An Olympic opening ceremony musician said he was dropped from the event just because he is Black

Latyr Sym, a drummer originally from Senegal, said he was dropped from the opening ceremony because of the color of his skin.
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Opening Ceremony director for Tokyo Olympics fired on eve of event over past joke about Holocaust

Organizers of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics have dismissed the director of the Opening Ceremony just 24 hours before the event is slated to begin, the latest setback for an event already rife with ...
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Eddy Alvarez, Sue Bird to serve as US flag bearers in Opening Ceremony at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO — Team USA has announced the athletes who serve as flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday: basketball player Sue Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez. Bird and ...
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Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony Doubles Tokyo Audience With 21 Million Viewers

Actor Tom Cruise holds the Olympic flag during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France (Fabrizio Bensch- Pool/Getty Images) The ...
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Design History of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Emblem Selection and Participatory Design

Review of Japanese Culture and Society, Vol. 33/34, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Design, Culture and Urbanity in an Era of Dissonance (2021-2022), pp. 55-67 (13 pages) Kuresawa Takemi, Orinpikku to ...