Billie Jean King: "Thank you Serena Williams for calling out double standard-More voices needed..."
@BillieJeanKing
(2/2) When a woman is emotional, she’s “hysterical” and she’s penalized for it. When a man does the same, he’s “outspoken” & and there are no repercussions. Thank you, @serenawilliams, for calling out this double standard. More voices are needed to do the same.
7:21 PM - 8 Sep 2018
Link to tweet
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/billie-jean-king-says-serena-williams-penalized-at-us-open-due-double-standard-1141355
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Is the author from pluto ?
What a guy 
very obvious
take racism seriously. Does not change one thing. So you run along now and play. I am right, you are wrong. Period. Nothing you say or imply will change that. I understand, tennis, the rules and how dipshit racist some umps are and stupidly open about it some can be. The ump was an asshole. And those who back him....well..... you're entitled. Your opinion about Serena Williams means NOTHING to me. So you know where that leaves you, I hope, and that you will stop stalking me and trying to harass me.
bye
Stalking? We're posting on a message board and we happen to disagree...you were "stalking" me and my posts as well sillyass.
Take care 
Such obvious sexism. And throw in a skin colour that is threatening to many, many white people and there you have it. Serena Williams has done nothing more than show the strength of African-american women particularly and women in general. 
part of being right is knowing what's right and in the case of Serena Williams, a lot of so-called liberals are pretty "boorish" themselves. So Serena was cheated by an idiot calling himself an ump, the WTA and many others who have more knowledge of what is boorish or not have lined up and have Serena's back. Your opinion of her counts for zero. Period. bye
does not need your help. She did a good job, yet Serena was still the recipient of stupid and obvious bias on the part of the idiot ump and she was right to get angry. All this faux outrage and the really transparent reality of white outrage that has always been against a woman who has a lot of strength to put up with the BS created by racist people who hate her being on the tennis court. I laugh at all this. She still outshines all who want to put her down. Always will.
I didn't because I wouldn't say such a thing in public. Too much sniffling and whining. Can't stand it.
But unless you actually FOLLOW tennis on the regular, then your opinion is one that is NOT taking all things into consideration, because you have no idea what Serena has had to face during her tennis career. Being black and a woman is difficult in a sport that at one time didn't want "your kind" playing in it. This official would never do a male tennis player like Rafa, Nole or Federer like he did Serena--during a championship finals match. He took a game away from her which "officially" cost her the match (She probably would have lost, because Osaka was playing extremely well and deserved to win her 1st US Open singles slam. And to Serena's credit, she's come a long way back, #16, after a difficult and life-threatening post-pregnancy). Now, If Ramos had called her over and warned her and she kept going, then that's on Serena Williams for complaining after a warning, and he'd have had the right to remove the game. But there was NO warning. He just took a game away from her after slandering her for cheating earlier in the match. Serena Williams has had a match stolen from her, and it happened at the same US Open in 2004. Ramos at the very least guilty of being a snowflake/thin-skinned IMHO. He abused his power also. By the way, he issued a code violation to Venus Williams because he said that she was cheating by allegedly receiving coaching help from her coach during a 2016 FO match. Venus told him during the changeover, I'm 36 years old, and I don't have to cheat.
