I know it been hard a few weeks for all of you Olympic viewers out there. I mean with so much #BlackGirlMagic and #BlackExcellence out there
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It might be a little straining on your eyes to witness so many groundbreaking historical gold winning records being made by...well...Black people. Swimmer Simone Manuel that made her the first black woman to win an individual medal in swimming (to go along with the other gold she won in the 400 relay), gymnast Simone Biles being the first Black American and American to win four gold metals in gymnastics in a single Olympics (on top of winning team all-around and individual all-around), Brazil's Rafaela Silva winning Brazil's first and only gold metal in judo, Michelle Clarter wining shot put gold metal and breaking the American record, English Gardner wining her first gold metal...the list goes on!
But while you're expressing your emotions or whatnot on social media, let me tell ya what you won't do: TREAT MY GOLD WINNING SISTER GABBY LIKE SHE'S NOT A GOLD WINNING ATHLETE. Ya'll gotta stop coming for her hair, her outfits, and her #BlackGirlMagic. I wanna see you do a fancy leap on onto one hand and turn around and flip into split and still have your hair laid. What Gabby is doing is incredible! It's extremely shallow and immature for people to talk about her hair. Gabby is way more than her hair. Are we seriously continuing to tear apart another Black woman and dwindle her self-esteem all for "jokes" and retweets? I won't allow it. What's even sad about the entire thing is that its OTHER Black women that are talking about Gabby the most. This is not what we're supposed to do! We're supposed to support each other, respect each other, and be on our other Black sisters sides--not be a part of the problem. Between the disrespectful comments she's getting from other racist mfs from all over the world, she has to endure women that's supposed to have her back calling her out for something that doesn't add to, define, or even contribute to her remarkable athleticism and character. Gabby I got your back, boo!.
So what if she doesn't want to pledge allegation to a room full of flags of countries that tell her and billions of other Black women that they don't fucking matter?! So what if she doesn't want to practice in some made up cult-like "cultural" practice that carries on the legacy of the violence towards Black bodies? IF you don't believe that the personal is political then you are lost in the sauce! Gabby doesn't need you hounding her for her right to feel, do, say, what she wants. So ya'll gotta chill....
All I'm saying is, you gotta leave Gabby alone. She is a PHENOMENAL gymnast, a sweet woman, and a Shero to many young girls out there! We need to have Gabby's back the most during this time because it's hard to compete against 206 other countries and still stay sane and strong. We wanna support Gabby and give her all the love she needs to be successful in the Olympics. And if you don't wanna do that, then you can bounce because you gon' get all of her #BlackGirlMagic!!
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