The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 18, 1984, Page Page 14, Image 14
Dai! Kcbrcckan Wednesday, April 10, 1C34 Pago 14 T2 e us iiinuiL K edDLU'uza' My recent interview with George Foreman was very thought-provoking. The role of a journalist in that instance is to be skillful enough to extract from the subject those things which the reader will find interesting. Also, I believed it was important to talk about things that people would find refresh ingly different. However, as a columnist, I haw no obligation to be objective. And the fact of the matter is, George Foreman ap pears to be a conglomeration of his own contradictions. The first contradiction is the one concerning his new-found religious con victions. Foreman, as an evangelist, lias hh own church and travels the country talking about 'de Lawd.' How ever, it is ironic that he presented f II 8 II i S IJ I Pontillo's W7 r T .... r- IT? 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Quality Department Stores Lincoln Center, Hours: Weekdays 8-5:23, Saturdays 9-5:33 eg .fx Cominq Soon Friday April 27th 12:30 p.m. y UUUU1 Kl 1 JUiClOL T, . ,v The Rave ' yr High Heel the Snealiers ' 7 , - 7 -A VM iP: ( VV .J . s ' 7, P1 t ' Jie& -Msy Christianity as bcsr.3 the anti-thesi s of violence; that u, he made it clear that rjs a Christian, he saw no reason to light and said believing that you had to be tough and strong was a "fantasy." , Nay, George, nay! In the first place, some of the most violent acts perpe trated against mankind were. perpe trated by you guessed it Chris tians! From Dartolome Las Casas and his suggestions to enslave blacks (in stead of Indians) for slave labor, to the "spreading of the word of God" to the Third World nations (Bible in one hand, machine gun in the ether), we find ) Matthew that Christianity and violence ere not separate entities rather, they are overlapping realities! Another contradiction I spotted was his statement that, if athletes were going to be exploited, he believed it better that they were exploited by the university. This is ludicrous. In the First place, if they were being exploited academically, Foreman might have a case. But they are not. They are being exploited physically with academics being used more or less as a smoke screen. Secondly, exploitation is exploita tion. It makes no difference if a pimp wears a three-piece yellow suit from Paris or a pair of cutoffs, a T-shirt and a whistle around his neck. Foreman also talked about his gold medal from the 1C38 Olympics and how proud he was that day. It is ironic that both he and Ali won the gold in different Olympic settings but came to different conclusions. When Ali came back to the United States and found that upon returning to Louisville, he was still treated as a second-class citi zen, he threw his medal in the river. On the other hand, Foreman walked around the ring waving" an American flag, a symbolic act which can be inter preted at least two ways by two differ ent sets of "Americans." Some will consider it an act of ultra patriotism and will never forget how important it is for an athlete to love and respect his country. These indi viduals also will contend that since Foreman is an African, it h h' obli gation to represent his country and further, to display as many forms of commitment and compunction as pos sible. But there Is another set of "Ameri cans," who understand why there is a gold medal lying beneath the mud cf some Kentucky river. This set of "Am ericans" would view Foreman's act a3 one of outright hypocrisy, since as "American," he would have to have civil rights bills passed and affirmative action plans actualized before he could enjoy many of the rights experienced by others. This second set cf "Ameri cans" would remember that during the same year, John Carlos and Tommy Smith gave the Black Power salute from atop the winner's podium in Mex ico. George Foreman is a religious man and a former world heavyweight champ ion. These two divergent lifestyles or professions are more than enough evi dence to show how "the Americaniza tion" process works. What we find is one more example of how we, as a people, will worship and honor some (i.e. George Foreman types) while at ,the same time refusing to listen to those who might not necessarily agree with Foreman, Christianity or, for that matter, "the American way." George Foreman, in the view of some members of society, is a conglomera tion of his own contradictions. Once pugilistic, he is now peaceful Once a capitalist, he is now the evangelist. Once concerned with the "heavies," he is now obsessed with heaven. George Foreman is a nice man, of this there is no doubt. 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