I recognize that I'm an example for them, for young women, young girls of color, and even for those who are not because as other people who are not o… - Stacey Plaskett

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I recognize that I'm an example for them, for young women, young girls of color, and even for those who are not because as other people who are not of color see our brilliance, our excellence, they recognize that there's so much we have to offer as well

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About Stacey Plaskett

Stacey Elizabeth Plaskett (born May 13, 1966) is an American politician, attorney, and commentator. She is a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands' (USVI) at-large congressional district. Plaskett has practiced law in New York City, Washington, D.C., and the U.S.Virgin Islands.

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Alternative Names: Stacey Elizabeth Plaskett
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I'll briefly say that defense counsels put a lot of videos out in their defense, playing clip after clip of Black women talking about fighting for a cause or an issue or a policy. It's not lost on me that so many of them were people of color and women. Black women. Black women like myself who are sick and tired of being sick and tired for our children, your children

This was devastating, and the world watched us, and the world is still watching us, to see what we will do this day, and will know what we did this day, 100 years from now. Those are the immediate consequences and our actions will reverberate as to what are the future consequences.

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