Americans ‘don’t want to see social justice activism’ during the Olympics

Olympian Lolo Jones said many Americans don't want to see US athletes using their platforms for their social justice activism. Some athletes have decided to use their platform to advocate for their own causes The US soccer teams takes the knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement while hammer thrower Gwen Berry turned her back on the US national anthem during last month's Olympic trials. "I think sometimes people just want to tune in to watch sports, to just watch sports, and they're not there for the political side of it,"Ms Jones told Fox News. "But then on the athlete’s side, the athletes are like, ‘this is the biggest platform I've ever had and I want to speak my causes.’" The Olympics Opening Ceremony in Tokyo drew the lowest ratings in 33 years with just 16.7 million viewers in America, which constitutes a 37 per cent drop from the 2016 ceremony.

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