Sha’Carri Richardson is the newest poster child for the obstacles every Black person in America faces—especially in the public school system.

Let me get this out the way, first. Everybody that dragged sis after learning she’d been disqualified from the Olympics for testing positive for marijuana use is trash as hell.

Y’all awful asses have the nerve to be “disappointed” in her as if your shit has always smelled like the entryway to Bath and Body Works.  Well, I suggest y’all take another whiff—a hearty one, breathing in through your nose and catching the smell in your mouth—and I guarantee you’ll find that your shit does in fact stink.

[pullquote position=”right”]The same judgment and shame are projected on Black kids all around the country.[/pullquote] It’s like they have to live in these polar opposite universes of being the stereotypes the world sees them as or these perfect specimens that are charged with representing the entire Black community with no grey area in between—which I call the grace and human space. This is the exact same expectation placed on Black kids in the public education system.

And while there were some people that kicked her while she was down, others never wanted to see her run in the first place—those are the worst of them all. Like this white journalist who suggested that Sha’Carri used performance-enhancing drugs, causing the growth of her nails and hair.