Naomi Osaka Wore a ‘Breonna Taylor’ Face Mask at the U.S. Open
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glamour.comUSA Today that she actually brought seven masks to the tournament, each of them honoring a victim of racial injustice. “It’s quite sad that seven masks isn’t enough for the amount of names, so hopefully I’ll get to the finals so you can see all of them,” she said.
This came just days after Osaka she was scheduled to play. In posts on Instagram and Twitter, Osaka said she was opting out of the match to protest the August 23rd , a 29-year-old who was left paralyzed from the waist down after police shot him multiple times in front of his young children in Kenosha, Wisconsin.“Before I am an athlete, I am a Black woman," she explained . "And as a Black woman I feel as though there are much more important matters at hand that need immediate.
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