White Folks Are Losing It Over Naomi Osaka Black-Only Dinner 👉 Endless Backlashes

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:00]Two tennis celebrity, who won Grand Slam in the past.

[00:00:05]Taylor Townsend and Naomi Osaka.

[00:00:10]They thought it was needful for black tennis player to have fun together, get to know each other outside of the tennis box.

[00:00:21]And this is exactly the people that came. These are the people that came and what happened after. I'll be right back.

[00:00:27]>> Naomi Osaka had dinner with black tennis players. And somehow the mayonnaise militia started spiraling and turned that into a controversy.

[00:00:37]>> When you're black, you're never really lonely because there will always be a white person all up in your business.

[00:00:43]>> Naomi Osaka doesn't owe anyone an apology for celebrating black athletes in a sport that historically made black athletes feel isolated, unwelcomed, and heavily scrutinized. Period. Tennis has never exactly been overflowing with diversity. Black players in tennis have had to fight for respect, visibility, sponsorship, media coverage, and basic dignity for decades. From the Williams sisters getting treated like villains while dominating the sport to Naomi herself being questioned constantly for speaking about race. So, when Naomi said she wanted to create a space where black tennis players could gather, connect, celebrate each other, and simply exist together comfortably, what's the big [ __ ] deal? The fake outrage over what if there was an all-white party is exhausting. Spare all of us. The tennis world, country clubs, luxury spaces, executive rooms, and elite circles have functioned like unofficial all-white spaces for generations. Nobody panicked then. What Naomi did was community building. What Naomi did was visibility.

[00:01:58]What Naomi did was celebrate people who rarely get centered in that sport.

[00:02:03]People need to start minding their own business. Naomi Osaka hosted a dinner celebrating black tennis players. That's it. Nobody was denied rights. Nobody was harmed. Nobody was excluded from the sport. A group of black athletes got together to celebrate community, shared experiences, and how far they've come in a space that has not always welcomed them. If that bothers you, that's a personal issue you need to unpack on your own. She said it perfectly. Why does POC gathering together unsettle some of you so much?

[00:02:38]>> I don't see how you can hate from outside of the club. You can't even get in.

[00:02:42]>> [laughter] >> Leggo.

[00:02:44]>> Naomi Osaka is one of the biggest stars in tennis history. She has earned the right to create whatever space she wants for her peers. Good for her, and that's the read.

[00:02:54]>> If you like your tea hot, share it. Save your seat and follow for more. This is the Notorious JTB, notoriously opinionated, signing out.

[00:03:03]>> Tennis star Naomi Osaka is making headlines this week. Here's more on the event that has the tennis world talking.

[00:03:08]As Naomi Osaka prepares for yet another run at the French Open, the four-time Grand Slam champion turned her attention away from the baseline and towards building community. This week in Paris, Osaka teamed up with two-time Grand Slam doubles champion Taylor Townsend to host an intimate private dinner celebrating black players in tennis. The event, formerly called the Black Party, Roland Garros edition, was held at Soho House in Paris in partnership with CCG Social.

[00:03:31]The guest list read like the who's who's of the black tennis world. French icon Gaël Monfils, American and our favorite little sis Coco Gauff, retired standout Chris Eubanks, shout out to you Chris, we love you Chris, and doubles player Asia Muhammad. For Osaka, this was more than a night out. In her words, "To be a minority in a sport like tennis makes most days feel really isolated. But when I see other players that look like me, I feel a sense of fellowship that cannot be described. Co-host Taylor Townsend echoed that by saying the sport is naturally very isolating and that it's important for these athletes to support one another and build friendships that last beyond the court.

[00:04:02]>> As with most things when black people just gather and mind their own damn business, the gathering was not without any controversy. Some online questioned why other players weren't invited, but Osaka pushed back saying the night was never about exclusion. It was a celebration of how far black players had come in the game. And she says that this is only the beginning. Osaka plans to bring the black parties to future Grand Slams with her sights set on the US Open right here in New York. For now, a quiet moment in a loud tournament world and a reminder that some of tennis's most important conversations are happening far from the court.

[00:04:32]>> Credit belongs to original creator of every content and stitches. Guys, I love this. When black unite, when black comes together to celebrate themselves, to have a have a get-together, to build friendship outside of outside of their jurisdiction in terms of their work, I mean, their profession. I love it.

