Female athletes have attracted the spotlight on the international stage during the Tokyo Olympics by championing racial equality and taking ownership of what they wear during competitions.
"Women are certainly as vocal as ever," an expert said. The International Olympic Committee now allows for some demonstrations before competitions.
"Historically, we've seen the role of patriarchy sort of supersede ... the voices, lived experiences of girls and women on the Olympic stage," said Akilah Carter-Francique, executive director of the Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change at San Jose State University. "The Black Lives Matter Movement, Me Too prior to that, served as catalysts for groups that have been historically marginalized and silenced to speak up," she said.— including the U.S. team before its opening match against Sweden — began their matches by taking knees in a gesture to end racism.
Briana Scurry, a goalkeeper for the U.S. women's national team from 1993 to 2008, said kneeling is an important tool in helping root out the racism that has been embedded in soccer culture for years. Much like women's soccer players, another athlete carried the mantle of racial equality at the Olympics.carried the torch of protesting racial equality in Tokyo, paying tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement in her historic Olympic performance Sunday.
. Alvarado said the end of her routine was choreographed to highlight the importance of equal rights on a global stage.Patrick Cottrell, a political science professor at Linfield University in McMinnville, Oregon, said:"Women certainly are as vocal as ever. That's great because they have a lot to be vocal about."
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