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NCAA uses racially-biased image of Aliyah Boston in Naismith POY voting graphic

When NCAA Women’s Basketball announced on Tuesday that fan voting had opened for the Naismith Player of the Year Award, one image of the four finalists did not look like the others. At the top left of the graphic, Elizabeth Kitley of Virginia Tech is featured in the act of…

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NCAA uses racially-biased image of Aliyah Boston in Naismith POY voting graphic
NCAA uses racially-biased image of Aliyah Boston in Naismith POY voting graphic
NCAA

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PRIDE pins: What do I call my partner’s mother?

A pretty label-averse person, I found myself today pondering the (lack of) evolution in the English language when it comes to labels and identifiers. Who or what gets labeled, and why? What is deemed worthy of naming — remembering, writing and recording into history — and what is not? More…

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My Susu gave us PRIDE pins
My Susu gave us PRIDE pins
Pride

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Aug 2, 2020

My Back Is Not Your Step Stool

People love sports for the fair play but sports media environments offer anything but. Unchecked social ills, as manifested in heightened forms in these spaces, keep minorities, especially Black women, in the shadows, yet feature their ideas, without credit, beneath other people’s bylines. As much as Black women WNBA players…

Taylor Swift

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Taylor Swift

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Jun 28, 2020

Hiring Black Women Journalists Serves The Public Interest

Three things media companies must do right now to ensure inclusive, accurate reporting Even for a topic as grim as the potential for the coronavirus to kill a professional athlete, the WNBA and its players are left out of the conversation. …

Media

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Media

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·Jan 14, 2020

Black Women in the WNBA Fought for More Money and Better Quality of Life — And Won

In a landmark deal, players chart a new path for the WNBA with higher salaries, enhanced mental health resources, and other benefits — When basketball star Nneka Ogwumike announced in a November 2018 essay for The Players’ Tribune that the WNBA Players Association would opt out of its contract with the league, she also commanded the WNBA, and society at large, to bet on women. …

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Black Women in the WNBA Fought for More Money and Better Quality of Life — And Won
Black Women in the WNBA Fought for More Money and Better Quality of Life — And Won
Sports

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Tamryn Spruill

Tamryn Spruill

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Artist. Activist. Author. Award-winning Freelance Journalist. MFA. Learn more at https://thehardscreen.net/ and https://www.tamrynspruill.com/.

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