The new life in America, racism and the loss of his wife

O Pyrros Dimas In a recent interview, he spoke about the racism that he received during his early years in Greece, from Golden Dawn and his new life in the United States. The Olympic gold medalist and former MP opened his heart to life. In fact, he also mentioned more personal problems, like his four children, but also the way he managed his wife's cancer loss.

"The worst form of cancer kills you, but it also slows down your own people." We always look at the man in bed and we're doing well, but let's not forget those around the bed. With pieces of life pay all this.With Anastasia, you say, we have used up all the margins.That's why he beat the statistics and lived beyond the forecasts.We tried everything that existed until the last minute, and then it's gone, yes, death looks like redemption, it's not for you that you hold the pulse of your man, but for And then for the others, for their anxiety, life, anyway, was over, it was only martyrdom. "

–You were a victim of racism in the early years of your journey because of your origins until you became the national hero who raised the Greek flag. Have you ever felt that there was a form of hypocrisy in this change of public opinion? I think in recent years we live with John Adodocunbo – although we recently called Tsoukalas about monkeys …

Ok, Tsukalas is for a prosecutor, it's not worth doing more. But racism is a complex phenomenon. This has to do with the weather, the conditions in which each society lives, the wealth and especially the poverty of the people.

I arrived in Greece thirty years ago, when a large wave of immigrants arrived in the country not only from Albania, but from all over Eastern Europe. . In a closed society like the Greek, it was wise to react. Of course, it was not good, but it was something we could not avoid. Thirty years after several advances, we can not help but admit it. But there is still a lot to do. Everyone with children knows that societies change with future generations. In some cases, people are easier to leave than their ideas. A 30 year old Greek went to school with children of other nationalities, worked and established relationships with them. He does not wear the conservatism of his parents, that is normal. But when I arrived in Greece, it was different …

– What do you mean?

Here I was Albanian, in Albania I was Greek, confused. There were several incidents that I could tell you, but hey, I said, I was lucky. Others have pbaded and are getting worse. And you know something? The problem does not concern all the incidents, but the constant fear that it arouses in you. I was in the bus and I was lying on the biggest handle to make my hands appear. I was afraid that, like losing all wallets, I was blamed … – Are we racists Greeks? I think the Greeks are racist towards the weak and the poor. If I did not become a champion, I would not easily accept it. With a half eye, they would see me. Yannis too. If he was left to sell a CD, it would simply be a black who sells a CD. He was mobilized and Samaras called him to Maximus to give him citizenship. Well, all these hypocrites are not they? We loved it because we had to give what we love most: pride.

– How about an 18 year old who will vote for the first time and thinks to support the Golden Dawn?

I would tell him that it is one of the mistakes that he does not forgive, nor his youth. I would tell him about the political ends of these people and what they did. I would show him the lost youth of Gossy, I would remind him that these people are being tried for criminal organization. Really, do you know why their lawsuit is delayed? But above all, I would say that politics is composition and participation. Golden Dawn means pride and rejection. Who wants to give his face to an injury?

–I wonder if you regret to join the central political scene in the House?

No, I did not regret my entry into politics, how was this idea born? It was an experience I had the chance to live, as much as I had left. And indeed, I entered a period so difficult that even Anastasia disagreed with my choice. Come on, however, it pulls me hard! In 2012, a candidate for PASOK? Some friends told me that I was crazy. – Then why did you do it? I felt that I had to go ahead with the most difficult ones. But I realized that I did not have it, I do not do active politics. Other things I had in mind and others that I found.