LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — There were a few must-pack accessories for Patty Mills of the San Antonio Spurs for his stay at Walt Disney World. Mills brought a stack of books on Black history in the United States and his native Australia. He made sure to carefully transport his favorite flat-brimmed hat, which bears two flags representing Australia’s Indigenous populations. season with what he referred to as “my shield” — his internal defense mechanism to ward off hurtful words and actions. “I’m the only Black kid in the room,” Mills said of that first day.

Source: International New York Times July 31, 2020 21:21 UTC