Sandy Brondello’s ‘Protected Species’ Remark Reveals That — Just Like The Rest Of Us — Black Women In The WNBA Have No Protection [Op-Ed]
Sandy Brondello’s “protected species” comment exposes the severe lack of sideline protection for Black players in a league that refuses to hire Black women coaches. The post Sandy Brondello’s ‘Protected Species’ Remark Reveals That — Just Like The Rest Of Us — Black Women In The WNBA Have No Protection [Op-Ed] appeared first on MadameNoire.
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If you can see it, you can be it.
This is a long-held belief that first took root for me during my first news job as an intern for a Philadelphia news station. My boss was a Black woman who poured into my development and taught me how to navigate racial dynamics in a way no white manager could.
Seeing how she worked around racism and excelled into the senior ranks of the station proved that I could eventually climb into leadership positions. I have carried her example with me into every leadership role I have occupied.
My former boss was on my mind this weekend as I digested what Atlanta Dream star Angel Reese experienced during a game against the Toronto Tempo. Broadcast microphones captured Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello angrily yelling at referees, referring to Reese as a “protected species.”
Reese answered on social media within hours, writing, “Are we surprised?!”
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