Racism at USO?

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Serena Williams, the Black woman defending her US Open championship, was penalized in her semifinal match with white player Kim Clijsters.

In the lily-white world of women's professional tennis, Ms. Williams and her sister have often struggled to overcome racism.

White rightwing hate radio talker Don Imus infamously referred to Black woman athletes as "nappy-headed hos", revealing the true feelings of most white Americans.

Racism was a big factor in the shocking display last night, stunning the crowd in Forest Lawn's Arthur Ashe Stadium - which ironically is named for another Black champion.

A line judge claimed that Williams threatened her after she was double-faulted.

Replays proved it wasn't a fault after all, but the judge claimed that Ms. Williams "threatened" her.

Ms. Williams was stunned and replied “I didn’t say I would kill you, are you serious? I didn’t say that.’’

After the disgusting act of racism that ejected her from the tournament, Ms. Williams told reporters "I've never been in a fight in my whole life, so I don't know why she would have felt threatened."

"She was called for a foot fault, and a point later, she said something to a line umpire, and it was reported to the chair, and that resulted in a point penalty," a white official explained. "And it just happened that point penalty was match point. It was a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct."

The only code I see is the usual one: whites only.

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YAWN

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So you're a white baby. No surprise there.

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now who couldn't of seen this coming from a mile away..

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I guess you could see Russia from 58 miles away, though. Right, liar?

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I guess you could see Russia from 58 miles away, though. Right, liar?

now who couldn't of seen this coming from a mile away..

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Did you work at a base in NY too, liar?

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Did you work at a base in NY too, liar?

I've worked at different ones around the country..how bout you, do you work or are you still in school? and what grade, 5th..

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I bet you don't even know where the USO is played, do you, liar?

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I bet you don't even know where the USO is played, do you, liar?

I bet I don't care..

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Now we know.

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Serena Williams is fined $10,500 for tirade at U.S. Open
There will also be further investigation of the incident, and more penalties are possible, according to a statement from the International Tennis Federation.

By Diane Pucin

6:13 PM PDT, September 13, 2009

Reporting from New York

Serena Williams will be fined a total of $10,500 for behavior deemed "unsportsmanlike conduct" and for racket abuse after her aggressive, obscenity-filled reaction to a critical foot fault called during her 6-4, 7-5 U.S. Open semifinal loss to Kim Clijsters on Saturday night.

There will also be further investigation of the incident, according to a statement from the International Tennis Federation that was released by the Open. The statement said, "additional penalties can be imposed."

Williams earned $350,000 for her singles semifinal finish and can earn as much as $205,000 if she and her sister Venus win the women's doubles final today.

After a lineswoman called a foot fault on a second serve, which gave Williams a double fault and put her a point away from the loss, Williams approached the lineswoman, shook a tennis ball in the direction of the woman's face and reportedly said, "If I could, I would take this . . . ball and . . . shove it down your throat."

Because Williams had already received a warning after breaking her racket at the end of the first set, her actions in confronting the lineswoman resulted in another code violation and a penalty point. That point was match point and gave Clijsters the win.

Through a public relations agency, Williams released a statement Sunday that said, "Last night everyone could truly see the passion I have for my job. Now that I have had time to gain my composure I can see that while I don't agree with the unfair line call, in the heat of battle I let my passion and emotion get the better of me and as a result handled the situation poorly."

ESPN2 and CBS tennis analyst Mary Carillo called the fine "a joke," and suggested Williams shouldn't be allowed to play the doubles final. "She should be out. How can you let her play? That woman was threatened and humiliated."

Pam Shriver, who is working for ESPN, said that one outcome of the incident might be a system in which foot-fault calls could be challenged and electronically reviewed.

"I think, after this, officials will find the need to address reviewing of foot faults," Shriver said. "I could see where, just like after the Serena-[Jennifer] Capriati match [in the 2004 Open] . . . ushered in the age of electronic line calls, this might usher in the age of the challenge of foot-fault calls."



http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...89,print.story


Just another superstar who thinks the rules do not apply to her.

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its becoming clear that DNC is really maineman's troll......

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Serena Williams, the Black woman defending her US Open championship, was penalized in her semifinal match with white player Kim Clijsters.

In the lily-white world of women's professional tennis, Ms. Williams and her sister have often struggled to overcome racism.

White rightwing hate radio talker Don Imus infamously referred to Black woman athletes as "nappy-headed hos", revealing the true feelings of most white Americans.

Racism was a big factor in the shocking display last night, stunning the crowd in Forest Lawn's Arthur Ashe Stadium - which ironically is named for another Black champion.

A line judge claimed that Williams threatened her after she was double-faulted.

Replays proved it wasn't a fault after all, but the judge claimed that Ms. Williams "threatened" her.

Ms. Williams was stunned and replied “I didn’t say I would kill you, are you serious? I didn’t say that.’’

After the disgusting act of racism that ejected her from the tournament, Ms. Williams told reporters "I've never been in a fight in my whole life, so I don't know why she would have felt threatened."

"She was called for a foot fault, and a point later, she said something to a line umpire, and it was reported to the chair, and that resulted in a point penalty," a white official explained. "And it just happened that point penalty was match point. It was a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct."

The only code I see is the usual one: whites only.

LOL total race-baiting.

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LOL total race-baiting.

She was fined and removed, because she told no one she was half man and half woman.