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Megan Thee Stallion's shooting shows the world still doesn't care about Black women | Tayo Bero

Shortly after the rapper was shot, people cracked jokes or simply ignored the attack. When will Black women get the respect we deserve?
‘We can’t say Black lives matter when Black women still exist on the margins of even that very idea.’ Photograph: Erik Voake/Getty Images for Roc Nation

It has been an exhausting year for Black women. From the murders of Breonna Taylor and activist Toyin Salau to the killings of , we have had to watch the world fail us over and over again, and in real time. And now, it’s happening again with rapper Megan Thee Stallion. In early July, the following an argument with rapper Tory Lanez. Lanez was arrested that same

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