The most diverse women’s gymnastics team in history will begin competing this weekend at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games – and inspiring younger gymnasts with their performances.
The most diverse US women’s gymnastics team in history will begin competing this weekend at the Olympic Games, inspiring younger gymnasts in the process. Four of the five team members are women of color, according to USA Gymnastics, which deemed the team the most diverse in history. But far from Paris, at James Jones Gymnastics Academy in Jonesboro, Georgia, everyone — from the eponymous Jones himself to his gymnasts – are Black.
Rogers is now an associate professor in the Department of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago, specializing in cultural stereotypes, diversity and educational inequalities. During Rogers’ gymnastics career, she was often the only Black person on her team and one of very few in a whole arena at competitions, she said, and all of that was normalized.
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