Amanda Gorman Talked About "The Reality Of Black Girls" After Being Racially Profiled By A Security Guard
"He demanded [to know] if I lived there because, 'You look suspicious.'"
Early this year, Amanda Gorman made history as the youngest person to ever write a poem for a president's inauguration.
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Weeks later, she broke barriers again, becoming the first poet to ever perform at the Super Bowl.
Yesterday, just six weeks after performing on a national stage, the 22-year-old poet was profiled on her way home.
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Quote-tweeting her previous comments about living in a "contradictory society," Amanda wrote, "A security guard tailed me on my walk home tonight. He demanded [to know] if i lived there because 'you look suspicious.'"
A security guard tailed me on my walk home tonight. He demanded if I lived there because “you look suspicious.” I showed my keys & buzzed myself into my building. He left, no apology. This is the reality of black girls: One day you’re called an icon, the next day, a threat. https://t.co/MmANtQqpBs
"I showed my keys & buzzed myself into my building. He left, no apology."
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"This is the reality of Black girls: One day you’re called an icon, the next day, a threat."
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"In a sense, he was right," she continued in a second tweet. "I AM A THREAT: a threat to injustice, to inequality, to ignorance."
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"Anyone who speaks the truth and walks with hope is an obvious and fatal danger to the powers that be."
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As Amanda said in her inaugural poem, "We will not be turned around or interrupted by intimidation..."
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"...because we know our inaction and inertia will be the inheritance of the next generation."