Under the Tennis section of Yahoo Sports, a "gentle"man named Mark Bennson has made some pretty bigoted comments about Serena Williams. According to him, Serena deserves all the ugly and cruel comments about her that have been appearing for years "because of her history of threatening umps, crip walking at Wimbledon and sleeping with married men."!!!!
I've been trying in vain for the past few hours to post this response of mine. Other messages are appearing on the site, but this particular reply is being repeatedly discarded. It's obvious that some person/people (I have a nagging feeling that I'm aware of their race and gender!) is/are determined to prevent me from having my say! So here's my response to Mr. Mark Bennson:
"Actually, there have been several white male players who have behaved obnoxiously on court throughout their careers, and haven't received 1/100 the amount of criticism to which Serena has been subjected.
John McEnroe had shouted "Go f- - - your mother" to an umpire!
Andre Agassi, frustrated by a call, sent an unnecessary "ace" zooming in the direction of a lineswoman, while simultaneously speculating loudly about her sex life!
David Nalbandian kicked an object lying right next to a linesman's foot in anger, causing the man to start bleeding. Then, he had the nerve to protest when authorities decided to suspend the game!
I could go on and on citing examples...
It's impossible to believe that any sensible adult of any race does not know for a fact that Serena is maligned far more maliciously because she is black + extremely successful!"
Elementary, My Dear Bennson!
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