Baylor Henry, Founder of @BlackGirlsRow, Interviewed by Keira Gotrell & Sophia Gupta

Rowing in Color

#049 - Baylor Henry, the founder of @blackgirlsrow, shared her story with us in December 2020. Tune in to listen to her conversation with then fellow high schoolers, Keira Gotrell and Sophia Gupta.

In this episode, they talked about:

• Their reaction to the offensive rowing memes that we reposted on Instagram in December 2020 [1:15]
• Talking about how they processed the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement [9:30]
• “How have you felt the rowing community has changed since…?” [13:49]
• Talking about creating @blackgirlsrow [18:38]
• Advice for Juniors coaches [28:09]
• Did you ever feel like you didn’t belong? [33:11]
• The joy of proving them wrong and “working twice as hard” [44:10]
• Black and non-Black person of color perspectives on “working twice as hard” [45:28]
• Advice to young people of color [53:49]
• (Oops) Introductions? Outroductions [57:48]

… and much more.
To get in touch with Baylor Henry, please find her on Instagram at @blackgirlsrow

We hope that the conversation in this podcast helps us all in the rowing world -- no matter your race -- to unify the rowing sport through diversity.

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