When Black athletes represent the country, they view Black athletes as projecting white national power. The Black athlete is an avatar of sorts. It's also like animal fighting . So, he'll cheer for the Black boxer in the Olympics representing America over a White boxer from even a White country, like Germany. It's about America as a power over everyone else. That Black boxer wins, America wins. Hence the big deal over medal counts, etc.
However, the second way they will view Black athletes is along racial lines. When the Black athlete is no longer representing him and the country but himself as a man. That same Black boxer turns pro and has a heavyweight championship fight against that same White boxer from Germany, the American white boy will cheer for the German. Case in point, they cheered for Tyson Fury, a foreign white over fellow American Deontay Wilder.
Had both of them fought for the heavyweight title in the Olympics they'd have supported for Wilder. In the Olympics Wilder would be representing white American power. But as an individual he's representing Black power over a White boxer. That can't happen.
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