[00:04:57]But now, the internet was buzzing and still buzzing because they're like, "Why would she do that?"

[00:05:07]And for me, I'm like, "Why wouldn't she do that?" I mean, blacks celebrating blacks, is it a [clears throat] crime? Because there's nothing bad in that. That's what I'm saying. Anyway, guys, what do you think?

[00:05:22]Let me know your thoughts. But let's go watch other reactions from people and what they're saying. Don't forget to subscribe, like, and share this great content. I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere.

[00:05:31]>> In America, pretty people upset. So, A, that means I did something good. B, it means I'm going to get a lot of attention. And C, it's almost as if people are doing things just so they can say or they can see if they can get a reaction out of white people. That to me is the real white supremacy because the black person censoring the reaction of the white folks rather than doing what actually matters to you.

[00:05:54]>> Trolling.

[00:05:55]And literally that's what Naomi Osaka is doing. She's trolling. She Hey, we had a black dinner. I'm going to tweet it out.

[00:06:02]I'm going to make a big deal about it.

[00:06:04]We're celebrating black people, blah, blah, blah. And she's hoping to elicit a response just even by hosting the deal.

[00:06:11]>> a question.

[00:06:12]>> Yeah.

[00:06:13]>> If Naomi Osaka is half Asian, aren't we white adjacent?

[00:06:18]>> Yes.

[00:06:19]>> Right. I just It's like By the way, Andrew, they went to Soho House and the white is that they wanted better service. That's what happened. Oh, and we're going all the way there, Jason. Oh my god.

[00:06:28]>> I don't think there's a black owned restaurant out there that they could eat at. I think there's only two or three.

[00:06:32]>> Jeez.

[00:06:32]>> Hold on. Where What city were they in?

[00:06:35]>> Is that Roland Garros? Is that in France?

[00:06:37]>> yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[00:06:39]>> Okay. All right. Maybe not then.

[00:06:41]>> They went to a black space. They created a black space where the Again, this isn't this god complex. Where wherever two or more of us is gathered, god is there or I'm there with you. This is the mentality of and I don't even know what to call Naomi Osaka.

[00:06:57]Uh cuz I I guarantee you she didn't grow up in a black neighborhood.

[00:07:02]>> They call her cheddar. That's what they call her.

[00:07:04]>> Blasian cheddar. I get I guarantee she didn't grow up in a black neighborhood.

[00:07:08]She's running around in tennis circles.

[00:07:10]She's not around very many black people.

[00:07:13]And so all she's really trying to do is make up for what she didn't get uh in her childhood and cuz she thinks that's important. She wants to have some black experience so she can sister girl. Go get you a BBL somewhere and do it that way >> Wait, did she did she get pregnant by a rapper?

[00:07:31]>> Did she?

[00:07:33]>> I don't know about [clears throat] that.

[00:07:34]>> I don't know. We got We got a >> [laughter] >> Man, that put a scowl on Peyton's face.

[00:07:38]If you guys could have seen it.

[00:07:39]>> No, she got pregnant by somebody and I don't think it was like a or Asian guy.

[00:07:42]So, I mean that's the experience.

[00:07:45]>> Does she have the baby?

[00:07:46]She has a baby?

[00:07:48]>> I don't I read something but I don't know. She's a mob. I I I'm just telling you guys that it's an overblown story. I believe most of the tours actually relieve.

[00:07:56]>> Naomi Osaka said she's not sorry for celebrating being black and somehow that became controversial. So, here's what happened. Ahead of the French Open Naomi and Taylor Townsend hosted a dinner in Paris celebrating black tennis players [music] and community on tour. Y'all know just vibes, culture, a probably a really good playlist and people connecting in a sport that historically hasn't always felt the most welcoming.

[00:08:21]You know, a little cousin link up. But of course the internet started internetting. Some people got mad over a dinner.

[00:08:29]A dinner y'all.

[00:08:31]And Naomi basically responded with what exactly makes y'all uncomfortable about racialized people coming together. Then she doubled down saying she's never going to apologize for being proud of who she is.

[00:08:42]>> You have to send them home.

[00:08:44]>> I don't have to do nothing but stay black and die.

[00:08:47]>> And honestly this conversation is bigger than tennis because black athletes are constantly told to be yourself until being yourself starts looking too black, too loud, too proud and too culturally connected for certain people's comfort.

