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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNaomi Osaka says that she's pulling out of her semifinals tennis match tomorrow.
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Max Burns
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As the @GOP chugs on with a convention where everything is great in America, there's a general strike brewing across the sports world over our national silence on racial injustice.
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Naomi Osaka says that shes pulling out of her semifinals tennis match tomorrow. "Before I am an athlete, I am a Black woman. And as a Black woman I feel as though there are much more important matters at hand that need immediate attention, rather than watching me play tennis."
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Naomi Osaka says that she's pulling out of her semifinals tennis match tomorrow. (Original Post)
soothsayer
Aug 2020
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malaise
(269,157 posts)1. Excellent
Get thee to the greatest page.
Serena - you next?
Olafjoy
(937 posts)2. Well, Serena got knocked out of this tourney last night
Could issue a statement of support?
cwydro
(51,308 posts)3. Osaka has a lot of class.
I'm a fan.
crickets
(25,982 posts)4. I've never heard of her before, but I'm a fan now. nt
Cha
(297,559 posts)5. Good Find! Rt TY!