Looks Like Black Girls Are About to Dominate Speedskating in the 2018 Winter Olympics

Looks Like Black Girls Are About to Dominate Speedskating in the 2018 Winter Olympics

Looks Like Black Girls Are About to Dominate Speedskating in the 2018 Winter Olympics

The Winter Olympics may just finally be worth watching, because heretofore, the international sports competition has been whiter than Cardi B’s new teeth (and cuz yes, I roots for all the black folks).

On Friday, Erin Jackson became the first black woman to qualify for the U.S. Olympic long-track speedskating team, and the third-ever African American to make the U.S. Olympics team for speedskating, mere months after taking up the sport.

 

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