Osaka Harnesses Power Of Sport To Highlight Racial Injustice
September 13, 2020
4:22 am
Naomi Osaka capped a transformative U.S. Open with a challenge to the millions watching across the globe on Saturday to “start talking” about racial justice.
Striding into Arthur Ashe Stadium for her first-round match 12 days ago, Osaka put her activism front-and-center from the start, wearing a mask to honour Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed by police officers who burst into her apartment in March.
Osaka would go on to recognize seven different Black Americans – one for each of the seven rounds of the tournament – bringing the Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality to her sport’s …
