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- A black gay woman is
going to spend nine years

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in a Russian prison, over some bull shit.

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Why? Because this is the world we live in.

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This is the SEO Show, a weekly series

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where I'll be digging
deeper into sports stories

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that are dominating the
internet, or ones that should be.

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This week, we're talking
about Brittney Griner.

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The picture on your screen
right now is of Griner.

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Do not look away, because
hoping her situation

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would just magically take care of itself,

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or thinking it wasn't that big of a deal,

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is why we're here in the first place.

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On Monday morning, a Russian appeals court

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upheld Griner's nine year
sentence on drug charges.

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She had a few vape cartridges on her

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that contained cannabis
oil, and because of that,

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Putin's government is treating
her like she's Frank Lucas.

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This video is how we should think of

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one of the best basketball
players on the planet.

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When she sent the Phoenix Mercury

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to the 2021 WNBA finals.

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- [Announcer] It's Phoenix on the brink

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of heading to the finals.

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- Griner has been in
prison since February 17th.

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That was just four days
after the Super Bowl.

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She will soon begin serving her
sentence in a prison colony.

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It's Russia, so you already
know it must certainly be

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a very unpleasant place for her.

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All hopes of Griner being free now

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depend on America and
Russia striking a deal,

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which isn't very likely anytime soon.

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But if we were on good terms
with Putin and his people,

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there's still the possibility
that America wouldn't do

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what was needed to bring her home.

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Griner's Coach and the
WNBA had to break it down

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a few months ago, since her college coach

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still refuses to say anything about her.

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Isn't it amazing how black
people get punished so harshly

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for drugs, but people of a certain hue

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get slaps on the wrist for
trying to overthrow elections,

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sex trafficking, violence
against women, and other crimes,

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that are way worse.

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Free Big Meech, and free BG.

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To put this in perspective,
the next time you,

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or someone you know smokes
weed, uses a vape pen,

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takes an edible, or use as any
CBD products for that matter,

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I want you to think about Griner,

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and how crazy it would be if you or them

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went to jail in Russia
for doing the same thing.

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And as I leave you, take
a look at these words

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from the WNBA Player's Union,

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on their sister Brittany Griner.

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My name is Karin Phillips
and thanks for watching

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the first episode of the SEO Show.