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5. The Thing About That Fine
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 06:32 PM
Sep 2018

is they didn't even think about it..the boom was so immediate I don't see how it could've been discussed with any depth or insight. Also noticed how the International Tennis Federation jumped to Ramos' defense immediately, cause, doncha know they have to keep their credibility intact. Sally Jenkins wrote a really good piece about all this which I will find and post.

Here...

“Chair umpire Carlos Ramos managed to rob not one but two players in the women’s U.S. Open final. Nobody has ever seen anything like it: An umpire so wrecked a big occasion that both players, Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams alike, wound up distraught with tears streaming down their faces during the trophy presentation and an incensed crowd screamed boos at the court. Ramos took what began as a minor infraction and turned it into one of the nastiest and most emotional controversies in the history of tennis, all because he couldn’t take a woman speaking sharply to him.

Williams abused her racket, but Ramos did something far uglier: He abused his authority. Champions get heated — it’s their nature to burn. All good umpires in every sport understand that the heart of their job is to help temper the moment, to turn the dial down, not up, and to be quiet stewards of the event rather than to let their own temper play a role in determining the outcome. Instead, Ramos made himself the chief player in the women’s final. He marred Osaka’s first Grand Slam title and one of Williams’s last bids for all-time greatness. Over what? A tone of voice. Male players have sworn and cursed at the top of their lungs, hurled and blasted their equipment into shards, and never been penalized as Williams was in the second set of the U.S. Open final.”…cont…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/tennis/at-us-open-power-of-serena-williams-and-naomi-osaka-is-overshadowed-by-an-umpires-power-play/2018/09/08/edbf46c8-b3b4-11e8-a20b-5f4f84429666_story.html?utm_term=.dc1ff9c25103

And the caption, guillaumeb Sep 2018 #1
Exactly, guillaumeb. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #6
Good goddamn. That anyone could pretend The Polack MSgt Sep 2018 #2
Bullshit excuses for an inexcusable cartoon. It was racist, sexist and offensive. Arkansas Granny Sep 2018 #3
Nadal has never smashed a racket. He was taught not to at an early age by his uncle. Tipperary Sep 2018 #4
You can go to 4:35 in this youtube video disenfranchised Sep 2018 #9
Didn't break it. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #10
The Thing About That Fine Me. Sep 2018 #5
Yes, Me. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #11
I agree. Those who defend the cartoon because of free speech, and pass it off as artistic Nitram Sep 2018 #7
The cartoon is garbage Loki Liesmith Sep 2018 #8
Both are true and Serena continues to be a terrible loser Awsi Dooger Sep 2018 #28
Why would a white, male perspective have any value in this instance? Reader Rabbit Sep 2018 #33
Newton's Third Law... Perseus Sep 2018 #12
I was never a world class competitor in anything The Polack MSgt Sep 2018 #13
Thank you, MSgt. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #21
+++ brer cat Sep 2018 #31
Misogyny & Racism Run So Deep, Many Have a Complete Blind Spot to their Biases & Often Seem "Normal" dlk Sep 2018 #14
It is a horrible window to his soul that he didn't flinch, or reconsider, or have any doubts. byronius Sep 2018 #15
Kicked grantcart Sep 2018 #16
Photo of Legend Serena while on the court. The opposite of racist Knight toon. Truth matters. Prof.Higgins Sep 2018 #17
How the hell can Osaka be blond??? What's going on here????? nt LAS14 Sep 2018 #18
Interesting... sheshe2 Sep 2018 #22
These days, I'm not sure there's a good way to show race in a cartoon, period. MadDAsHell Sep 2018 #32
Wow!!!! This is so telling!!!!! LAS14 Sep 2018 #19
If only the were a clinical test for racism, sexism flibbitygiblets Sep 2018 #20
NAZI Germany poster on "Degenerate Music". Look familiar? Prof.Higgins Sep 2018 #23
Alas. Poster link won't work. Titled "Entartete Musik" N/t Prof.Higgins Sep 2018 #24
I got it to work by- The Polack MSgt Sep 2018 #25
why is Naomi Osaka drawn as a blonde? DonCoquixote Sep 2018 #26
Racist sheshe2 Sep 2018 #27
There's really nothing to discuss. There is no need to attempt to "consider both sides". There is Atticus Sep 2018 #29
He's a racist pos ismnotwasm Sep 2018 #30
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