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[-] MacGuffin94@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

Nah, some of the background on this I saw had her husband being on the selection committee and forcing the committee to choose her.

[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 105 points 7 months ago

(Rumors that Raygun’s husband was on the Olympic breaking selection committee have ultimately been dispelled by the Australian Breaking Committee, and historically, Raygun ranked first or second on Australia’s list of nationally-ranked B-girls from 2020 to 2023. The official Olympics site also has a detailed description of the rigorous process of qualifying to compete in the sport at the Olympics.)

From the link in @Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world ’s comment on this post

[-] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ugh, that sucks.

I saw an interview with her yesterday where she said she gave it her best after a lot of work and was pretty upset about all the hate.

I guess I need to do some more research!

E: seems like she won some awards and was pretty good in her neck of the woods

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 39 points 7 months ago

Ugh, that sucks.

It's also complete bullshit, see the other comments on this post.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Odd that they interviewed a breakdancer/breakdancing-teacher and then apparently just some random African American who happened to be within arms reach? That's the only qualifications they give him. "Malik Dixon is an African American who has been living in Australia for more than a decade and is a Sydney University graduate."

[-] Furball@sh.itjust.works 17 points 7 months ago

Did they really call an Australian an African American

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 7 months ago

The wording sounds like he's a black man from America, aka an African American, who's now living in Australia. I have no idea though. There is a way it's not the wrong wording, but it also totally could be.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

That's how I read it too. He is an American of African descent, living in Australia for ten years.

[-] scrion@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That's just your typical reverse racism. Hey, let's ask that black dude over there, they're all experts on breakdance, right Tanner?

Plus he might have something to do with sports, so he is an expert alright.

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