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Rab said:

Machiavellian said:

Yes she has walked off before but did you know why.  Would you even care as you only see the result and not the cause or what lead up to it.  Either way, that is history let's concentrate on this case.  Whether right or wrong, most competitive athletes get upset.  She had her argument but realized still, that this win was an event for Naomi and made sure she gave her respect.  Did you totally ignore that part or it doesn't mean anything.  Has Serena been hot headed in the past, yes, has the sport and it's fans during her younger years treated her like crap, yes.   Case in point would be that nice cartoon from the Herald Sun

I love how Australians are jumping to the defense of that cartoon of Serena and Naomi.  Nothing like making the all black woman look like a large ape jumping on her racket while making the half black half Japanese woman blond and blue eyes white woman but maybe that is how Australians view black people.  When the other person is half black, well you just make them white and move on from there while making the all black woman look like a large brute.  I am not really sure if I care what the Australian press feel.  I will go more towards the professional players and say they are right she overreacted but at least in her later days she understood the situation and gave Naomi her credit.  

Australians aren't any more racist than other people, and our newspaper cartoonists are very even handed when it comes to caricatures, I imagine in the US with your history and heightened sensibilities around race that that cartoon would be triggering, that's on you, but here in Australia it's just a caricature i.e. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtM3jKy79IE  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfHcYMLAkOM 

Australians obviously do have sensibilities around behaviour and manners, Serena triggered that in us, we wonder how the Umpire must feel being treated like that, accused of so much, having his job threatened by her when he only played by the rules and did his job, I image its been dreadful for him and his family, in Australia we would like to see Serena apologize to him to help make things right, restore some of her dignity and his, if she then wants to bring up other issues regarding tennis then she can do so without ruining a guys career, breakdown on what actually occurred i.e. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0s7afcVnPI 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYsbhMWccMA

Lol, well if you call making Naomi a white blond blue eye woman even handed then I have a bridge to sell you.  The picture has a lot of symbolism in it but one thing for sure is you have a picture of a huge black woman jumping up and down looking like one of those nice sambo caricatures while you present the other person as this innocent white blond blue eye woman.  No, I have no clue about racism in Australia, only thing I do know is that you tried to present the Australian press in a light as if they are innocent of any type of stereotypical viewpoint while supporting a stereotypical view point. 

People like to throw the word racist around alot put I will be the first to say that everything isn't racist but stereotypical is something totally different.  What that cartoon says is you have a certain viewpoint towards black woman.  First you made her look fat, next you gave her some really nice big lips, then you suggest the opponent is a white blue eyed white woman suggesting she should give the angry black woman the win.  Whether you understand the stereotypical representation made or not doesn't excuse that you fell right into that stereotypical viewpoint.