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Everything is about putting Black women first. We don’t want to just give Black women their flowers, we want to help them grow entire gardens.

— Chiney Ogwumike

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I think a lot of times people don't see athletes, or even former athletes, as having range.

I was a referee for a middle school basketball season. My sisters and I—we were like 15 or 16 at the time—and it doesn’t matter that you’re a young kid. I was getting $15 a game, basically an hour. And people are yelling at you, calling you blind if they don’t like your call.

SheaMoisture has a longstanding commitment to showing up where our community is, and right now, Black women athletes are not only playing the game, they’re changing it

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