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Liz Cambage backtracks on Olympic boycott over ‘white-washing’ of photos – The Guardian
Australian basketball star Liz Cambage has backtracked on threats to boycott the Tokyo Olympics in a racially based protest
Australian basketball star Liz Cambage has backtracked on threats to boycott the Tokyo Olympics in a racially based protest. The Opals star centre has confirmed she will play at the Tokyo Games after last week accusing Australias Olympic fraternity of white-washing after a photo shoot lacking racial diversity.
Cambage, born to a Nigerian father, took umbrage with photos of predominantly white Australian Olympians, saying people of colour had been marginalised and she would sit this one out, referring…
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