Talk:1968 Olympics Power to the People salute
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editThis page was a substantial copy of the Wikipedia page 1968 Olympics Black Power salute. I have moved the contents of the original page to this page because the title of the original page is incorrect. The title of this page has been incorrectly attributed to "Black Power". This has been pointed out by several users already on the Talk:1968 Olympics Black Power salute page. I have moved the page to a new page with is titled 1968 Olympics Power to the People salute, deleted the content on the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute page, and placed a redirect on the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute page to this page instead. The term "Power to the People" comes from Dave Zirin co-author of the book "The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World". I've already posted most of my reasoning in a prior post above under the "Article name" section in the Talk:1968 Olympics Black Power salute. I will just copy that argument below.
According to Dave Zirin, co-author of the book "The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World", it wasn't a "Black Power" salute, but it was a "Power to the People" salute. This means the salute wasn't just for civil rights for black people, it was for civil rights for all oppressed people, like the Aborigines people in Australia who were/are also an oppressed minority during that time period. Dave Zirin wrote the book with John Carlos who made the famous gesture. John Carlos also points out that it wasn't a black power salute in a CNN interview, but I think Dave Zirin helps to articulate what he meant more clearly. Zirin also takes the time to name the gesture. For source references watch the CSPAN2 lecture http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Carlos about 52:46 - 52 minutes and 46 seconds into the lecture. Zirin talks about the CNN interview. You can watch the CNN interview Zirin talks about on http://deadspin.com/5856071/cnn-cuts-short-its-awkward-interview-with-john-carlos-because-of-technical-difficulties . I think if anyone has the right to name the salute it's John Carlos. Xybernauts (talk) 21:18, 13 December 2011 (UTC)