At the 2001 US Open, and on prime-time TV, male tennis player Lleyton Hewitt accused a black male lines man of CHEATING for the black male opponent he was playing (James Blake) when he called 2 foot faults on him. Everyone heard him and knew what he meant. Yet, he wasn't defaulted and not even FINED. The match was reviewed, and he still wasn't fined or anything. I wonder WHY Hewitt wasn't punished for his racist tirade on prime-time tv? You can't tell me that him being white and a male didn't have something to do with it, and from all I have ever read, Hewitt never apologized to the linesman he racially slandered (If he did, then my bad, I'm wrong, but I don't think he ever has). In 2002, he said something to the affect of, lets just let bygones be bygones, and that he's spoken to Blake and we're fine You talk about Serena wanting to be bigger than the game, but Hewitt never being punished for his overt racism made HIM bigger than the game. He got away with it & he won the tournament. By the way, Hewitt was a jerk his WHOLE career. So, me being a fan of a following tennis since 1969, I can see where Serena Williams would feel a "certain way" about certain things concerning the US Open, as she was cheated out of a match there in 2004. That prime-time match was called so horribly, that the USTA issued a letter of apology to Serena Williams, but not before "gold-star" umpire (Marianna Alvez) was removed from officiating the rest of the tournament. Serena actually LOST that match to Jennifer Capriati due to bad umpiring/lines calls. You had people like yourself saying that she thought that SHE was bigger than the game, when everyone who actually knew tennis and who saw that match say that she was CHEATED out of that 3-set match. Actually, Serena held her temper quite well after having a match STOLEN from her. But she was still called a cry baby, sore loser, when she rightfully complained in her post match presser about how badly her match was called. Thank goodness shot spot was made a permanent fixture in tennis, but that only after Serena had that match STOLEN from her.
And here we are today.
Look at this cartoon from Australia. This isn't racist? Not sure what race you are but if you aren't black, you have NO idea what black women, especially successful ones go through with sexism & racism on the regular.
I have been a Serena Williams fan for decades. Love her, respect her, and there have been times where I've not even agreed with some of her actions. She definitely isn't perfect, as none of us are. However, I'm hearing how she's a cry baby, sore loser, cheater, makes up things, a whiner and complainer. She's had to endure being called a man, transvestite, monkey, gorilla, silver back, liar--has been accused allowing their father to match-fix matches between them, and you have had those say that she's built like a male/muscular/intimidating and that it gives her an advantage over the "regular" women on the tour
Like I say, you have a right to your own opinion. But, unless you have a more full context of what this woman's gone through on the tour over her 20 plus years playing on it, then to me what you're saying about her thinking that she's "bigger than the game" is simplistic and shallow at best.
she had an ump on her side. NO DOUBTS.
and never will. That's my position and won't budge an inch
is for the privileged and entitled who must rationalize said privilege and entitlement to be able to continually turn away from the truth. I see it happen every day in amerika. Doesn't make me feel better. Osaka and her sad look is for what? Did she know she got big breaks? I seriously don't know. But in not seeing the match first hand and relying on snips from the match, Osaka got BIG breaks, while Serena got none. Osaka is a good athlete. That is all she gets from me.
I rely on my gut in Amerika every day. Been wrong 1% of the time. My gut got me through a war, so yeah, I rely on it. heavily.
with living in amerika, I have been wrong about racism and racist situations, 1% of the time. Since I saw my first racist incident/consequence, I have relied on my gut when dealing/assessing situations like this. Have at your non-belief. Does not faze me.
being right 99% of the time about racism and this enabling, encouraging society and its minions of the racist culture of amerika makes me weary. 
It is just waiting to sink, already hit the iceberg, November 9, 2016.
and don't let me start on the DEGREES of racism in this country. You have nothing to provide me in the area of trying to educate me. NO, that's the first thing I saw and just accepted my conclusions based on the South African apartheid system of classification of POC that white amerika still uses. Look, I have watched the ebb and flow of white racism in its many guises and rationales for 59 years, NOTHING has really changed except the window dressing. Behind that oh, so fine and beautiful window dressing has always lain a hell hole of hate, ignorance and stupidity perpetrated by a racist group of sub-cultural slugs who are the foot soldiers of the RW racists that have governed and led this society for generations.
Nope, didn't miss a damn thing. I am done with this. You have a good one you heah??? bye
Serena was whipping Jennifer Capriati in set 3 until the So-called chair umpire Marianna Alves and her crew did her in during the third set at the 2004 US Open.
