https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2 By Koen Westerman and Megan Kucharski en-us 2019-01-31 16:26:58 UTC 2026-01-21 17:47:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png 145003746 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326347553 2019-01-31 16:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326347553 145003746 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326348762 2019-01-31 16:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326348762 145003746 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326349355 2019-01-31 16:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326349355 145003746 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326349557 2019-01-31 16:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326349557 145003746 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326351236 In 1964 South Africa was banned from the summer games. The committee said this decision could be overturned if South Africa denounced racial discrimination in sports. In 1970 the South African National Olympic Committee was expelled from the IOC.  ]]> 2019-01-31 16:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326351236 145003746 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326354118 2019-01-31 16:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326354118 145003746 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326363138 Although the effects of IOC's disapproval was limited, it did spark growth in equality in sports. Sports teams in South Africa became mixed following the banning of the country in the Olympics. The IOC's intentions with this ban was to point South Africa in the right direction. When South Africa was readmitted for the 1992 Olympic games, it had a fully desegregated team demonstrating their growth away from apartheid. ]]> 2019-01-31 16:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326363138 145003746 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326372104 2019-01-31 17:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326372104 145003746 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326372597 How would have apartheid been affected if the committee had implemented the ban earlier?]]> 2019-01-31 17:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326372597 145003746 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326374182 What was South Africa's reaction to their banning and how did they respond?]]> 2019-01-31 17:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326374182 145003746 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326376917 2019-01-31 17:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326376917 145003746 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326775482 In the beginning the IOC felt that it was not their place to interfere. After the government of South Africa placed a ban on mixed-race competitions, the IOC decided that this went against the Olympic Charter and therefore would not be allowed to compete in the games unless they denounced this policy. ]]> 2019-02-01 16:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326775482 145003793 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326777459 Despite the IOC's concern with human rights violations, no effort was put into changing the laws of Apartheid. The IOC did not wish for athletic competition and politics to intermingle, so the most they could do was bar South Africa from participating to encourage new laws, rather thaan taking direct action.]]> 2019-02-01 16:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326777459 145003793 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326781118 2019-02-01 17:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326781118 145003746 https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326783288 2019-02-01 17:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/145003793/ynyjbvekflm2/wish/326783288