NEW YORK (AP) – Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who won hearts at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, posted on social media that she was being followed home by a security guard who demanded to know where she lived because she “looked” suspiciously. “
“I showed my keys and buzzed myself into my building,” she tweeted about the incident Friday night. ‘He left without apologies. This is the reality of black girls: one day you’re called an icon, the next a threat. ”
Gorman, the country’s youngest inaugural poet, lives in Los Angeles, but has not indicated where the meeting took place. Her spokeswoman did not immediately return an email on Saturday asking for additional comments.
The post received thousands of statements of support on Twitter and Instagram. She continued her post with a second comment stating:
In a way he was right. I AM A THREAT: a threat to injustice, inequality, ignorance. Anyone who speaks the truth and walks with hope is a clear and deadly danger to the existing powers. A threat and pride. “
Gorman instantly became a sensation on January 20 when she recited her poem ‘The Hill We Climb’ at Biden’s inauguration.