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

WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner leaves the courtroom after the court's verdict in Khimki outside Moscow. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

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 …