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(Note: The following article was made possible through the generosity of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Tides Foundation)
The rejection of Chicago as host city for the 2016 Olympiad can only be ascribed to one ugly factor: racism. When President Obama, his beautiful wife Michelle and Oprah Winfrey, no less, took time out from their busy respective schedules to plead with the International Olympic Committee on behalf of the Windy City, most observers believed that the games would be held there. But in a stunning betrayal of our beloved President’s extended hand, the IOC chose instead to bite that hand by rejecting Chicago during the very first round.
