Venus Williams Pens an Honest Message on Racism
Venus Williams, an African-American tennis player, has written a powerful post on the issues of racism. Throughout her message, she confessed that the solidarity in the protests following George Floyd’s death brought her to tears, and was relieved that people are using their platforms to demand justice and change. Furthermore, she explained that racism is not just a “Black issue”.
Williams said, “In the past, I had the honor of fighting for equal prize money for all women’s players at the grand slams in tennis. To make this even more simple to understand, just as sexism is not only a “women’s issue,” racism is not only a “black issue.” When we fought for and won equal prize money, everyone pitched in, men and women, all colors all races. And we won.” She emphasized that the successful fight for equal pay in the tennis world is a testimony to the power of unity; if everyone chimes in to fight for a worthy cause, anything is possible.
Tennis star Venus Williams said the solidarity she has seen in recent protests over the death of George Floyd “has brought me to tears,” writing that “just as sexism is not only a ‘women’s issue,’ racism is not only a ‘black issue.'” https://t.co/ssRUK0mwgA
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Williams believes that if everyone uses their platforms to fight racism, the outcome would be the same.