Brittney Griner Blames Gender Wealth Inequality For Her Russian Detainment: ‘The Whole Reason A Lot Of Us Go Over Is The Pay Gap’ 

Essence Magazine:

By Jasmine Browley ·Updated May 2, 2023

In Britney Griner’s first press conference since returning back to the U.S from her nearly 10-month Russian detainment, the WNBA player implied the ordeal wouldn’t have happened if she was paid fairly for her work.

“I’m never going overseas to play again unless I’m representing my country at the Olympics,” she said. “If I make the team, that would be the only time I would leave

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