I have always liked Naomi Osaka. Tennis Star is creative on the court and is clear in the interview, especially about it Mental health challengesI was disappointed when she lost to Amanda Anisimova at the US Open last week, who lost to the final by Aryana Sabalenka on Saturday.
But I also feel that Osaka was wrong His comment in the tournament about racismAnd recognizing that my Moribond can be the key to breathing life in a political party.
I talk about Democrats, of course, who often look at the world through the prism of racism. But most Americans – including most Americans of color – no. If we want to start winning again, then we need to lose that habit.
Latvian players Jelena Ostapenco and Taylor Townsend witness Ibroglio in the open, who are African Americans. Townsand won a point by killing the net cord, but did not raise his hand in apology, Traditional tennis courtesyA blind fiery osteopenko shouted at him, claiming that the townsand was “No Class” and “No Education.”
Osaka then flew with his volley at the post -match press conference. Osaka said, “This is one of the worst things you can say to a black tennis player in a majority white game,” Osaka announced, whose father is a high -aa -aateion and whose mother is Japanese.
In other words, she was saying that Ostapaneko’s comment was racist.
Internet agreed, blowed out with outrage about “Racist Latvian Tennis Players” And Threatened to boycott AdidasSponsor of ostapenko. Never mind the townsend himself said “Don’t take it in this way,” Asked whether the blessings of Ostapaneko were charged racially.
The US has an ugly history of anti-black racism-and in many other parts of the world-but we are not just its products. we are all different. We are all people. And you can’t assume what is in each of our hearts to know.
Townsand said that too. Historically, he said, African-Americans have faced a “stigma … not” not educated “. “So whether it had racial ventures in it or not, it is something that she can speak,” said Townsend.
Ostapenko spoke to this, of course, and strictly denied the allegation. “I was never racist in my life and I respect all the countries of the world,” shePosted on social media“For me, no matter where you come from.”
He has his own history that he is behind. Simply say, Jena Ostapenco is bad for many players. And no matter where they come from.
In 2021, he told Australian player Ajla Tomaljanovic that he had it “No respect” After Tomaljanovic, Ostapenco accused an injury to get a medical timeout. The following year, after the troubled Maria of Germany, Ostapenko threw a water bottle on his chair and said that Maria was “lucky” to win. Ostapaneko was Excluded from court And saved on social media. “Can we please accept that ostopenco is the worst game in the game, isn’t it?” A commentator wrote,
Indeed, Naomi Osaka shared the same pattern in her comment, which inspires the racist statement of Ostapaneko to the townsend. “If you are really asking me about the history of Ostapaneko, I don’t think it’s the most madness that he has said. I am going to be honest,” said Osaka.
Let’s be honest, then. We have a white player, with a long record of surrounding other white players. But when she bothers a black player, she is racist. His personal history does not matter. All this is the global history of racism which was before that.
And if you want to lose elections, then my partner Democrat, keep looking at life in this way. One in 2023 poll by public agenda77 percent of Americans agreed that this is a “serious problem” that “people are very hurry to accuse others.”
And if you think it is just white people who say, think again. In the survey, 77 percent of Latinians and 76 percent of Asian Americans agreed with the statement. The excerpt from African Americans that agreed was a little less – 68 percent – but still represented a large -scale majority.
No wonder our party has beenHemorrhagic voter,Especially colorful voterAs the same pole displayed, two-thirds Americans feel that racism “makes life difficult” for non-gourds. But they are sick and are tired of creating everything about racism, as the left-winged people are used to the people.
One in 2017 Study, The so-called “microgragation”-where are you from the so-called “microgragation”-where are you from? ” Or “you speak good English” – were aggressive. And the poles regularly show that College-educated blondes experience more racism in our society than blacks or Hispanics.,
Are we imagining that these oh-so-smart white people understand racism more intense than their goals? This in itself seems to be border racist. And this is a formula for more defeat below the road.
So we need to turn things right now. Say it out loud, democrats, and it proud: We are all individuals, and we are all different. Casteism is real. But if we believe that all this controls, we will laugh at the court. And out of the office.
Jonathan Zimmerman teaches education and history at the University of Pennsylvania and works on the advisory boardLapage center for history in public interest,
