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What We Can Learn From Venus and Serena
Giving up was never the plan
When it comes to Venus and Serena, there’s an abundance of love and admiration that inspires the need to periodically pay homage to the most famous sisters in the world, who have bravely dominated and excelled at an elite sport that tries and keeps failing to breakdown the soaring spirits of two Black women, who have been habitually brutalized based on their scrutinized templates.
I have written about the humble beginnings and steadfastness that was infused with the prolific anchoring of Richard Williams, the doting father and coach, whose influence and protectiveness was profound enough to warrant an upcoming biopic, that will hopefully shed more light on the fascinating tenacity of the New Orleans native, who produced first-class athletes from the enclave of Compton, USA, on the prayer of hope and dreams.
Our cultural landscape has been restructured in ways that can only accommodate a handful of superstars, simultaneously.
It’s quite tragic when you think about the languishing names that have to be dusted off after years or even decades of neglect, that reveal the shiny gems that have been criminally omitted from the conversations that only celebrate the “here and now.”
