Olympian Raven Saunders Mourns Death of Mom Two Days After Winning Silver Medal in Tokyo
Raven made headlines over the weekend after she made a gesture on the Olympic podium by raising her arms above her head in an X-shape. "It's the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet," she told the"To show younger people that no matter how many boxes they try to fit you in, you can be you and you can accept it.
People tried to tell me not to do tattoos and piercings and all that. But look at me now, and I'm poppin'," Raven shared.The openly-gay track and field star, who has been nicknamed the Hulk, later said she wanted to give a "shout out to all my Black people, shout out to all my LBGTQ community, shout out to everybody dealing with mental health. Because at the end of the day, we understand that it's bigger than us, and it's bigger than the powers that be.
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