(CNN) As the world's top athletes head into the Tokyo Olympics, a wave of penalizations and criticism are shedding light onto how Black women in sports are treated. Those incidents, experts say, show how sports policies don't necessarily take into account athletes of color and the dehumanization that Black women and girls experience. Specific biology is keeping some out of racesChristine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi became the latest Black women athletes ruled ineligible to compete in a race at the Tokyo Olympics due to naturally high testosterone levels. Semenya has refused to take any medication to alter her testosterone levels and has challenged the World Athletics ruling. The International Olympic Committee will be enforcing a ban, known as Rule 50 , that prevents athletes from protesting or demonstrating at the Tokyo Olympics.

Source: CNN July 06, 2021 16:07 UTC