Osaka Naomi US Open Masks places powerful tools as part of an athlete protest

As Naomi Osaka, the judge took place in the first round of the US Open on August 31, which he wore a mask with the name printed on it is Breonna Taylor. And she showed that she had another that form for each round of the tournament, each bearing the name of a black person whose death has brought awareness of racial injustice in America. “I actually seven [masks], and it is rather sad that seven masks are not sufficient for the amount of names, so I hope to get to the final and you can see all of them,” said Osaka after his first victory. On Saturday, that hope will come to fruition, such as Osaka Victoria Azarenka is in the individual finals of the women. Which mask takes them beyond that date until they are not disclosed, but there is no longer any doubt that they would take this opportunity to make a statement. Osaka, is not to bring the only athlete with his clothes awareness about racial injustice in this year. Especially in the context of what an unusual basketball season was, NBA players have the chance to wear shirts with news of social justice for their numbers instead of their names. The list of 29 pre-approved messages include “Black Lives Matter”, “Say your name” and more popular, “equality.” Osaka is also back a part of history that dates far beyond 2020, says Henry Navarro Delgado, designers and fashion Associate Professor at Ryerson University. In fact, this form of protest to make the athletes with their clothes a statement in some way, dates back to the ancient Greeks, Delgado tells TIME. It ‘very likely that the ancient Greek athletes used suit for political purposes, Delgado says, because “the individual athletes often represented rival city-state. These rivalries played in games, trying with each city-state, most of the winners, albeit symbolic, exert their dominance. “in later centuries, so many sports fans was rare to see athletes Delgado speak in this way. The feeling of unexpected lends even more influence on the political messages of recent years, but is now back to normal. Protesting immigrants required for registration papers carry at all times and owners targeted illegal immigrants, the NBA Phoenix Suns wore “Los Suns” jerseys in a game against the San Antonio Spurs an Arizona state law in 2010. “Our players and the organization that unsere, Los Suns’Trikots was played on Cinco de Mayo is a way for our team and our organization, our Latino community and the diversity of honoring the feeling of our league, the State of Arizona, and our nation, “Suns managing partner Robert Sarver said in a statement. Much of the power mesh “Los Suns”, according to Delgado, he came from it by the whole team is worn. Acting as a protest group can be powerful in any form. But this does not mean that individual athletes can draw attention to themselves through their own actions. As Delgado crosses, a strong message, but with a different background to send both forms of protest if the larger environment of the sport or league players union, the sample holder is. Case in point: the former NFL player Colin Kaepernick, the most famous protests kneeling and sitting during the national anthem on the bench. Kaepernick acted alone, and the answer to this choice a point to not only the largest in the United States, but especially the world of football. And he also says Delgado, it is clear that the way he looked at could be part of the protest. “You can see that this coincides development with him more and more aware of the power of becoming that he had because of his vision. When he started his Afro and wearing his cornrows, people he clean [up] his act and a cut of hair getting recommended. it has not stopped, “says Delgado. “This was a clear messaging is proud to be black.” Just stand in 2014, Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls from “I can not breathe” wearing a T-shirt in honor of Eric Garner during the warm-up before a match. For Rose, his election came from a link to the story of Garner sentiment. “My biggest concern is the children. I know what they think now. I was one of those children. If you live in an area like that and you have no hope,” said the athlete. But even if Rose initially prepared for his decision, he soon influence others. A number of other athletes, including NBA players of other teams as well as college and high school players began to wear T-shirts “I can not breathe.” Although this type of messages can be very effective, according to Delgado, there are times when it may not work the way it was intended. In most cases you can go wrong when the person sending the message does not look entirely consistent with what they promote. So the message is not registered or it could be a negative connotation and be perceived as a joke. The public may be alienated by the news. But the speech that could be derived for this discrepancy exactly what to affect change is necessary, says Delgado. “If you put a message out there, you have no control over how the recipient will react, but until there is a response, there is an” says effect. “And the goal is to influence it, some kind of disturbance in the creation narrative of what happens at that time.” As for Osaka, it seems a bit ‘. “I think the court, people watching around the world and the things that we think are common names are probably not often abroad,” he said. “For me, I just want people to have more knowledge. I feel like the platform that I have now, is something that I use for the course to take, and I feel like it should be used for something.”
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