Sports
Still mocking Serena?
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11 Dec 2012
- Written by Tri-State Defender Newsroom
Well, this was awkward.
At a recent exhibition match in Sao Paulo, 22-year-old Caroline Wozniack stuffed her tennis outfit with padding in what many are interpreting as an imitation of Serena Williams' body, and "made many in the audience laugh as she swung her tennis racket while displaying her fake assets," News One reports.
The display strikes us as inappropriate, to say the least – and even more troubling when one considers the ongoing negative comments and mockery that Williams has faced because of her shape for as long as she's been on the court.
The Olympic gold medalist, however, apparently got in on the joke, tweeting, "Hummmmm do they make Brazilian bikinis for ummm well ... Me??" and "In Brazil trying to buy a Brazilian bikini."
Is laughing it off (and winning) the best approach to scrutiny of black bodies that shows no signs of letting up?
Source: The Root