How Serena held her nerve and temper was beyond me. I'd have went ballistic. Nope, she was TOLD in many a column I read that she should have been the bigger person because she was a multi-slam champion. Shut up and be quiet, and in some cases, I read where people said that she's won ENOUGH, good that she lost even though cheated. Mighty white of them. And even when the USTA issued an apology to Serena because that match was so poorly umpired, those same folks saying that she's won enough and should shut up, many said something to the effect of she was black and the only reason she was given a written apology And, even though Capriati clearly was shown to have seen several of those balls hit inside the baseline and past her as winners for Serena during that match, she said that she didn't see anything in her post match presser And the LAST shot of the match landed clearly inside of the baseline as a winner for Serena, yet was called out and the match went to Capriati. Racism and Sexism is alive and well in the still mostly white sport of tennis.
Finally, black people in general have to always be the "BIGGER PERSON." Or are told to SHUT UP and take it, or turn the other cheek, and that's especially so for African-American women who tend to stand up for themselves. I know, I've been there as an African-American and Native American woman, and have had to stand up for myself in the field I've worked in.
now the ref, from all I have seen and read, that's a different story. You are entitled to your opinion, I WILL stick with mine.
Serena all you please, not my problem....
and it saddens me so many have such visceral hate for black athletes who resist against the wannabe 21st century slave masters.
The double standard is alive and well in Amerika.
but some are blind and need to be led. I understand why you can't admit defeat. EVERYONE, has backed Serena. That counts as someone who has the juice to back her. No tissue needed, she has been vindicated by those who count. not some who faux outrage is rendered moot and of NO CONSEQUENCE. bye
Everyone is not backing Serena and she made a damn fool of herself. I have a case of puffs tissues for her, too.
enough to make me really laugh. People that count are having Serena's back. Your opinion matters not. Take your tissues somewhere they are needed. Serena can more than buy her own. and she damn sure has more than you. Jealousy is pretty obvious. So take your opinions and tissue elsewhere. Not needed by me or Serena....what a joke all this faux outrage is and the transparency is obvious.
Because he used his racism card on a black lines man & James Blake. Yet NOTHING was done to him.
Humm 🤔
I guess it was because of HIS sense of WHITE MALE ENTITLEMENT, which served him WELL because nothing happened to him. He won the tournament and slurred a black lines man and James Blake.
Got away with it.
I actually follow tennis on the regular. Have this past 51 years. Anyway, I'm STILL waiting for HIM to be defaulted for his racist remarks about that lines person/Blake 17 years later. I'm still waiting for him to be fined for his racist remarks. Hewitt was a complete jerk on the tennis court as well. White Male privileges.
Hewitt not fined for tirade.
NEW YORK — U.S. Open officials decided Saturday not to discipline Lleyton Hewitt for his tirade during a five-set victory a day earlier, saying it was unclear whether his comments were racially motivated.
Because evidence was inconclusive, Hewitt didn't violate the Grand Slam code of conduct, tournament referee Brian Earley said.
Playing on Friday against James Blake, one of the few blacks in the event, Hewitt complained after being called for two foot faults by a black linesman and requested that the official be removed.
Television microphones caught the Australian saying to the chair umpire: "Look at him. Look at him, and you tell me what the similarity is. Just get him off the court."
Some observers, including Blake, thought Hewitt was noting that the linesman and Blake were both black. But the umpire, Andreas Egli, inferred no racial overtones, Earley said.
Hewitt told officials Saturday what he meant by the comment was that the same linesman made both foot-fault calls.
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/861873/Hewitt-not-fined-for-tirade.html
White males breaking the rules again and getting away with it. AGAIN. What's else is new 
In any event, it doesn't for an instant excuse what Hewitt said or the complete lack of backbone shown by tennis authorities in dealing with him. He probably should have been defaulted on the spot -- the rule book allows for immediate default for "gross misconduct," and this was about as gross as you can get. To then listen to the tape and take no action is inexcusable.
