#michaelmeyerson — Public Fediverse posts
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"This year’s #WinterOlympic Games are filled with #Jewish #athletes.
They can be found on the #hockey rink, on the slopes, sliding on #bobsleds and in the #figureskating competitions.
Despite a robust representation in Milan-Cortina, the stereotype that #Jews are bad at #sports has not fully vanished.
The stereotype is a very old one, but it was probably made most popular by none other than Adolf Hitler himself. It has become such a popular delusion that even many Jewish #writers and #entertainers have adopted it.
In order to understand how this stereotype began — and why it is so egregiously incorrect — I sat down with #writer #MichaelMeyerson.
#Meyerson was a #tennis player in his younger years, and he began researching and writing about #Jewishathletes in his spare time as a way to debunk the stereotype. His wonderful 300-page #book, “Tragedy & Triumph,” details the stories of countless Jewish athletes..."