Who Protects the Black Woman?
We have seen far too many times Black women getting dragged through the muddy media after speaking up about being wrongfully treated. With that comes slander, disbelief, disrespect, and flat-out harm from those that once supported them. Why does it seem like Black women have to jump through hoops for someone to believe them the first time? No matter what, someone will try to twist her story. If they aren’t able to twist the story, they try to throw a twist into the possible outcome.
Let’s take a closer look at Megan Thee Stallion and Brittney Griner.
In July 2020, Megan Thee Stallion went public claiming she was shot in the foot by rapper/singer Tory Lanez. Almost immediately, fans and onlookers began to throw out all of the reasons that Megan was lying. The media continued to report on it for weeks after it happened and despite new details revealed during the trial that just began in early December, somehow Megan still is coined a liar.
With this trial, we are witnessing denial, friendship betrayal, and random amnesia, showing that Megan could be telling the truth. Her true fans can see now that she is truly unprotected.
And of course, we are overjoyed that Brittney Garner is back home in the U.S., safe at home with her family. In February 2022, she was detained at Moscow Airport for having vape canisters and cannabis oil in her luggage. There’s no denying that Russia is a tough country that doesn’t see eye to eye with the US. However, detaining Brittney and attempting to sentence her to nine years for her offense was cruel.
Brittney was recently released but a lot of U.S. citizens had a hard time with how she was released. It came with an exchange for Russian arms dealer Victor Bout which had plenty in an uproar. The Biden Administration ultimately made it happen.
In these instances, these women were and still are being attacked and judged on things like trying to protect a friend who was a Black man, past love life and sexual history, and current friendships and relationships. And let’s not forget to mention, sexuality, disdain for the U.S. National Anthem, salary injustice, and race. These are all things that every woman in the color of the rainbow can experience. But for some reason, Black women have been invalidated when they experience these things and or speak up about them.
So it just leaves me with the burning question. Who Protects the Black Woman?