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It's almost comical how blatant it is, when Serena, Naomi or another athlete who happens to be a Black woman, does anything that veers away from what's 'expected' in the top sports, they're punished.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
It feels like, when you're an athlete and you're standing up for racial equality and for women's rights that the people at the top don't want you to do anything other than perform for them, it's like they're saying to us: 'You're on this stage, so you have to do what we ask and it doesn't matter what you want to say.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
It's as if they [the ruling bodies of track and field] just assume that I shouldn't say anything they consider 'over the line', if you say anything that addresses the reality of racial inequality in this country and in this sport, you're pulled back because it doesn't fit in with how you're expected to perform.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
It's like they're saying to us: 'You're on this stage, so you have to do what we ask and it doesn't matter what you want to say.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
It feels as though they're saying this is what a woman looks like and if you don't look like this, then you're not a woman and you're something else.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Raven has been through hell and back, i’m so happy to see her thrive and win. I’ll tell you a little secret, about two months ago she called me on the phone crying. She’s been through a lot. So I’m happy for her.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
My purpose and my mission is bigger than sports, i'm here to represent those ... who died due to systemic racism. That's the important part. That's why I'm going. That's why I'm here today.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The Rule depends on how I'm feeling. The Rule depends on what I want to do in that moment, and what I want to do for my people in that moment, and I will do whatever comes upon me and whatever is in my heart.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I never said that I didn't want to go to the Olympic Games. That's why I competed and got third and made the team, i never said that I hated the country. I never said that. All I said was I respect my people enough to not stand for or acknowledge something that disrespects them. I love my people. Point blank, period.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I never said that I hated the country. I never said that. All I said was I respect my people enough to not stand for or acknowledge something that disrespects them. I love my people. Point blank, period.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
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