Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka is a challenge that “weird stigma” to athletes who talk about political issues, arguing that it is not faced by other professions. “Everyone has a voice and a voice, I think it is really strange that the only sport club athletes get told,” Osaka said Wednesday TIME100 Talk. “You would never go to a hair salon, and ‘cut the hair just stick. It is a strange stigma that is attached to, and I do not even know where it comes from.” In recent weeks Osaka, 22, who is Japanese and Haitian origin, in support of protests against racism was spoken on the globe triggered by the killing of George Floyd in police custody in the United States through social media, Osaka has encouraged black people Lives demonstrations relating to Japan to join the thousands he drew on the streets of Tokyo and Osaka. In a statement to Reuters on June 10, Osaka also calls for NFL teams supported Colin Kaepernick rent back, the former quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, which was not signed from 2017 after protesting police brutality kneels began during the ‘ National anthem. Osaka told TIME senior editor Sean Gregory Kaepernick exclusion NFL teams had committed an “unfair punishment for a person who has exercised his rights” to “peaceful protest”. “If the NFL really wanted to show where they were, they might give him a position, at least he deserves,” he added. At the event, former UN Secretary General Ban were also AI pioneer Kai-Fu Lee, Ki-moon, Bollywood actor ayushmann khurrana and a power of K-pop group Monsta X Osaka, said it had not I made a conscious decision to use their platform to talk about racial injustice. “I’ve been pretty vocal people know me always, but with the crown I feel like the guy should speak my mind,” he said. “More people should know what I think.” In Japan, Osaka has faced a game and trolling for their comments. Some suggested on Twitter that Japan has no problem with racism. In response, Osaka apologized to an incident in September 2019, when two comedians to joke that they “to tan” and were considered “need a bit ‘of bleach.” Protesters in Japan has a culture of workplace harassment of foreigners and local Black commentators have called the Japanese media have condemned “marginalize black and misrepresentation” by racist stereotypes, while covering the demonstrations against racism. Osaka told TIME that Japan has yet to make “learning” when it comes to race. “Japan is a very forward-thinking country, and I believe that learning needs to all, exactly what is acceptable and what is not,” he said. The tennis star, who in 2019 was named by Forbes as the highest paid female athlete ever, also spoke of how the sporting calendar turned from COVID-19 pandemic. taking the 2020 Olympics, which had been due this summer in Tokyo, they have been postponed to 2021 in March. “I know that Tokyo was really ready for this and ‘a shame that it has gone a year later again,” he said, “but in any case for the health of all and for all the peace of mind I think it’s really good that they are so soon decided to push back. “Gov. Andrew Cuomo in new York said Tuesday that the tournament US Open before this summer as planned on going in Queens, Queens, new York with no fans in the stadium. “I want to play,” said Osaka, adding that understands the concern for the participating athletes. Tournament organizers have a number of precautionary measures promised to keep security players, including regular testing for the new coronavirus. “For me, now I prepare, anyway, as if it will happen.” This article is part of # TIME100Talks: to promote better Finding Hope, a special series of leaders in various fields with the action of a world. I want more? Register for access to multiple virtual events, including live interviews with newsmakers influential. Picture copyright
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