Notes :

The story of the movie called Race is set at the Nazis era, when jews and black people were underrated and persecuted in Germany. We know that this story is based on true events and on a sport theme. The movie shows the importance of sport in history as some athletes made revolutions on some points. The main character meets a lot of issues when he tries to become the fastest of all athletes. When it comes too hard for him to struggle for his liberty of being black and to practice sport, his friends ans some white people start to support him in his fight. He is actually facing the discrimination and fighting against by giving the best of him at sport. He's determined as he even says << There's only fast and slow>>. Nothing should be counting more than the performance of the athlete.

Jessy Ownes is a black running athlete.

He is the fastest man on earth. Normally he is supposed to be a basic student , he lives on an era of terrible events when a lot of people died of but one day the American people need to choose a new champion. So Jessy passed several tests to mesure his speed. He get a chance be a part in history

Jessy should participates at The Olympic Gamesin Germany under the Nazi's regime. He represents The Ohio's team. Everybody in America trust in Jessy they think that he is the best. He gives all his possible to satisfy his nation and to be better than ever.

Lesson: "Running or 

The documents is an oral comprehension about a movie called : Race. It deals with the story of Jessy Ownes a black american athlete

They stood on the podium to accept their metals by doing at the same time the "Black Power" salute.

John Carlos says that "the United States in not like you might think it is for blacks and other people of color." 

Taking the stand caused them dearely because both ofthem received death threats.

The third man on the podium was a white Australian Peter Norman. He bowed his head as solidarity during the national ceremony. He was snobed by the australian national team when the olympics came to Sydney in 2000.

This salute is now, reconized by most people as a peaceful act of bravery.That's an aspiration for those who struggeled for the civil rights of all the american.It is one of the images of an era of protest. 

For those athletes , being a black men in the United States was really diffcicult. Bur attending to the olymlpics was all the more difficult for them. Taking a stand cost them dearly, They received mean reaction from the crownd.

The document deals with the Olympic Games in 1968, particularly the 200 meters racethat occurred in Mexico City

        The extract focuses on two people who are the African-American athletes, Tommie Smith, whose the winner with 19.78 seconds and John Carlos, who reached the third place. 

        It is said that Tommmy Smith beat the previous world record so it shows pride for the African American athletes. We can also talk here about the Black Power Salute because in the United States Black People lived in a predicament, they suffered from segregation. During the competition, the  INternationnal olympic committee forced their expulsion. What's more, when the two atheltes took a stand on the podium, the public was yelling. It was an outrage for them. Their scream was a way to belittle the sportsmen

        causing terrible consequences. Indeed, they were not allowed to compete for the next future games. Besides they both received death threats.

         Yet, there is a deep message of solidarity conveyed by the third athlete, the Australian Peter Norman, who bowed his head as a sign of support, besides  wearing the humans rights badge. 

         Then, his act became a symbol after Peter Norman was snobbed by the Autralian National Team. Therefore, we can see a tremendous issues, that is to say : racism and rejection in the United States about the ethnic mixity.

         

         We can consider this era of the seventies as an era of protest because we couldn't imagine a white man such as Peter in spite of all the offensive words pronounced about the two African-American men. Peter Norman didn't let the abuse continue and acted by solidarity, he permitted a struggle demonstration for the humans rights, because no matter their ethnic group, these men all deserve the same respect. 

         And by respect we talk only not about athletes, but more important, about human being, as men. 

Thomas & Laurine