Post by addisona on Feb 11, 2022 14:15:15 GMT
Black girl nearly disqualified from Wisconsin swim meet over ‘black lives matter’ swimsuit
A 12-year-old swimmer was briefly disqualified from a competition in Wisconsin this week for wearing a homemade black lives matter swimsuit, her mother said.
Sarah Lyons, of Duluth, Minnesota, said her sixth-grade daughter, Leidy Gellona, was inspired to iron the words "black lives matter" onto a black swimsuit after the two discussed the death of Amir Locke, 22, a Black man fatally shot last week by Minneapolis police during a no-knock warrant.
Leidy proudly wore the swimsuit Sunday during a competition sponsored by the Duluth YMCA in nearby Superior, Wisconsin. That’s when a race official determined Leidy's swimsuit was political and against USA Swimming’s rules, Lyons said.
Leidy was the only Black competitor at the meet, Lyons said.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-girl-nearly-disqualified-wisconsin-swim-meet-black-lives-matter-rcna15513
A 12-year-old swimmer was briefly disqualified from a competition in Wisconsin this week for wearing a homemade black lives matter swimsuit, her mother said.
Sarah Lyons, of Duluth, Minnesota, said her sixth-grade daughter, Leidy Gellona, was inspired to iron the words "black lives matter" onto a black swimsuit after the two discussed the death of Amir Locke, 22, a Black man fatally shot last week by Minneapolis police during a no-knock warrant.
Leidy proudly wore the swimsuit Sunday during a competition sponsored by the Duluth YMCA in nearby Superior, Wisconsin. That’s when a race official determined Leidy's swimsuit was political and against USA Swimming’s rules, Lyons said.
Leidy was the only Black competitor at the meet, Lyons said.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-girl-nearly-disqualified-wisconsin-swim-meet-black-lives-matter-rcna15513