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An Open Letter to Welcome Home Brittney Griner


When will you return to the WNBA, your Phoenix Mercury teammates, and the US national team you helped win gold at the Tokyo Olympics?

About a decade ago, you became one of the first black and openly lesbian athletes in women’s basketball. By your signature soft-spoken voice, you have spurred racial and social change in America. So will you use this moment to be an even stronger advocate?

Would you do more, Brittney?

“What’s next” is an easy question to ask, but I hope everyone puts the brakes on.

Brittney, you shouldn’t feel more indebted to anything but the gratitude you’ve shown to those who have stood by you and worked for your release.

You’ve done more than enough. Don’t feel you have to do anything but heal.

During this ordeal, we all saw the anguish and tears of his wife, Cherelle Griner. She, unsurprisingly, has said that the two of you will speak out for Americans who the State Department believes have been wrongly detained in other countries, including Paul Whelan, who was imprisoned in the United States. Russia since 2018.

Before all this happened, you might not be famous outside of the sports world. Now, more and more people are learning that you’re part of a wave of WNBA players speaking out about racial injustice. Know more that you fought to help LGBTQ people and the homeless in Phoenix.

So it’s exciting to think about your next move and how you can use your platform forever.

When I spoke to Victor Kozar, president of Mercury, this week, he was referring to the letters you have exchanged over the past few months. Kozar, your boss and friend, says: “She always asks about other people. “Her concern is about other people. First and foremost, she asked how her teammates were, asking us to make sure we were taking care of her wife.”

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