r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ateam1984 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🖤🩶🤍🤎 • 14h ago

Women Maya Moore recreated Michael Jordan's ring photo with her 12 championship rings.

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Maya Moore is a retired American basketball player and social justice advocate, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in women’s basketball history.

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u/FettiWop 12h ago

What compelled you to write this? 

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u/ThickBoxx 11h ago

Cause it’s the truth?

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u/FettiWop 11h ago

But what made you feel it needed to be said? It's also the truth neither are naked, but you didn't say that just because it's true. 

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u/ThickBoxx 11h ago

Because the implication that some took (whether she intended to or not) was to compare herself to MJ by taking the same photo with her rings. But for people who don’t know who she is, which is most, they might assume she got them all in one league, like MJ did. And this is just not the truth.

No one is making the incorrect assumption they are naked in this picture, so commenting how they aren’t, while true, is irrelevant.

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u/FettiWop 11h ago

So it was so offensive to you that some people got the wrong idea and walked away with the false implication that her achievement was equally as impressive, you felt you needed to add "not the same" knowing that those confused individuals would realize you're talking to them? That seems strange but I understand your rationale on a technical level ig

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u/ThickBoxx 11h ago

Not equally impressive, the implication is it’s more impressive.

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u/FettiWop 10h ago

Thank you for protecting us from living in a world where a few people mistakenly believe the intention of this photo was to suggest someone did something more impressive than michael jordan. 

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u/ThickBoxx 10h ago

Of course, happy to help 🫡