Olympic Athlete Who Disrespected the Flag Turns Out to Be a Flaming Racist

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Gwen Berry, the Olympic hammer-thrower who turned her back to the flag during
the playing of the national anthem, calling it “disrespectful” to black
Americans, has a history of making racist tweets and making light of rape.

“This lil white boy being bad as hell!! I would smack his ass then stomp
him!! Smh #whitepplKids hella disrespectful,” she said in 2011.

However you translate that, it’s racist. It also threatens violence against
white people, which is a hate crime.

“Just saw this gurl wearing heels with white socks!! What the
Hell..#chineseppl always try to start new trends..smh..ggguuurrrllll,” she
said in 2011.

Don’t forget the Mexicans, Gwen: “Mexicans just don’t care about ppl,” she
said in November 2012.

Berry also made light of rape in a tweet from October 2012.

“I’m about to rape my lunch,” she tweeted. “[Shout out] to all the
females that’s gon get drunk, get recked by 4 dudes, then cry rape
this weekend,” she added in another from the same year.

The tweets would have been posted long before Berry’s Olympic career
and when she was in her early 20s.

Berry has moved to delete at least some of the postings after they
were first unearthed.

But Gwen wants everyone to know she doesn’t hate America — sort of.

“I never said that I didn’t want to go to the Olympic Games,” Berry said in
an interview on the Black News Channel. “I never said that I hated the
country. All I said was I respect my people enough to not stand or
acknowledge something that disrespects them. I love my people point blank,
period.”

She never said she hated America. She just acts like it. In fact, she
complained that “they” — the U.S.Olympic Committee — double-crossed her by
playing the anthem when she was at the podium. She says they told her the
anthem would be played before the three qualifiers marched to the podium to
receive their medals.

“They had enough opportunities to play the national anthem before we got up
there,” Berry said, according to The New York Post. “I was thinking about
what I should do. Eventually I stayed there and I swayed, I put my shirt over
my head. It was real disrespectful.”

“They said they were going to play it before we walked out, then they played
it when we were out there,” she continued. “… But I don’t really want to talk
about the anthem because that’s not important. The anthem doesn’t speak for
me. It never has.”

If there’s ever been an instance in the history of international or national
athletics of playing the national anthem before the athletes walked into the
venue to the podium I’ve never heard of it. Berry is pretending injury where
there is none.

But she wants everyone to know what a race hero she is.

“My purpose and my mission is bigger than sports,” she added. “I’m here to
represent those … who died due to systemic racism. That’s the important part.
That’s why I’m going. That’s why I’m here today.”

The U.S. Olympic Committee announced months ago that there would be no
penalty for political protests by athletes. It’s one more good reason not to
watch any of the events at the Tokyo Olympics.

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