Brittney Griner Has the Right to Change Her Mind
The WNBA player has a different perspective on “The Star-Spangled Banner” but hasn’t given up the cause of justice.
by Jemele Hill
May 20, 2023
4 minutes
Playing in her first real WNBA game in 579 days, Brittney Griner did something Friday night in Los Angeles that national television audiences hadn’t seen her do in a long time: The Phoenix Mercury center stood for the national anthem.
She stopped doing so in 2020 but has resumed the practice after returning from 10 months of imprisonment in Russia. “One thing that’s good about this country is our right to protest,” Griner said after the game when I asked her about the issue. “You have a right to be able to speak out, question, to challenge, and
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