Champion David takes us back to the black athlete who humiliated Hitler and his supremacists

Brazil, the country with the largest black community outside Africa, elects only the 2nd black man in 24 editions of the most popular reality show

I consider excessive racialization in Brazil to be a mistake. Yes, we live among open and covert racists, but not everything is racism. The serious problem of discrimination requires caution so as not to trivialize the issue and impact the fight against prejudice.

In the case of Davi’s victory at ‘BBB24’ it is impossible not to highlight the racial context. He was always there, dazzling. The new millionaire lives in a country where the majority is made up of blacks and browns who, paradoxically, are a minority in important positions.

It is the triumph of an energetic and rebellious northeastern black man. There is something revolutionary, or at least a paradigm shift. Before him, only one other black man had been champion: Jean Wyllys, who, because he had lighter skin, was disqualified by those who did not see him as black, reinforcing the pitfalls of colorism.

The consecration of David in the face of his peculiar Goliath (intrinsic racism in whites and also pulsating in many mixed-race and blacks) can be compared to the historical rise of Jesse Owens.

At the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, under the Nazi regime, the American grandson of slaves inflicted one of the greatest defeats on Hitler and his supremacists. He has won four gold medals in track and field. He trampled on eugenic theory and Aryan pride.

Upon returning to the United States, Owens expected to receive honors, sign endorsement and advertising contracts, duplicate the fame he had achieved in Europe, and be respected and welcomed. None of this happened.

He was discriminated against in his country as he would have been in Germany, taken by the idea of ​​the superiority of the white race. He died poor, almost forgotten and hurt by the lack of recognition in his own nation, where blacks still fight for equality today.

Davi has massacred prejudices – inside and outside the reality house – by winning ‘BBB24’ early, but he has a difficult path to overcome. Part of Brazil is angry with blacks growing up socially and economically. You don’t want a person of color at the next table at the fancy restaurant, in the “Business” section of the plane, and behind the wheel of a luxury car.

The former driver of the app will now have the mission of occupying a privileged space in this exclusive and hypocritical, oppressive and elitist society. May David have self-esteem, discernment, firmness and audacity so as not to repeat the decline of Jesse Owens and many other blacks who knew glory and ended up being dragged into the abyss by racism.

The young champion still needs to re-educate himself. The public was blindfolded by statements full of machismo, homophobia and transphobia. It is also hoped that he does not disconnect from blackness, as has happened to countless blacks who, after gaining fame and money, chose to forget their roots in the hope of being accepted into the selective world of successful whites.

Source: Terra

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