Dina Asher-Smith could defy taking the knee ban at Olympics
British sprinter calls for athletes to 'keep pushing - using our voices, dismantling barriers, destroying stereotypes' in anti-racism cry
25 May 2021 • 12:29pm
Dina Asher-Smith says black people are being 'gaslit' to believe institutional racism does not exist in Britain
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Dina Asher-Smith has become the latest sportsperson to hint she could defy the International Olympics Committee’s ban on protests at the upcoming Tokyo Games, while suggesting black people are being “gaslit” to believe institutional racism does not exist in Britain.
Although she was non-committal when asked last weekend whether she would take a knee at the Olympics, she has now urged people to “keep pushing - using our voices, dismantling barriers, destroying stereotypes”.