@TheBreadmonkey this actually reminds me about this statue:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Salute_(statue)

it's a monument celebrating tommie smith and john carlos, who famously performed a solemn black power salute in protest during the 1968 olympics, resulting in one of the most widely known photos of all time

the third man in the picture, peter norman - a white australian - stood with them in solidarity, and he asked to be excluded from the monument so that others can (and should) take a stand just as he did