Poet Amanda Gorman shares of encounter with security guard:

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Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman took to Twitter on Friday night to share her experience with a security guard who dubbed her "suspicious," presumably due to the color of her skin.
"A security guard tailed me on my walk home tonight," the 22-year-old tweeted, adding that he demanded to know if she lived in the apartment complex.
"I showed my keys & buzzed myself into my building," she added.
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Gorman claimed the guard then left, without apologizing for his accusatory actions. She wrote that the situation shined a light on the racial issues the U.S. is facing.
"This is the reality of black girls: One day you’re called an icon, the next day, a threat," she said.

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