Megan Thee Stallion Says Black Women 'Deserve to Be Protected' in Op-Ed After SNL PerformanceThe phrase "Protect Black women," she writes, "should not be controversial" In a new op-ed in The New York Times this week, rapper Megan Thee Stallion writes, "it's ridiculous that some people think the simple phrase 'Protect Black women' is controversial. We deserve to be protected as human beings. And we are entitled to our anger about a laundry list of mistreatment and neglect that we suffer."The hip-hop star behind "Savage" and "WAP" published the essay after she made a political statement during her Saturday Night Live performance against Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron "for his appalling conduct in denying Breonna Taylor and her family justice." The piece also arrives as Tory Lanez, whom Megan says shot her in July, now faces felony weapons and assault charges."Black women are still constantly disrespected and disregarded in so many areas of life," she writes.On Oct. 3, when Megan performed as musical guest on SNL, she performed her hit "Savage" as the words "Protect Black women" appeared on screen in the background. Through audio clips, she quoted Malcolm X's 1962 speech in which he says, "The most disrespected, unprotected, neglected person in America is the Black woman." Through a separate clip, she quoted activist Tamika Mallory in calling Cameron, who handled Breonna Taylor's case, "no different than the sellout negroes that that sold our people into slavery."Megan hopes the Biden-Harris ticket will win the election and, with Sen. Kamala Harris as vice president, "usher in an era where Black women in 2020 are no longer 'making history' for achieving things that should have been accomplished decades ago.""But that will take time, and Black women are not naïve," she concludes. "We know that after the last ballot is cast and the vote is tallied, we are likely to go back to fighting for ourselves. Because at least for now, that's all we have."
