Tamir Rice's name adorned Naomi Osaka's mask for the decider against Victoria Azarenka. Rice was a 12-year-old boy shot dead by a white policeman in 2014 while holding a toy gun. 9News
Tamir Rice's name adorned her mask for the decider against Victoria Azarenka. Rice was a 12-year-old boy shot dead by a white policeman in 2014 while holding a toy gun.
The moment was awkward; the message was surely obvious. Osaka's reply then demanded self-reflection. It demanded, on the biggest possible stage, that uncomfortable conversations be had. That things change for the better for racial minorities who have faced unrelenting discrimination. That blind eyes are no longer turned.Osaka, of Japanese and Haitian heritage, has already been a force for change in Japan, with regard to negative attitudes.
She became the first woman in 26 years to come back from a set down to win a US Open final. It was a remarkable display of character, mental toughness and self-belief.
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