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Sep
13
2020
By The African Mirror
‘Jumping for joy’: Japanese welcome Osaka forcing discussion on racism

‘Jumping for joy’: Japanese welcome Osaka forcing discussion on racism

WORLD
HIDETO SAKAI AS they celebrated Naomi Osaka's victory in the final of the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows on Saturday, Tokyoites were eager to embrace their heroines' stand against racial injustice. Osaka, who won her third Grand Slam title with victory over Victoria Azarenka, has used her platform to support the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, wearing a mask bearing the name of a different Black American before each of her seven matches in the championship. Osaka, who has a Japanese mother and Haitian father, has become the face of a changing Japan coming to terms with challenges to its…
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Sep
04
2020
By The African Mirror
Biden speaks with Jacob Blake, hears from Kenosha residents

Biden speaks with Jacob Blake, hears from Kenosha residents

WORLD
JARRETT RENSHAW and JAMES OLIPHANT DEMOCRATIC presidential nominee Joe Biden put himself squarely in the middle of U.S. tumult over racial injustice and police brutality on Thursday, visiting strife-torn Kenosha, Wisconsin, and speaking by phone with the Black man shot there by police. Biden's made the trip to the city, the site of sometimes violent protests since Jacob Blake was shot in the back several times by a white police officer on Aug. 23, two days after President Donald Trump traveled there. The visits had starkly different tones. Biden met privately with Blake's family on the grounds of the Milwaukee…
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Aug
27
2020
By The African Mirror
NBA postpones games after Bucks boycott, other sports follow suit

NBA postpones games after Bucks boycott, other sports follow suit

SPORT
RORY CARROLL and FRANK PINGUE  THE  National Basketball Association (NBA) has postponed all three playoff games after the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted Game 5 of their series against the Orlando Magic to protest racial injustice, triggering similar moves across other sports. The action by the Wisconsin-based team follows the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in the city of Kenosha, also in Wisconsin, on Sunday. Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer and the Women's NBA also postponed games, while two-times tennis Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka joined the protests by pulling out of a tournament after reaching the semi-finals.…
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Jul
20
2020
By The African Mirror
‘This can’t go on’: U.S. workers plan nationwide strike to protest racial injustice

‘This can’t go on’: U.S. workers plan nationwide strike to protest racial injustice

WORLD
NELLIE PEYTON FAST-FOOD, nursing home, airport and other frontline workers across the United States are planning a mass strike on Monday to protest systemic racism and inadequate protections for Black people against coronavirus. The Strike for Black Lives is expected to draw tens of thousands of workers in over 25 U.S. cities, according to a coalition of national labor unions and social justice groups that have organized it. Some workers will strike all day and others will walk off their jobs for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time that a white police officer knelt on the neck…
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