Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) Tried to back track on her use of the expression "Great White Hope" suggesting that she did not realize the background of the phrase.
Oooops. She may have been fibbing just a tiny bit.
In late July, the House of Representatives passed, by unanimous consent, a measure urging the president to pardon heavyweight champion boxer Jack Johnson, whose career brought him success in the ring and racist vitriol outside of it. Included in the resolution, which passed on July 29, was the following phrase:
"Whereas the victory by Jack Johnson over Tommy Burns prompted a search for a White boxer who could beat Jack Johnson, a recruitment effort that was dubbed the search for the 'great white hope.'"
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