Aerial Powers left Michigan State as one of the best players in the history of Michigan State Women’s Basketball and their All-Time Leading Scorer. She has since gone on to an incredibly successful career with the Washington Mystics, where she is a member of their reigning WNBA championship roster. In light of recent events around the tragic death of George Floyd, Powers is now determined to use her platform to speak out against institutional racism, and she issued a strong statement on Monday doing just that.
You can read Powers’ statement, which was posted on the Washington Mystics Twitter account, below:
.@aerial_powers23 encourages you to use your voice to denounce racial inequality and brutality. pic.twitter.com/tayHC1GBF0
— Washington Mystics (@WashMystics) June 1, 2020
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