[00:09:01]And Naomi's point wasn't exclusion, it was community. In the words of the poet laureate Issa Rae.

[00:09:08]I'm rooting for um everybody black.

[00:09:11]And if celebrating blackness feels exclusive to you, wait till you hear about country clubs.

[00:09:17]>> Naomi Osaka, if you see this [ __ ] the haters.

[00:09:22]So, some people are all up in arms because Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend co-hosted a dinner at the French Open for all of the black tennis players, the black party as they called it and saying that it's racist and if white people did that whatever. Um and not to be all I wrote about this in my book, but like I literally wrote about this in my book.

[00:09:43]Chapter six is called Desentering Whiteness, and uh there's a section that's called Some Stuff Just Ain't For White People. Um still very proud of that one.

[00:09:52]Suggesting that having a space for people who are underrepresented is as exclusionary as people who are in the dominant majority having their own exclusionary spaces is not the same thing. So, if you need a primer on this, pick up my book, Was That Racist? How to detect, interrupt, and unlearn bias in everyday life.

[00:10:13]>> I do not watch tennis, but I thought this was the sweetest thing ever that these two tennis players could ever do.

[00:10:21]Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend both threw a all black party for black tennis players. Cuz I mean, there's not too many people in professional tennis that look like them. So, they threw them a party, and it was like, we finna party, just us, our people, and we finna turn up. I just absolutely love Taylor Townsend and Naomi Osaka's friendship. I really, really love it. Like, it's so big sister, little sister coded. But, Naomi Osaka posted this alongside the photos of the rest of the black tennis players, and she said, "Growing up, there weren't a lot of tennis players I could look up to that looked like me.

[00:10:58]Being a minority in a sport like tennis is very isolating, but the positive is that you can keep tabs on everyone that being blunt is, [music] but there's a fellowship, camaraderie that doesn't need words to describe. You just feel at peace knowing that there's another person who has experienced similar things to you, and you feel less lonely.

[00:11:13]There's the same when you win, I feel like I win too. And while that's true, I also feel like seeing any of us exist in this race that is so clearly not for us is a win in itself. Our presence is a present, and I'm so grateful for the gift of my peers. I want to thank them for existing, and thank them for inspiring. I am so proud, and I appreciate everyone who came to the dinner, also to the ones who couldn't make it as well. This is the photo of them at the black tennis party. I love it. The vibes all black, period. And after seeing this moment, girl, I might need to start watching tennis because I didn't know there was that many black people in tennis. Like, the only black people I knew that were in tennis was Venus and Serena Williams and obviously Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend, but I never really watched their matches.

[00:11:53]>> Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend basically hosted this dinner where they only invited their black teammates and they obviously celebrated their heritage and we just want to celebrate and people obviously had a problem.

[00:12:02]Like, why did they only invite their black teammates? What if the roles were reversed? Why can't we just all get along without always knowing the color >> No matter how much you try to not make something about race, it always traces back to race because of how deeply it is embedded into our history and society.

[00:12:14]And growing up as a black child in spaces where barely anybody looks like you does affect you whether people want to admit it or not. Naomi even recalls witnessing racial profiling with her dad as a young child. So, not only does your skin color affect you in real life and in society, but it also affects you in the space and sport where you are supposed to feel safe and welcome.

[00:12:28]People act like representation is just some trendy internet word because people love hopping on the bandwagons, but constantly feeling different from a child to adulthood in the thing that you love genuinely affects you. So, for Taylor and Naomi to be a part of a generation where there are so many black players in a sport of many that once heavily excluded them. The reason why in the big 21st century we still hear the first black athlete to do so and so because the history of exclusion did not vanish overnight.

[00:12:50]>> How can you see this picture and be outraged? How can you have an issue with people just throwing a party and just having fun amongst themselves? Who the [ __ ] is that pissing off? So, Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend hosted this like dinner party for their friends who are also famous black tennis players.

