The tennis superstar Naomi Osaka has hit back at those who criticized her decision to represent Japan instead of the United States at this summer’s Olympics, saying that her plan to play for the Asian nation shouldn’t have been a surprise to commentators.
“I’ve been playing under the Japan flag since I was 14. It was never even a secret that I’m going to play for Japan for the Olympics,” she said while discussing the backlash during an episode of her new self-titled docuseries on Netflix.
“So I don’t choose America and suddenly people are like, ‘Your Black card is revoked.’ And it’s like, African American isn’t the only Black, you know? I don’t know, I feel like people really don’t know the difference between nationality and race because there’s a lot of Black people in Brazil, but they’re Brazilian.”
Osaka announced that she would be relinquishing her American citizenship in 2019.
Good riddance to bad trash!
Several people are said to give a rat’s pajamas.
I can’t wait to see you off at the airport! Have a nice trip and America will be so much better off without you!
American citizen? Well????
and what are the rest of them waiting for. grab a ticket and get the hell out