'Osaka’s decision may have been one small moment of defiance, but it will cause a ripple effect and pave the way for others.'
Similarly, Osaka dared to set a boundary that would allow her to show up and do her job, and that alone. She did the unthinkable: As a young, Black, and Japanese woman, she said no. In a society that demands she, and so many like her, give her entire self over for corporate profit, she said no. In a world where Black women are rarely afforded space to enforce boundaries and take care of ourselves, she had the courage to say no.
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