Following in Bolt's footsteps

Chapter 155 I Have a Dream! 【Subscribe】

Although it is during winter training, the players are not just training.

On December 12, the day before Christmas, Randy and Ralph Mann took Wu Ziyi and Su Bingtian to Gainesville, the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, where they were invited to attend a lecture at the University of Florida.

Jess Smith, a lecturer on multiculturalism at the University of Florida, has been studying the general phenomenon of sprinting and racial differences in recent years.

For this lecture, he invited many well-known international coaches and industry insiders who conducted winter training in Florida, such as Randy Huntington, Renault, and Ghanaian young talent Andre Degrass who trained with Renault.

Of course, the vast majority are still students of the University of Florida, who will be the medium for learning and disseminating their "multicultural" thoughts.

Jess Smith came to the lecture theater on time. His teaching assistant had prepared all the procedures and waited for him to start his lecture. The students in the audience gradually stopped communicating when they saw him coming in, and the classroom gradually became quiet.

"Okay, you always know I don't like nonsense, so I'm going to get straight to it. Now I need two students to help me with my lecture, who wants to come?"

After Smith finished speaking, some students immediately raised their hands, "Okay, because of the needs of our subject, so... you, and you, okay, please come up."

The ones named by Smith were two black boys, one in black and the other in gray. When they walked up, he pointed to the table next to him and said, "Please sit down, go, you don't have to be restrained in my class."

The two black boys smiled and took the microphone from the assistant, and sat down on the podium. They immediately felt that the professor was really a very kind old man.

Smith, remote control in hand, will start the slide show, "Okay, let's see this, are you ready?"

Two photos appeared on the big screen, with the words [2012 Olympic 100 meters] marked on them, which were screenshots of the men's and women's 2012-meter finals at the 100 London Olympics.

Smith continued: "On the left is the men's 100-meter final, and on the right is the women's 100-meter final. I can say with absolute certainty that every single one of them is black. Can anyone explain?"

After waiting for a few seconds, no one in the classroom stood up to answer.

"For example, you can't see any people from the cold country or neon people"

The boy in black who was invited to the stage took his microphone and said, "Professor, I am a member of our school's track and field team. I think I can answer this question."

Smith turned his head and smiled and said, "Okay, then please tell me."

The boy in black pointed to the big screen: "I am from Trinidad and Tobago. Because of my good sprint performance, I was recommended to the University of Florida. Based on my own track and field experience, West The Indies nation is known for having some of the best sprint coaches in the world”

Smith interrupted immediately: "Come on, okay, so you immediately explain the country as the reason, right? So you are trying to shift from the reason of race to the reason of coaching." He turned to the audience again: " Who else has a different opinion?"

A white boy in the audience took the microphone and said, "In the past 40 years, it is true that no non-black ethnicity stood on the Olympic [-]-meter final stage, but at this year's Yanjing World Championships, the whole world saw two Chinas. people."

"But the reason may also be a genetic mutation, buddy!" Smith interrupted before finishing speaking.

"Yes, maybe." The white boy couldn't deny it.

Smith scanned the classroom and asked, "I need to find one or two more people to demonstrate. Who wants to come?"

According to Smith's prior instructions, the teaching assistant selected two Asian girls from among the willing students.

When all three students stood in a row, Smith danced: "Let's look at the differences between different races—especially in West African groups, they have long legs and short bodies. And East Asian groups? Short legs, long bodies .”

After saying this, several white girls in the audience actually laughed out loud.

"For sprinting, the ideal body structure is long legs and short body." Smith pointed to the Asian girl again. "We don't expect people from her area to appear in the 100-meter final. They can Practice practice and practice, but you won't see any more East Asians in the 100m final. In fact, you won't see it at all!"

When the students in the classroom heard Smith's "speech", they behaved differently. Some shook their heads and sighed, some seriously communicated with their peers, and some laughed out loud watching the Asian girls on stage "make a fool of themselves".
Until there was an angry shout from the back of the classroom.

"Then ask me?!"

Loud and masculine, everyone was attracted by this voice. They saw a boy with an obvious East Asian face stand up and walk towards the podium step by step.

