Many people agreed with Bush saying that the media repeatedly underreports on Black women in the U.S.
Wednesday in defense of the two-time Olympic champion as she remains detained in Moscow during heightened tensions between Russia and the U.S. over the war on Ukraine.
Griner, a seven-time all-star center for the Phoenix Mercury basketball team, was detained at a Moscow airport after, Russian authorities allege, she was carrying cannabis vape cartridges in her luggage. Bush argues that if Griner wasn't a Black woman, she would be receiving more media coverage and action from the U.S. government to ensure her safety.
"We cannot ignore the fact that if Brittney Griner wasn't a Black woman, it would be plastered across the news that she is being held as a political prisoner in Russia," Bush tweeted Wednesday. We cannot ignore the fact that if Brittney Griner wasn’t a Black woman, it would be plastered across the news that she is being held as a political prisoner in Russia.
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