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Megan Thee Stallion Will Forever Stand Up for Black Women
In an ‘NYT’ op-ed, the rapper and environmentalist reasserts that protecting Black women shouldn’t be a controversial notion
Megan Thee Stallion has always advocated for the protection of Black women, even when she’s been subjected to gun violence and abuse.
This summer, the rising rap juggernaut was shot by Tory Lanez, and what followed — first mainstream media silence then horrific social media memes — showed the lack of care for Black women in technicolor. Because when you’re a Black woman, even #1 records can’t save you.
For the New York Times, Megan pens an op-ed that reminds us of the long history of Black women who fought to make a difference with little protection, battles they endured mostly alone:
Walking the path paved by such legends as Shirley Chisholm, Loretta Lynch, U.S. Representative Maxine Waters and the first Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate, Carol Moseley Braun, my hope is that Kamala Harris’s candidacy for vice president will usher in an era where Black women in 2020 are no longer “making history” for achieving things that should have been accomplished decades ago.
But that will take time, and Black women are not naïve. We know that after the last ballot is cast and the vote is tallied, we are likely to go back to fighting for ourselves. Because at least for now, that’s all we have.
