Holy crap, that’s ridiculous. Martina? Pedestal? Privilege? Few athletes in history have been robbed of more “earned privilege” than
@martina
. As a gay, muscular, eastern Euro female defector, Martina may have the single most valid perspective regarding social issues and tennis.
@christophclarey
@Martina
Easy for Navratilova to say sitting on her pedestal of white privilege. As somebody once said "The most dangerous place for a black person to be is in a white person's imagination". All unfolding here with Serena and her critics who are 95% white.
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@BrettHaber
@Martina
@astrodome
- The whole white privilege narrative is so much hot air to begin with.
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@BrettHaber
@Martina
I agree with you.
@Martina
lost so much in endorsements because of being openly gay and still set records in Tennis. I would never say that Martina is privileged.
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@BrettHaber
@Martina
What's ridiculous is that y'all think you can write and judge the emotions of a black woman without having walked a mile in her shoes. All noted in the coded racism that filled Martin's article. E.g "Serena lost the plot". Seriously?? Y'all can have a sit and STFU 😒
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@BrettHaber
@Martina
No matter what Martina went through in her career, it doesn't reach 20% of what Serena Williams has gone through since 1998. And let's not forget the history and context of racial bias and discrimination against Serena that was lost in all the reporting of that US Open final 😒
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@BrettHaber
@MungoNGus
@Martina
"Ridiculous" is far too kind a description. I prefer to give the benefit of the doubt that this person doesn't know much about
@Martina
's history or pro tennis in general. The least nuanced opinions I've seen about Ramos/Serena appear similarly uninformed
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@BrettHaber
@Martina
This absurd response is exactly why the outburst is so mis-timed & potentially dangerous. It mistakenly leads down a dark rabbit hole that is a national fault line which far too many people are looking for a reason explode about.There are plenty of those reasons but this isn't 1
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@BrettHaber
@Martina
Whatever struggles Martina went through in her career has certainly been lost in her new found position of privilege. Someone who tastelessly dismissed Sharapova's blatant 10-year doping as "simple mistake", is the same person saying Serena is wrong for calling out injustice.
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@BrettHaber
@Martina
Martina earned everything she worked for. The Czech federation controlled her. She was a prisoner before her defection.
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@BrettHaber
@Martina
Martina had to leave her country .....can this .... Even imagine the courage and strength of her to do that. If anyone has been put on a pedestal is Serena! Come on!!
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@BrettHaber
@jowilliamox
@Martina
So Rena fans now transferring it from being about sexism to racism now. 🤔
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@BrettHaber
@Martina
Is she not white? Is she black? Black people are tired of white people telling them what to do. We don't care what she gave up, it was her choice, being black is not a choice.
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@BrettHaber
@Martina
If she has a good grip on social issues why hasn't she condemned the racist depiction of Serena in the Aussie rag? Don't think we are fooled by all the fake back handed praise, she and the others do not like Venus and Serena. They hate their accomplishments,
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