The Media Needs To Stop Making Serena Williams Its “Angry Black Woman”
It’s almost impossible for Serena Williams to catch a break because as the most revered athlete of our time, with 23 Grand Slams under her belt, and the spirit of a warrior who along with her partner-in-greatness, Venus, has had to endure the very worst that the elite sport of tennis has to offer — there’s seems to be no escape from the unfair scrutiny of the media.
It stems from the unshakable accusation of being the globally celebrated “angry Black woman.”
The interesting aspect of Serena’s volatile history with the press, which has been consistently one-sided, is the irony of how the gold-star wife and mother is always presented as the instigator of these so-called “heated encounters” with White male reporters, who enjoy baiting the world-class tennis champion with cruel jokes that are anything but hilarious.
Take the press conference at the 2018 BNP Paribas Open, when once again Serena was forced into the staged hate-fest with ravenous inquisitors, hoping to garner fleeting attention for carving out the click-worthy headline that reinforces the falsehood of Serena’s ill-mannered temperament.
As Serena remained composed and alert with the dignified stance that’s never wavered, a stupid ass reporter deemed it necessary to provoke her with awful…
