When Joe Louis won the heavyweight boxing championship in 1935,many white sports journalists used the racial ideology of that era to attribute his victory to

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During the era of racial ideology in the 1930s, many white sports journalists attributed the success of African American boxers to their inherent animalistic and instinctual nature, which they believed aligned with their racial stereotypes of black people. This dehumanizing and racist narrative was used to rationalize the dominance of white athletes in sports and maintain the status quo of white supremacy. Therefore, the most likely rationale behind the attribution of Joe Louis's victory to his animal-like characteristics as a black man is the racial ideology prevalent at the time. The other choices do not align with the racist narrative of the time.

When Joe Louis Won the Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1935,many