Great White Hope
Bmbdgty: Great White Hope or Great White Hype?Plot: The play "The Great White Hope" by Howard Sackler is a pre-World War I captivating tale of a talented boxer's rise to fame and eventual drop to infamy. Hidden within it's harsh language and rough exterior lies the allegorical theme of abundant racism in early 20th century America. The story opens on a retired boxing champ who is being coaxed into rejoining the ranks to defend his title as Heavy Weight Champion of the World. The challenger is Jack Jefferson, a black boxer who upset the ways of the American world by defeating all the white boxers before him. He fights , and beats the champ who was heralded as the "great white hope". Once he attained the top of the boxing world he soon became the black celebrity Bmbdgty: Blacks everywhere looked up to him as the force that would abolish racism. The white people didn't take kindly to this black uprising and therefore arr
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Bmbdgty Themes, Personalities Jack, Howard Sackler, Bmbdgty Conflict, Bmbdgty Mexico, Jack Jefferson, Bmbdgty Blacks, American Feds, England France, white hope, Champion World, black versus, versus white, white jack, feds deal, black versus white,
Approximate Word count = 625
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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