Paralympian Scout Bassett Won’t Be Tokenized

glamour.com:

By A quick glance at Scout Bassett’s Instagram page and you get the basic facts about her: She’s a professional runner, loves the beach, and has great hair.

In most photos, her prosthetic leg is front and center.She wasn’t always so comfortable with the carbon fiber blade that helped power her to spots in the World Championships and 2016 Paralympic Games.

In fact, she hated her first race. “I remember having the meltdown of all meltdowns—like the ugliest meltdown that a girl can have,” Basset says. “I got that feeling of a panic attack, like I'm going to die doing this.”She was 14 and had never really run before but that wasn’t what had her so freaked out—she was upset that people were going to see her prosthetic leg. “I had always worn a.