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You Might Also Like: Levels to This with Sheryl Swoopes and Terrika Foster-Brasby

2024/10/18
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Sheryl Swoopes and Tarika Foster-Brasby discuss the challenges Black women face in the WNBA, including the expectation to work twice as hard for half the recognition and the firing of Teresa Weatherspoon after just one season as coach.
  • Black women in the WNBA often have to work twice as hard for half the recognition.
  • Teresa Weatherspoon was fired after one season as coach despite leading her team close to the playoffs.
  • The conversation highlights the systemic issues faced by Black women in professional sports.

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Introducing Levels to Expectations from Levels to This with Sheryl Swoopes and Terrika Foster-Brasby.

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On today’s episode of Levels to This, Sheryl and Tee discuss expectations for Black women. We hear about their experiences in the professional and athletic world and how Black women often have to work twice as hard with half as much. The two talk rookie of the year, Teresa Weatherspoon’s one season as coach and the under-representation of Black women in positions of power in the WNBA.

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