The Richardson Rules: The World’s Fastest Woman Cannot Outrun a System That Was Never Designed To Meet Her Needs

The following opinion piece is co-authored with Edward Lawson, Jr. JD, MBA. Mr. Lawson, a committed change agent and transformative leader with over 25 years of experience in community mobilization, is founder and president of Family and Community Engagement Services, Inc. (FACES). He is also a former NCAA Divsion 1 athlete.

Born in the 21st century, Sha’Carri Richardson is barely twenty-one years old. She is black. Queer. Female. She is not…