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Post by Admin on Jul 10, 2020 19:50:17 GMT
Ukrainian tennis star Dayana Yastremska is on the defensive. The 20-year-old issued a response Thursday night after being slammed for posting images of her in what many considered blackface. Yastremska, though, clearly did not think so. “Earlier today I posted pictures that I thought would spread a message of equality,” she posted to her various social media accounts after deleting the original post in which she posed topless with half her body painted black, captioned “Equality” and posted earlier in the day. “It clearly did not and has been misunderstood. “I have been warned about the negative impact but I did not — and still don’t — consider it as blackface. “I did not intend to caricature but to share my feelings about the current situation: we should all be treated as equal. “I am so disappointed that my message has been corrupted: these pictures divided people when they were meant to unite. That’s why I deleted them. http://instagram.com/p/CBC-3wuDHiW “I sincerely apologise to all the people I have offended. I truly had only good intentions.” Yastremska, ranked No. 25 in the world, was quickly called out by a number of fans, imploring her to remove the pictorial post. http://instagram.com/p/B5nMZQ8A_5Z “Girl I know you didn’t just do blackface,” a fan page for No. 10 Naomi Osaka wrote, alongside a skull emoji. Many on social media, however, pointed to her good intentions and derided the fallout as “a complete overreaction.”
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Post by Admin on Jul 11, 2020 19:22:23 GMT
Former Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka has condemned a social media post by rising star Dayana Yastremska, in which the Ukraine player portrayed herself as blackface. The 20-year-old, who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon last year, posted four images of herself which had been altered to display one half of her body black, and the other half white. The images, which have since been deleted, were captioned: "Equality." Osaka was quick to denounce the posts, with an Instagram message to Yastremska: "Girl I know you didn't just do blackface," followed by a skull emoji. Despite deleting the post, Yastremska remained defiant. "Earlier today I posted pictures that I thought would spread a message of equality," Yastremska wrote on Instagram. "It clearly did not and has been misunderstood. "I have been warned about the negative impact but I did not — and still don't — consider it as blackface. "I did not intend to caricature but to share my feelings about the current situation: we should all be treated as equal.
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