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Poet Amanda Gorman Was Racially Profiled And ‘Tailed’ During Her Walk Home

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Amanda Gorman—who made history as the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history – took to her social media accounts to detail her wretched racial profiling incident.

While walking home, a security guard “tailed” the 22-year-old Harvard graduate because she looked “suspicious.” In her official Tweet, she continued to describe the situation:“I showed my keys & buzzed myself into my building.

He left, no apology. This is the reality of black girls: One day you’re called an icon, the next day, a threat.”A post shared by Amanda Gorman (@amandascgorman)When reposting on Instagram a screenshot of her Tweet, she used the characters in her caption to take back what it means to be a threat as a Black woman in America. “In a sense, he was right.

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