[00:13:04]And apparently this this is like pissed off a lot of people. The [ __ ] y'all mad about? One of the comments in this got like 356 likes on it from a black woman says that makes me uncomfortable. What if it was reversed? [ __ ] has been reversed for 400 years. The [ __ ] are you talking about? Here's another one down here. It says, "Why don't we just see ourselves as equal and take the color out of it and celebrate human achievements." I don't know where to start with you. How do we take the color out of it when the The thing that the world has taught us that they see first when they see us is color. You know that [ __ ] tired take that you hear some really stupid people say, which is I don't see color. That's literally the worst thing you could possibly say. How about maybe try seeing everyone's color and celebrating the things that make them culturally unique? And look bro, I'm I'm not a I'm not a tennis guy, but I wanted to chime in cuz this kind of pissed me off. I feel like we're regressing as humans. Look, story time.

[00:13:47]When I was in high school, that's me in the front row. I went to an all-boys Catholic high school. There weren't many people that looked like me and the ones that did, we played sports. All the black people in the school are right here. Going to the school, which was extremely predominantly white, we experienced almost no racism. This is about 20 years ago. And even though everyone in that school made us feel accepted, we had a black student union.

[00:14:06]And you know what we never heard when we were in that black student union? None of the white students were like, "Oh man, how come we can't have a white student union?" It didn't happen. So, if a handful of very talented black athletes want to get together and throw a dinner party, just mind your business.

[00:14:19]>> This is my final view to Osaka and Naomi Osaka.

[00:14:25]Celebrate some black people.

[00:14:28]I say, the time has come. The only people that can celebrate themselves are the black people.

[00:14:37]The time has come for black people to unite, especially black Americans.

[00:14:44]In your confine, in your vicinity, unite.

[00:14:48]Black people in Africa, unite. Black people in Caribbean, unite. And of course, the most important, the biggest of all the biggest unity is when black people universally unite. Because nobody's going to celebrate you.

[00:15:04]Nobody's going to speak for you.

[00:15:06]Nobody's going to celebrate your wins like the people that look like you.

[00:15:11]See?

[00:15:13]There's been white only town.

[00:15:19]They started it, but it didn't work out.

[00:15:21]Nobody go against it. Nobody was like, "Oh, we don't want to." No.

[00:15:26]But when it comes to black people saying that we want to do something for black people, you begin to hear a lot of side talks, a lot of stuffs, you know.

[00:15:35]And that is the reason why I'm sharing this video to enlighten and educate people that to be black is a blessing.

[00:15:43]To be black is not backwardness. To be black is not a curse, but rather the blessing the black the blessing from the Most High. See, like I said, there is only the black people that will celebrate the black people.

[00:15:57]Because no matter what you win, no matter what you you you achieved outside of your successes, outside of your profession, outside of whatever you've done, without relationship, without network with people that look like you, you're nothing because it's going to be boring, you're going to be isolated. So, when you are out of the game, out of the sport, out of the profession, out of whatever you were doing, you've got friends that looks like you to celebrate you, to pat you on the shoulder, to tell you, "Hey, I've got your back. Come on. Go ahead and do that project. Go ahead and take that leap. Go ahead and and take that step." Because life does not really revolve only around what you do as a profession, but outside of your profession, friends, family, loved ones, and of course the people that look like you. They know the pain that you've gone through and that you are going through. They can celebrate you better.

[00:16:56]And that's exactly what Naomi did with with them Taylor Thompson.

[00:17:03]And I'm here to share this beautiful story that it is good, it is okay, it is lovely, it is pleasant for it to be done.

[00:17:14]>> [clears throat] >> And that's why I'm sharing this video because if those white people do this, do this, nothing is going to happen. It is normal. But when black people do it, it's always stories.

[00:17:26]I'm joining my voice with a lot of other people that have done the story and I'm still going to do the story.

[00:17:32]Then let the celebration begin. It is time for black people to unite to celebrate ourselves. It is time to appreciate themselves. It is time in the area of sport, music, industry, whatever industry you find yourself.

[00:17:45]Let the black people unite. Let them celebrate themselves. Let it Let Let's say no to racism. Let's say no to supremacy. Let's say no to propaganda.

[00:17:54]Let's say no to all those rhetorics that has been all black people can't unite.

[00:17:59]They can't love themselves. Let's say no to that. That we can be united. We can love ourselves outside of our profession because we are loving people. Black people are loving people.

[00:18:10]And that's why I'm sharing this video.

[00:18:12]So please share this video. Help this video. Black people are lovable. They love themselves. They can unite. And of course, black success matters.

[00:18:22]Until I come your way again, don't forget your comments, your view and perception are welcome.

[00:18:30]Thank you for watching till this time.

[00:18:33]Bye for now.