Every Serena Williams win comes with a side of disgusting racism and sexism
Serena Williams beat Lucie Safarova to win the French Open Saturday. Her reward, at least on social media, came in the form of some of the same racist and sexist comments that have followed her for her entire career.
In the moments surrounding her win, Williams was compared to an animal, likened to a man, and deemed frightening and horrifyingly unattractive. One Twitter user who wrote that Williams "looks like a gorilla, and sounds like a gorilla when she grunts while hitting the ball. In conclusion, she is a gorilla." And another described her as "so unbelievably dominant...and manly". ESPN sports commentator Bomani Jones responded to those reactions as well as to the ones that dismissed them as subjective commentary with a series of tweets..
http://www.vox.com/2015/3/11/8189679/serena-williams-indian-wells-racism
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)to ever represent America. She has worked hard for her achievements and deserves our respect and gratitude.
BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)all be very proud of her.
For those who aren't, then it is not Serena who is the problem. They need simply to look in the mirror.
undeterred
(34,658 posts)I don't think anyone said that about her.
AndreaCG
(2,331 posts)But Venus has always been the class act of the two. Serena was a spoiled brat, rude about her fellow players, threatening a lines person as recently as a few years ago, when she had been a professional more than 15 years. It's only very recently that she has anything nice to say about an opponent during a post match interview. Venus however has always been a lady, and I seldom use that word.
4lbs
(6,858 posts)than every female tennis player in the world.