Amanda Gorman won acclaim for reading her poem, “The Hill We Climb”, at the inauguration of President Joe Biden in January. However, that hasn’t prevented the 22-year-old poet and activist from being subjected to racial profiling, and she took to Twitter to describe a recent incident. “A security guard tailed me on my walk home tonight,” wrote Gorman.
RELATED: Amanda Gorman Reflects On Reading Poem At Inauguration, Meeting Lady Gaga And Oprah Winfrey “He demanded if I lived there because ‘you look suspicious.’ I showed my keys & buzzed myself into my building,” she continued. “He left, no apology.
This is the reality of black girls: One day you’re called an icon, the next day, a threat,” Gorman concluded. Gorman also links to a piece about
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