In her third year in the WNBA, Las Vegas Aces forward A'ja Wilson isn't shying away from discussing racial and social justice. "I feel like it's a part of me. It's a part of me to demand change amongst everyone else," she told POPSUGAR in July. "The biggest thing with me is just being a voice for the voiceless. . . . I feel like I'm put on this earth to do that — to speak up for the next generation, to speak up for that young Black girl." Wilson has authored an essay on her experiences with racism and finding her power and used her platform to demand justice for Breonna Taylor.
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