nations featured representatives from 204 countries and territories
-throughout the fair, so-called primitives participated in physical displays alongside cultural presentations
-visitor to "Patagonian" display would see native Argentines do a traditional dance and also perform athletic feat
-they held "Special Olympics" in which "savages" would mimic their white counterparts
-it would demonstrate the inherent inferiority of the world's indigenous peoples
-would create data that would help make a mark that in emerging field of anthropology; complete racial hierachy

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