Brittney Griner & The Commodification of Black Women in America
The WNBA player was detained in Moscow after less than a gram of cannabis oil was found in her luggage. Many have drawn the conclusion that she is being used as a political pawn by the U.S. and Russia
From the time I realized I would not get to be a little Black girl forever, I have been terrified of being a Black woman.
Not because I didn’t desperately want to be - on the contrary.
Like most little …
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