Raven Saunders won silver on Sunday in shot put and protested on the podium. Saunders, 25, explained the crossing of her wrists as 'the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet'. She said her aim was to encourage openly gay athletes and black people like her to be honest with themselves and with others. Simone Biles opsted a picture of the athlete with her arms crossed on the podium to her 6.5 million Instagram followers.
Oppressed Olympic Silver Medalist🤔🤔 arsehole
Looks like the Olympic committee are repeating the same racism and intolerance they showed all the way back to 1968. If they repeat what they did in 1968 I hope every American Olympian quits. Olympics TeamUSA
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