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Why did Owens's wins at the Olympics embarass Adolf Hitler?

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User HannahS
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Hitler was racist and was angry that an African American won because he wasn't his ideal Aryan blonde blue eyed person winning the Olympics.

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User NBoymanns
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Because Hitler believed in "Aryan racial superiority" and when an African America named Jesse Owens won his first medal in the Olympics Hitler didn't want to acknowledge a non-Aryan athlete’s ability.

So in the end Hitler was embarrassed because a non-Aryan athlete won basically ruining the whole entire concept of "Aryan racial superiority"

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