Reason: Serena Williams just a little too black to be accepted in United States
OPINION: If President Barack Obama really was the man, and not just a way that white America could feel good and liberal all over, then Serena would be the woman.
Serena Jameka Williams would be America's sweetheart. But she isn't and she never will be. The greatest female tennis player of all time, America's only current athlete who dominates a major sport, might be beloved in old age when the colour has faded a bit, but right now she's just too black.
America feels comfortable about the Super Bowl. It feels comfortable about Tom Brady and the New England Patriots muffling the Legion of Boom. It feels comfortable about Katy Perry dressing up in girly outfits and having Missy Elliott rap and Lenny Kravitz play guitar at her prom night. But Serena is just a bit too much.
On Saturday night Williams won the Australian Open against Maria Sharapova. According to the commentator who introduced the final, Sharapova is "widely regarded as the most popular athlete in the world." Really? Shouldn't that be "Sharapova is narrowly regarded as the most popular athlete in the world." And doesn't that make me smug.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/65740611/reason-serena-williams-just-a-little-too-black-to-be-accepted-in-united-states
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Serena Williams is returning to play in the Indian Wells tournament that has "haunted" her since 2001 with her love of tennis and the spirit of forgiveness as motivating factors, she writes in a first-person column published by Time.com on Wednesday.
"I play for the love of the game. And it is with that love in mind, and a new understanding of the true meaning of forgiveness, that I will proudly return to Indian Wells in 2015," she wrote.
After winning the tournament in 2001, Serena vowed never to return to play there because of the harsh treatment she received from fans.
OPINION: If President Barack Obama really was the man, and not just a way that white America could feel good and liberal all over, then Serena would be the woman.
Serena Jameka Williams would be America's sweetheart. But she isn't and she never will be. The greatest female tennis player of all time, America's only current athlete who dominates a major sport, might be beloved in old age when the colour has faded a bit, but right now she's just too black.
America feels comfortable about the Super Bowl. It feels comfortable about Tom Brady and the New England Patriots muffling the Legion of Boom. It feels comfortable about Katy Perry dressing up in girly outfits and having Missy Elliott rap and Lenny Kravitz play guitar at her prom night. But Serena is just a bit too much.
On Saturday night Williams won the Australian Open against Maria Sharapova. According to the commentator who introduced the final, Sharapova is "widely regarded as the most popular athlete in the world." Really? Shouldn't that be "Sharapova is narrowly regarded as the most popular athlete in the world." And doesn't that make me smug.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/65740611/reason-serena-williams-just-a-little-too-black-to-be-accepted-in-united-states
http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/12 ... lls-ending
Serena Williams is returning to play in the Indian Wells tournament that has "haunted" her since 2001 with her love of tennis and the spirit of forgiveness as motivating factors, she writes in a first-person column published by Time.com on Wednesday.
"I play for the love of the game. And it is with that love in mind, and a new understanding of the true meaning of forgiveness, that I will proudly return to Indian Wells in 2015," she wrote.
After winning the tournament in 2001, Serena vowed never to return to play there because of the harsh treatment she received from fans.
