Cori Bush Says Race, Gender of Brittney Griner Is Why Detention Is Ignored

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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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More likely because not many people follow the WNBA. If this was Serena Williams or Simone Biles, the coverage would be non-stop.

Your argument would be compelling if your entire premise was aligned with reality or substance. The grim reality is: War has unfolded in Ukraine.

I think it’s more about her dislike of the US. Enjoy some of that communism!

It is politics and she did actually break their laws. Putin doesn’t care about his heroin users but is cracking down on vape pens?

I’m as liberal as they come, but this is off base. I read at least one story a day about Greiner. I just heard for the first time today that there are also two men who’ve been held in drug charges they deny. It’s not a bigger story because she’s not known by most Americans.

Or maybe it's because there's a lot of big stuff happening in the world today

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