James Blake chose to take the high road, saying that things get said in the heat of battle and no hard feelings. He's entitled to feel that way. But there should be hard feelings. Hewitt is a spoiled, arrogant tennis prodigy surrounded by excuse-makers who blame everyone but him when he gets into trouble. (This was not a first, just the worst.) By the end of the tournament, the TV announcers were actually heard saying that Hewitt had "overcome" the controversy of the first week. Overcome? Oh, please.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2001/09/11/hewitts-fault/a9e7bd0b-91b7-4952-bd56-7d36243b0ece/?utm_term=.c19780e535c7
You're welcome 😊
Someone on this very site compared Serena to Donald tRump. Called her a bully and said she was acting just like him. Yep, here on Democratic Underground. I'd compare Ann Coulter to tRump because for her whole existence, Coulter's been an ignorant, race-bating asshole just like tRump, yet SERENA'S like tRump?
Wonder why no one cared about Lleyton Hewitt's racist actions from the 2001 US Open? He made a racist ass of himself, but HE didn't get fined nor kicked out of the 2001 US Open tournament. The USTA said that what he said in accusing a black lines man of cheating for James Blake who he was playing, was not racist. Hewitt's a WHITE MALE, so he must have been telling the truth about what he said not being racist, right He never was given ANY punishment for his actions. I remember James Blake being praised for being a GOOD man for "taking the high road" and for "turning the other cheek" (Hewitt remained a total prick his whole career). Of course many people (Even some sports writers back then), were quick to say that some of the Williams Family's "actions" could be considered racist, and of course the match-fixing accusations were thrown in for good measure. I'm a 20 plus year Serena Williams fan (Have been following tennis since 1969), and while I wished she could have handled the situation better with Ramos, the Chair Umpire sure didn't handle the situation well himself. Pretty sure he wouldn't have interjected himself into a male player's championship match. Yes, Serena was being beaten by Osaka, but Serena was beating Jennifer Capriati in 2004's US Open until the chair umpire and lines people took over and cost HER that match. The USTA had to issue an apology to her because that match was officiated so horribly. I think Serena had that reaction back to 2004 during the Finals match because she's been accused of being a cheater for so long--accused of 'intimidating' or being 'brash' or even 'threatening' towards the other "gentle" women of the tour. And, how dare she win matches and championships over these last 2 decades with her serve. There are still the doping accusations But you know something, the truth is stranger than fiction because in reality, it was the WTA'S promoted as such "Face of tennis" and "It Girl," blonde and Russian" Maria Sharapova who was found to have been using Meldonium for well over 10 years. It was not banned when she was using it, but she forgot to read her email stating that this particular PED was put on the banned WTA banned list right around the time of the finals of the 2016 AO Open in January. When questioned as to why she was using this PED, she said that she needed the drug over a decade ago for her heart because heart problems run in her family. Then, she said she used it for diabetes which runs in her family. Odd though, because she's "evolved" into quite the Candy Mogul over the years. Yes, selling her "fine" candies and now "fine" chocolates to children all over the globe at the various tournaments in the WTA, and in various department stores. She's very lucky that her ban was shortened so that she could resume her tennis career. Odd thing though, and it's that she's really struggled on the tour post-Meldonium (Which is really good for faster physical recovery/endurance and stamina). She used to be known for playing in and winning a lot of 3-set matches. She's never been the best athlete, but at 31, she's always practiced well and kept herself in tip-top shape. I wonder WHAT could have happened to the 5-time singles slam and former "IT Girl" of the WTA to make her struggle so after returning from her ban and struggle so in winning matches 🤔
And speaking of James Blake again:
Yeah, he's lucky to have had a video of his arrest, or else the policeman might have said that he was guilty of something. We know how things can escalate into death be some policemen when you look a 'certain' way.
Oh yes, the WTA & ATP has been a mini-Peyton Place--full of accusations, denials, sexism and racism for a very long time--just like in normal, everyday world
had a history of unfair calls based on gender, race, or anything else, I thought Serena was taking a cheap shot at him, using sexism as a weapon. It reminded me a little bit of Gillibrand unfairly going after Al Franken in the heat of MeToo.
