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Serena Williams Slams Russian Tennis Official Over "Racist" Comments
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Posted on 10/19/2014 3:35:06 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA

Serena Williams says comments by the head of the Russian Tennis Federation referring to her and older sister Venus as "brothers" were bullying, sexist and racist, and that she supported the one-year suspension imposed by the WTA against the official.

Shamil Tarpischev was also fined $25,000 for making the comments on Russian television. He also said the sisters were "scary" to look at.

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To: Red in Blue PA

The media has the race baiters trained, but they keep forgetting to tell them foreign countries never learned American racism.


81 posted on 10/19/2014 7:10:53 PM PDT by Hillbillary
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To: lee martell

I agree. The comments were rude, but not racist. So why is the negro upset?


82 posted on 10/19/2014 7:13:29 PM PDT by glennaro
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To: ex91B10

LOL! I’ve been saying the same thing about them for years, albeit not publically. Maybe that’s why I still have a job and haven’t been audited by the IRS.


83 posted on 10/19/2014 8:02:05 PM PDT by Roger Kaputnik
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To: Iron Munro

**Who are they?**


She is Romanian tennis star. FR thread from 2009

Tennis Star, 17, to Have DD Breasts Reduced
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2259978/posts


84 posted on 10/20/2014 5:29:15 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Guns are like parachutes. If you need one and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again.)
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To: Arrowhead1952

Too bad she couldn’t have donated her overage to some needy Twiggy.


85 posted on 10/20/2014 5:35:04 AM PDT by Iron Munro (EARBOLA: The nausea you get from the sound of Barack Obama giving a speech.)
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To: GeronL
That’s a Man!

Serena should be incarcerated for doing such a shabby job of impersonating a female.


86 posted on 10/20/2014 5:38:49 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Legacy of 'Obama The Divider' - Racial Revenge Running Rampant)
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To: GeronL

“I don’t think a Jehovah’s Witness would be wearing tennis skirts so short like she does.”

I wonder if she chose JW so they couldn’t test her blood?


87 posted on 10/20/2014 7:21:09 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: ViLaLuz

I do not know, but from what I know about them, they’d never ever become celebrities if they were really JW.


88 posted on 10/20/2014 9:48:49 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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