OK, Yahoo Sports (Tennis) is banning me again at a highly inopportune moment! So, what's new?! Anyhoo, now to move on to the relevant details:
Article in discussion posted on Tue Aug 16 12:36pm EDT. Title: Video: Roddick on why tennis needs to be more like NFL, WWE (Busted Racquet).
Web address: http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/blog/busted_racquet/post/Video-Roddick-on-why-tennis-needs-to-be-more-li?urn=ten-wp2551
In response to my comment under the article, expressing the view that black athletes are treated with less repect than their white counterparts (actually, I stated that this was a fact), Stephen wrote:
"Tell me, Wise Woman, what facts are those? Lay them out for me, please.
Because at the moment, all I see from you is incediary (read: hate) speech, with nothing to support your ridiculous accusations. Of course, this is typical of racists who seek only to further their hateful agenda as opposed to seeking rational discourse."
Now, for some unknown (?) reason, Yahoo stubbornly refuses to publish my reply to Stephen's query! So, here it is:
Are you serious, Stephen?! Have you not seen the innumerable dehumanising comments about the Williams sisters under every tennis article (often under articles that bear no mention of the ladies in discussion!)? When are white athletes referred to as gorillas? When are white players' parents mocked & denigrated the way the Williams sisters' mom and dad are? Why aren't white sports stars' achievements repeatedly ridiculed by unproven accusations of steroid use? In fact, I was first the one to respond in kind and hurl some of these above-mentioned insults right back at white athletes; I was immediately bombarded with myriad charges of racism! I give them a taste of their own medicine, and they lash out at me and label me a racist! However, these same folks have no qualms about giving supportive Thumbs Ups to to the crude remarks about black athletes! I owe you an apology, Stephen: I cannot lay out all the facts as you've requested! For a comprehensive list of all the ignominy heaped upon black stars, I'll have to write a huge book!!!!
