As athletes we are often told to stay out of politics, stick to our lane, sports. My lane is humanity. For a long time, I struggled to find my voice amongst racism. I’m a white woman. My life is full of privilege. I have always known that. But I haven’t always known how to articulate it. Or what to do about it. Or how to do something greater than what I’m doing, which frankly is nothing. Brene Brown recently posted a quote from Ibram X. Kendi’s book: “I am not a racist but I am not aggressively against racism. That is an act of neutrality.” I didn’t realize that was me. For a long time.
