Olympian Natasha Hastings Says Protecting Black Women In Sports Means “Protect Our Peace”

.....Protect our peace and protect our mental health. I’ve been in therapy for about 13 or 14 months now. We as Black women sometimes wear our struggle as a badge of honor, and it shouldn’t be that way. I think really moving away from, “this is just what it is.” My mom did it, my grandmother did it, I’ll endure it, I’ll figure it out. How do we become better? How do we deal with our mental health and our issues in a healthy way? How do we get to voice our emotions and our feelings and our needs? A lot of the time, our needs are left last because we’re taking care of our families and our loved ones......   ...more

Bethany`s Notes: A great Q&A with Natasha Hastings on being a black women in sport. She addresses some of the challenges, mental health concerns, and the term `protect Black women in sports`.