Cultural appropriation at the Olympics.
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@IveyJanette It was a French skater, if memory serves....
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Cultural appropriation at the Olympics.
Fuck the Olympics.
Fuck NBC.
#blackmastodon
https://newsone.com/6840590/surya-bonaly-backflip-ice-skating/@IveyJanette I remember when she did that flip. Sis was epic.
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@IveyJanette I remember when she did that flip. Sis was epic.
@venitamathias It was.
But SHE got punished.
If she had been white? She would have made $ and been a hero.
Figure skating organizations only want Blacks to clean up the rink.
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@venitamathias It was.
But SHE got punished.
If she had been white? She would have made $ and been a hero.
Figure skating organizations only want Blacks to clean up the rink.
@IveyJanette Agree.
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@IveyJanette Agree.
@venitamathias Same with swimming. When Blacks and Latinos were banned from poola and beaches.
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Cultural appropriation at the Olympics.
Fuck the Olympics.
Fuck NBC.
#blackmastodon
https://newsone.com/6840590/surya-bonaly-backflip-ice-skating/@IveyJanette
I remember listening to a story about Bonaly on NPR. Her manager made up some BS story of Bonaly being rescued from Africa.
The messed up part was the person the reporter got to advocate for Bonaly. Tonya Harding saw Bonaly do a back flip in the rink. Harding thought Bonaly was the best skater she ever saw because of that.
Bonaly was amazing but the only person that took up for her was Tonya Harding. -
Cultural appropriation at the Olympics.
Fuck the Olympics.
Fuck NBC.
#blackmastodon
https://newsone.com/6840590/surya-bonaly-backflip-ice-skating/ -
@IveyJanette
I remember listening to a story about Bonaly on NPR. Her manager made up some BS story of Bonaly being rescued from Africa.
The messed up part was the person the reporter got to advocate for Bonaly. Tonya Harding saw Bonaly do a back flip in the rink. Harding thought Bonaly was the best skater she ever saw because of that.
Bonaly was amazing but the only person that took up for her was Tonya Harding.@ballista11 Because Tara Lipinski was the golden girl.
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@IveyJanette Thanks@ I was wondering about the details.
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> Olympic officials reprimanded Bonaly during the 1992 Winter Olympics for doing the backflip while she practiced. They accused her of using the backflip as a way to intimidate her opponents
What the actual fsck!
Thank you for sharing this, I had no clue.
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> Olympic officials reprimanded Bonaly during the 1992 Winter Olympics for doing the backflip while she practiced. They accused her of using the backflip as a way to intimidate her opponents
What the actual fsck!
Thank you for sharing this, I had no clue.
@rysiek Skating has always been racist.
Until the 60's,Blacks weren't allowed in rinks except as the cleaning crew.
That racism continues today.
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@IveyJanette Thanks@ I was wondering about the details.
@geonz And 30 years later,she's ignored because of her skin color.
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Cultural appropriation at the Olympics.
Fuck the Olympics.
Fuck NBC.
#blackmastodon
https://newsone.com/6840590/surya-bonaly-backflip-ice-skating/@IveyJanette I said the same thing when I saw it on TV.
“Surya Bonaly performed that SAME FREAKING MOVE TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO.”
She didn’t receive accolades. She was banned from the sport. For Heaven’s sake.
You just cannot make this stuff up!
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@geonz And 30 years later,she's ignored because of her skin color.
@IveyJanette I. Know. Right?
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@IveyJanette this is what I've been thinking all week!
she was so great and didn't get treated as she should have been
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@IveyJanette this is what I've been thinking all week!
she was so great and didn't get treated as she should have been
@sarae Once again,Black pioneers get ignored.
I'm boycotting the Olympics this year because of the overt racism. Especially on NBC.
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@IveyJanette I. Know. Right?
@geonz Because they only view us as roller skaters.
Or as the cleanup crew at the rink.
Just like 1960.
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@IveyJanette I said the same thing when I saw it on TV.
“Surya Bonaly performed that SAME FREAKING MOVE TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO.”
She didn’t receive accolades. She was banned from the sport. For Heaven’s sake.
You just cannot make this stuff up!
@clayrivers Because she's Black.
They only view us as basketball and football players.
Or the cleaning crew.
In 2026.
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@clayrivers Because she's Black.
They only view us as basketball and football players.
Or the cleaning crew.
In 2026.
@IveyJanette I Was watching the Olympics that year and saw it go down with my own eyes. What a travesty. The documentary somebody did on her career was phenomenal, triumphant, yet sad. Because … you know … racism.
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@IveyJanette I Was watching the Olympics that year and saw it go down with my own eyes. What a travesty. The documentary somebody did on her career was phenomenal, triumphant, yet sad. Because … you know … racism.
@clayrivers They don't think we can skate,swim or ski. Even in 2026.
We were banned from rinks,pools and beaches back in the day. I know all the stories thanks to my mom and grandma.
Surya Bonaly and Tai Babilonia should have been hailed as pioneers on the rink. Instead,they were pushed aside.
I refuse to watch this year's Olympics because of that racist legacy.
