Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in history, claims his race was profiled by a security guard who “Walked with my house tonight.”
Gorman, a Harvard graduate and national youth poet, said the incident took place Friday night.
“He asked if I lived there because ‘you look suspicious’, Gorman tweeted. ‘I showed my keys and waved in my building. He’s gone there, no excuse. ”
Gorman, who celebrates her 23rd birthday on Sunday, called the incident “the reality of black girls”.
“One day you are called an icon, the next day a threat,” she wrote in the tweet.
“In a sense, he was right,” Gorman said in another. tweet. ‘I AM A THREAT: a threat to injustice, to inequality, to ignorance. Anyone who speaks the truth and walks with hope is an obvious and fatal danger to the powers that be. ‘
The Los Angeles resident captivated viewers during President Biden’s swearing-in ceremony with her gripping rendition of ‘The Hill We Climb,’ a work on unity, healing, and perseverance.
“When the day comes, we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shadow?” Gorman begins her introductory poem.
She continues: ‘And yet, dawn is ours before we know it. Somehow we do. Somehow we have defended and seen a nation that is not broken, but simply unfinished. ‘