Naomi Osaka Bounces Back Big And Wins Her Second U.S. Open
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essence.comOsaka represents Japan when she plays professionally. Her mother, Tamaki Osaka is Japanese and her father, Leonard Francois, is Haitian.
On August 26, she publicly stated: “Before I am a 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.” The 22-year-old posted the powerful statement on her social media, in English and in Japanese.
She was responding to the continued violence towards Black people in America and joined several professional athletes in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Washington. “Watching the continued genocide of black people at the hand of police is honestly making me.
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