During the reign of Jack Johnson over the heavyweight division of boxing, there was a definite prescribed role and persona into which African-Americans were supposed to fit themselves. This role and persona was to be inferior to the whites. African Americans were not suppose to be heroes or to be champions of any sports. Whites were supposed to be the greatest in everything. No African-American was supposed to take a title away from a white …showed first 75 words of 485 total…

…showed last 75 words of 485 total…you are just a stereotype shows defiance of your persona. Being a follower of society's definition of you doesn't show any defiance of your role in this society. Jack Johnson's accomplishments throughout his boxing career helped African-American's to not have such an inferior role in this society today. A lot of African-American's are holding many titles now and are dominating in sports. Even though Johnson was beat by Jesse Willard he still remains a champion.