Wu Ziyi walked up to Smith and said condescendingly, "This Smith, sir! Excuse me, have you deprived me of the ranks of East Asians?"

Of course Smith recognized Wu Ziyi, he was at a loss for words for a moment, Wu Ziyi's appearance was beyond his plan, and he suddenly didn't know what to say.

Wu Ziyi snatched the microphone from the stunned Smith, and said to the students in the classroom: "Ten years ago, many so-called [experts] were still questioning whether Asians could run under 10 seconds. I remember four years ago when I In the country——China, someone asked "Why don't we plan for black athletes? "

"When an event has not yet happened, people can always find various reasons to explain why it cannot happen. People can easily talk about the possibility of an event happening, such as the Chinese football team winning the World Cup~"

"Hahahaha——" The students in the classroom were amused by Wu Ziyi's self-deprecating words.

"When East Asians have not broken through 10 seconds, these [experts] in the West rely on various so-called scientific theories to say that the physiological limit of yellow people is 10 seconds. This year, my teammates Su Bingtian and Zhang Peimeng, three Chinese Humans, East Asians, we broke through 10 seconds! They [experts] are saying that East Asians cannot enter the [-]-meter final in the Olympics.”

"Why? Because this incident hasn't happened yet!" Wu Ziyi's words became more and more passionate. The students also sat upright and listened attentively. Wu Ziyi turned to Jess Smith:

"Here, sir, if I make it to the Olympic men's [-]-meter final next year, what will your subject become? [East Asians cannot win medals in the Olympic [-]-meter event]? Or [East Asians can't Maybe win the Olympic [-]-meter final】? Can you tell me?"

Smith tried to explain: "That's just you, maybe you are the [genetic mutation] I said, you are just an exception"

"All top athletes are an exception! Whether it's sprinting, long-distance running, swimming, or ball games, every top athlete in the world is born with a talent that is different from ordinary people! Even so, they must experience day-to-day Day after day, year after year of scientific training! Behind them is the full support of the country and society, and it is the result of continuous accumulation of sports science!"

Wu Ziyi pointed to Smith's chest and said a deafening sentence: "And you! You are nothing more than a scumbag wearing a [diversity] skin, speaking full of racist words, and trying to drive apart peace-loving people from all over the world!"

"Papa papa papa——"

"Hey! Great job!"

"Uzi! I love you! You are a true warrior!"

"Dude, you are so cool!"

As soon as Wu Ziyi's words came out, there was warm applause in the classroom, and many students who agreed with Wu Ziyi's views all shouted for him.

"I have a dream! I dream that one day, countries and people all over the world will stand up and truly realize the common aspiration of mankind—all men are created equal!"

"I have a dream! I dream that one day, on Mount Olympus, athletes from all over the world can put aside the barriers of countries and nations and join hands to celebrate brotherhood!"

"I have a dream! I dream that one day even Amelia, where justice has disappeared and oppression prevails, will become an oasis of freedom and justice!"

"I have a dream! I dream that one day, the valleys will rise, the mountains will descend, and the rough and rugged roads will eventually become smooth! The sun will shine and fill the world!"

"This is our hope, the hope that countless true Olympians have taken to the Olympic Games. With this belief, we will be able to split a stone of hope from the rocks of despair. With this belief, we will be able to Transform the harsh and quarreling noises of this world into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood!"

"With this belief, we will be able to work together, run together, compete together, and maintain this beautiful world together; because we know that one day, the world will be filled with love - and - peace!"

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PS: There are pictures, during the review, you can look at it again in an hour or two

　The lecture in this chapter comes from the video [Su Bingtian Documentary: Running for Life 94丨6.29], the UP master of Pyzhan [HenriR9.83], with some changes.

　　Needless to say, everyone knows Wu Ziyi's speech later, and I would like to pay tribute to Martin Luther King!
　　Thanks to book friend 2018945, reader 2021524, wandering alone in the rainy night, sky blue encounters orange, falling rain 666, Qinling Huaihe guest, Qiu Shi's monthly pass~
　　
　
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