# @instagram on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CFr6-Q-sAFi
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11620182-instagram-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-09-28T16:05:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** instagram (@instagram) — https://gondola.cc/instagram

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“I’m a Black woman before anything else. I’m still part of my community, which is hurting right now. I can’t just workout, practice and try to be the best in my sport. I have to use my platform and represent my community. I have to speak out as a woman and as a Black woman.”⁣
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For A’ja Wilson (aja22wilson), the recently crowned MVP of the wnba, work doesn’t begin and end on the court. The 24-year-old lvaces player and social justice advocate is committed to fighting for equality for future generations.⁣
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“I love it because young Black girls can turn on the TV and watch me do what I love and be inspired to be me, or to be better than me. It means a lot to me that I have the opportunity to be a professional athlete at all. I don’t take that for granted. Off the court I’m still doing what I love for a cause that’s bigger than me, in fighting for the continued visibility of women who are victims of police brutality and for justice on their behalf. I fight for the next generation of Black girls, so that their opportunities are limitless, and they are valued as they should be.”⁣
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Head to wnba today as they share more perspectives and voices from Black athletes and advocates in their league.⁣
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#ShareBlackStories 🖤 #SeeMe

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