With U.S. Democracy Threatened , WNBA Exemplifies Democratic Culture of Civil and Human Rights
While the January 6 hearings continue to reveal just how fragile — and under persistent assault — democracy is in America, it always helps to identify the sources of hope where we see counter-forces at work to sustain, protect, and expand a truly democratic culture committed to challenging white supremacy, misogyny, homophobia, and all forms of hate that seek to deny people civil and human rights.
The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) needs to be recognized as an important force in America seeking to defend and promote equal rights for all.
If you’re not familiar, let me explain what I mean.
As a season ticket-holder of the WNBA’s Chicago Sky, I attended last Friday night’s game when the Sky took on the Atlanta Dream in Wintrust Arena in the downtown of my fair city of Chicago.
This night in the arena featured a celebration of Juneteenth, the federal holiday approved by the U.S. Senate in June 2021, marking the day of June 19, 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans in Texas learned of their emancipation and also commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation overall.
As June is also LGBTQ Pride month, many fans were also waving rainbow flags.
