*Serena Williams has haters all around all the time, even when she’s staying out of the spotlight.
Earlier this month, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark stuffed her shirt and skirt with towels, mocking champion athlete.
What a hater; she wished she had all that junk in her trunk, some would say.
Anyway, the incident was caught on camera and went viral. (Scroll down to see the video.) The response was something fierce. Viewers called the Denmark tennis player a racist.
Even Whoopi Goldberg did her due diligence and brought it up on the “The View.”
However, despite the uproar, Serena actually defended Wozniacki saying she probably didn’t mean anything by it.
“I know Caro and I would call her my friend and I don’t think she (meant) anything racist by it,” she wrote from the island of Mauritius off the coast of Africa, training for the upcoming Australian match.
This isn’t the first time the bodily endowed athlete has been parodied.
Others like Andy Roddick and Novak Djokovic also have enacted their own forms of jokes about Serena’s body.
While some may view the jokes as sexist and racist, she pointed out the imbalance of attention this particular incident with Caroline attracted.
“(Roddick) and (Djokovic) do it all the time and Caro does (it) and now it’s racist.??” she wrote.
Read more of her response at USA Today.
I stated that I wouldn’t call it racist,because they may joke like that.
So I’d like to hear from all the people who called it racist,what are your thoughts now?
Well….as for myself?, I STILL feel it was a racist act, & furthermore am appalled at this sista’s ignorance & lack of cultural pride! After all the shyt she her sister AND father have gone through?, in “that” sport!?, coming from the CPT!!?? WTF!? Look….the “joke” was NOT made with Serena in the vicinity, it was done without her presence AND to fkn….WORLD!! So…..what evva/HOWevva they “play/joke” in private?, ain’t got shyt to do wit it! And to made fun of if “that” specific way?, can be nothin BUT racist!! It’s the next thang from…”blackface”! For any non Black to make fun of Our features…is & will ALWAYS be….racist! And in this current climate of racism?, this bytch just sold Us the fk out, & gave “permission” to continue the shyt!! No WONDER this female dated all lem WB’s!!! She has daddy AND cultural issues that need addressing right soon!! But sadly, a lot of Us need it to, b/c We have been desensitized OF WTF “racism is”, due to our so called “leaders” NOT insuring the education of it, and in that way furrrrrrrtha desensitizing Us to not take action against it due to Our ….ignorance. Again….a private joke should be just “that” PRIVATE!, & even “then”!!!, a person should have some fkn limits when the “joke” is a jab at that person’s….cultural heritage. So in this case?, the ignorance is ‘on BOTH sides of this coin. But then again?, most racist “KNOW” WTF they’re doing so…..”Serena” is the only “blind muthafkah” driving the….”STUpid bus”. The End!/Chuuuuuuuch!/All Day!/Merry Christmas!!
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I agree with you Taurus. Serena along with other blacks get too comfortable with these type of stereotypical jokes because they do not understand or rather have knowledge of white supremacy in this country. Looking at this nitwit reminds me of the horror Sarah Baartmann had to go through when they used her body as a freakshow display. IJS
HELLO…..”ok”!? SMDH!/Merry Christmas, lady!
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get the fuck over it, was it directed at you? no so shut the hell up, funny/ clever/ proves there is actually some comradarie within womens tennis
Maybe this is too complicated a topic for white people and the average black person to understand.
I noticed that EUR left out Serena’s closing comment on the topic.
“I must add,” she wrote. “If people feel this way, she should take reason and do something different next time.”
Also, note that Serena does not express all that much confidence in the “friendship”:
“ I would call her my friend.”
Or whether or not it was intended in a racist manner:
and I don’t think she (meant) anything racist.
It’s quite obvious that Serena thought a lot about how she was going to respond to this. She didn’t want to be accused of being another black person crying racism for everything, but she obviously had no intention of condoning this type of behavior.
The Roddick/Djokovic comparison is also interesting.
Was Serena trying to remind us that that should also be considered racist?
to Taurus and Diva & Reds. Thanks and Happy holidays.
Reds I think your two words in bold,well you really have to hear what she said,because it could be taken any way. I think I see it diffrerently than where I believe u r going
Thanks Serena
Serena you are very disappointing to your race. I thought you were smart but was I wrong.