There's this idea that black women are not telling the truth or we don't take violence and experiences of black women seriously. Megan Thee Stallion was shot by her ex-boyfriend, who is now in a relationship with another woman. "I think it's a larger question about people not understanding or believing black women generally," she says.
Megan Thee Stallion is everywhere — including in court, testifying against the rapper Tory Lanez, who is charged with shooting her. Vox’s Fabiola Cineas explains.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Siona Peterous, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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