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While you might think that most Americans want to see WNBA star Brittney Griner returned home from a Russian prison, sometimes the rhetoric around her situation will leave you wondering why so many in the U.S. seem to lack sympathy for her. According to an expert, there’s a good reason for this.

know about the reality of the situation. However, Dani Gilbert, an expert on hostage-taking and recovery and a Rosenwald Fellow in US Foreign Policy and International Security at Dartmouth College’s John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding,

recently explained to Insider that there’s a logical explanation for why so many Americans seem to be rooting against Griner.