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in her new autobiography, she talks about speaking to president—elect of the united statesjoe biden onshe is a big fan of his incoming vice president kamala harris too. we need to put more women of colour in power. we need more womenjust in general in power. we need to diversify the way that our government looks. i mean, if you put a whole roster, you know, there's one little section of women and gays and black people. and it's just not enough. her willingness to stand up for others has sometimes come at a cost. in 2016, rapinoe became the first white american athlete to kneel during the national anthem in solidarity with nfl star colin kaepernick who was highlighting racial inequality and police brutality. us soccer subsequently banned their players from making the protest and rapinoe says she felt frozen out from playing for the national team. i'm proud of speaking my mind and doing the right thing. i think we can all agree that four years later everybody‘s kneeling now, you know, everybody‘s kind of down with it. usa soccer put out a statement rescinding the rule that you have to kn