"great white hope" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Coined in the early 20th century, first appearing in 1911; during a period when African-American heavyweight champion boxer Jack Johnson seemed unbeatable by a Caucasian boxer. When a promising Caucasian hopeful arrived as a challenger in a championship match, the white race's hopes were attached to said boxer, and they were labelled the \"Great White Hope\". The term was repopularized in the late-mid 1900s with the appearance of the play and film \"The Great White Hope\"; and its definition extended beyond boxing and Caucasians.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "great white hopes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "great white hope (plural great white hopes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "A highly skilled white/Caucasian challenger for leadership in a field whose top ranks are dominated by non-Caucasians; especially a field which was once dominated by white Caucasians, and is now dominated by those of black-African descent."
      ],
      "id": "en-great_white_hope-en-noun-hcRTcuuI",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "word": "white hope"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977 August 20, “7 Arrested in Undercover Raid on P'town Bar”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 7, page 1",
          "text": "The arrest of Christo — who three times has run unsuccessfully for selectperson in Provincetown and who has been a leading proponent of the proposal to establish a [gay] community radio station here — caused the biggest stir. Considered once by many to be Provincetown's \"liberal great white hope,\" his political career is now in doubt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person expected to succeed and bring prestige to their native group."
      ],
      "id": "en-great_white_hope-en-noun-oH5-VyzE"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Great White Hope (disambiguation)",
    "en:Jack Johnson (boxer)",
    "en:great white hope"
  ],
  "word": "great white hope"
}

{
  "categories": [
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Coined in the early 20th century, first appearing in 1911; during a period when African-American heavyweight champion boxer Jack Johnson seemed unbeatable by a Caucasian boxer. When a promising Caucasian hopeful arrived as a challenger in a championship match, the white race's hopes were attached to said boxer, and they were labelled the \"Great White Hope\". The term was repopularized in the late-mid 1900s with the appearance of the play and film \"The Great White Hope\"; and its definition extended beyond boxing and Caucasians.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "great white hopes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "great white hope (plural great white hopes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A highly skilled white/Caucasian challenger for leadership in a field whose top ranks are dominated by non-Caucasians; especially a field which was once dominated by white Caucasians, and is now dominated by those of black-African descent."
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977 August 20, “7 Arrested in Undercover Raid on P'town Bar”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 7, page 1",
          "text": "The arrest of Christo — who three times has run unsuccessfully for selectperson in Provincetown and who has been a leading proponent of the proposal to establish a [gay] community radio station here — caused the biggest stir. Considered once by many to be Provincetown's \"liberal great white hope,\" his political career is now in doubt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person expected to succeed and bring prestige to their native group."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "white hope"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Great White Hope (disambiguation)",
    "en:Jack Johnson (boxer)",
    "en:great white hope"
  ],
  "word": "great white hope"
}