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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSerena answers Sharapova et al in a fabulous letter to her mother
https://www.reddit.com/user/serenawilliams/comments/714c1b/letter_to_my_mom/<snip>
But mom, I'm not sure how you did not go off on every single reporter, person, announcer and quite frankly, hater, who was too ignorant to understand the power of a black woman.
I am proud we were able to show them what some women look like. We don't all look the same. We are curvy, strong, muscular, tall, small, just to name a few, and all the same: we are women and proud!
You are so classy, I only wish I could take your lead. I am trying, though, and God is not done with me yet. I have a LONG way to go, but thank you.
Thank you for being the role model I needed to endure all the hardships that I now regard as a challenges--ones that I enjoy. I hope to teach my baby Alexis Olympia the same, and have the same fortitude you have had.
Promise me, Mom, that you will continue to help. I'm not sure if I am as meek and strong as you are yet. I hope to get there one day. I love you dearly.
Your youngest of five,
Serena
DK504
(3,847 posts)professional careers, as usual they were treated differently than all the white players on the circuit. I hope this makes it to ESPN and is read word for word. These words need to be said on air and make people understand how they were treated becasue they "looked" athletic". Shame on ALL commentators that made snide remarks at them for the past 15 years.
malaise
(269,157 posts)<snip>
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I hope you have some tissues nearby because Serena Williams decided to just punch us in the feels today. Seriously, it's barely been a week since the GOAT (greatest of all time) shared a picture of her daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on social media, and now she has published a heartfelt letter to her mother.
The letter explores Williams' struggle with body image, such as being told she was too "muscular," or that she's "a man" just for "[looking] stronger than many other women do." She also thanks her mother, Oracene Price, for helping her "understand the power of a black woman."
Letter to my mom from u_serenawilliams
It's OK, folks. I'm crying too.
taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)Over a call and was ejected from the US Open over it. She wasn't even apologetic about it. Hardly gracious and not classy at all.
Her post loss interviews are also remarkable in her lack of graciousness to her opponents.
brush
(53,833 posts)ATL Ebony
(1,097 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Nastase, Pat Cash.
Yeah, really awful when a woman dares step out of her space, right?
ProfessorPlum
(11,272 posts)brings me back, lol. And great point.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I watched every one of those players as a child.
I forgot to mention Tiriac! Remember him?
ProfessorPlum
(11,272 posts)good times, good times
a kennedy
(29,698 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Serena can be passionate during the game.
But she is ALWAYS gracious to her opponents.
She never threatened to kill anyone.
ban1941
(9 posts)taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)and you're calling me a troll? I'm providing facts that directly counter a statement.
ProfessorPlum
(11,272 posts)ATL Ebony
(1,097 posts)Skittles
(153,179 posts)yes INDEED
Le Gaucher
(1,547 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Did you see the excerpts from Sharapova's crap book?
Le Gaucher
(1,547 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)and she claims that she got to Serena.
There's a great response here
https://www.awesomelyluvvie.com/2017/09/maria-sharapova-letter.html
phylny
(8,385 posts)Two of my favorite lines (and there are a lot of them):
"YOU COULDNT EVEN DRUG YOUR WAY TO VICTORY."
and
"Instead of giving Serena her due and her props, and kissing the ground she walks on, your cant even cheat and win ass wrote a trash piece in your book about the woman who has been constantly reminded you that you have failed."
malaise
(269,157 posts)Unstoppable
phylny
(8,385 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)But I will.
Venus is my favorite of the two sisters who play tennis, but I absolutely LOVE Serena and who she is.
I will never forget that Indian Wells crap. I felt ashamed to be a white person.
My mom recently died, and that episode caused her so much pain. We were a tennis family.
I've had to watch all the big tourneys without her this year...and forever onward.
Le Gaucher
(1,547 posts)So my hatred for her is more than ever. I would use more colorful language .. but I am will show some self control instead.
malaise
(269,157 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)And that's a great thing.
Venus is my favorite, but I love me some Serena.