{"id":1794,"date":"2025-03-14T15:59:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/brittney-griner-and-whoopi-goldberg-decide-to-leave-america-we-are-not-appreciated-enough-currentfocusnews\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T16:00:15","slug":"brittney-griner-and-whoopi-goldberg-decide-to-leave-america-we-are-not-appreciated-enough-currentfocusnews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/?p=1794","title":{"rendered":"Brittney Griner and Whoopi Goldberg Decide to Leave America: \u201cWe Are Not Appreciated Enough\u201d &#8211; Currentfocusnews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><![CDATA[\n\tatOptions = {\n\t\t'key' : '9d3c680bc70706d756afc88835e6a86b',\n\t\t'format' : 'iframe',\n\t\t'height' : 90,\n\t\t'width' : 728,\n\t\t'params' : {}\n\t};\n]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/9d3c680bc70706d756afc88835e6a86b\/invoke.js\"\/>\nWhoopi Goldberg has sparked discussion with her pledge to leave the U.S. in solidarity with WNBA star Brittney Griner, citing frustration with the country\u2019s lack of respect for talent and individuality.\n Goldberg, who has been a strong advocate for social justice, expressed that Griner\u2019s experiences, including her legal troubles in Russia and public backlash, reflect the diminishing value placed on extraordinary individuals. Goldberg emphasized that \u201cbeing extraordinary is punished, not celebrated,\u201d and vowed to leave if Griner does.\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<script><![CDATA[(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\n]]><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Her comments sparked debate, with some supporting her call to address societal issues, while others criticized it as an overreaction. Critics argue that leaving the country isn\u2019t a solution and that Goldberg should stay to fight for change. Griner has not commented on Goldberg\u2019s pledge but has discussed the emotional toll of public scrutiny.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/currentnews-foryou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-109.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9483\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>This incident highlights growing tensions between public figures and societal expectations, with Goldberg\u2019s statement symbolizing a broader discontent with the cultural divide in the U.S.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<p><script><![CDATA[(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\n]]><\/script><\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her comments sparked debate, with some supporting her call to address societal issues, while others criticized it as an overreaction. Critics argue that leaving the country isn\u2019t a solution and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1797,"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794\/revisions\/1797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}