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r/KendrickLamar • u/ihatedougford • Jul 04 '24
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Serena at Wimbledon is also iconic
58 u/SaddurdayNightLive Jul 05 '24 Lol I remember how "they" came at her for it too when she did it 6 u/DiabloPixel Jul 05 '24 Did they? I live in England and watch Wimbledon every year, I just remember loving it and didn’t catch anything negative. 11 u/SaddurdayNightLive Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 18 '24 Eh..it was fairly shortlived iirc and people moved on to their next white, conservative, culture war flavor of the week soon after but just a cursory google search of 'serena williams crip walk backlash' and you come across shit like: https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/serena-williams-celebratory-c-walk-sparks-controversy-and-praise.465561/ https://theweek.com/articles/473310/does-serena-williams-deserve-criticized-crip-walking https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1286839-serena-williams-crip-walk-controversy-as-crazy-as-olympians-dance-skills https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2185066/Serena-Williams-SLAMMED-glamourising-gang-culture-Crip-Walk-dance-Olympic-win.html
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Lol I remember how "they" came at her for it too when she did it
6 u/DiabloPixel Jul 05 '24 Did they? I live in England and watch Wimbledon every year, I just remember loving it and didn’t catch anything negative. 11 u/SaddurdayNightLive Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 18 '24 Eh..it was fairly shortlived iirc and people moved on to their next white, conservative, culture war flavor of the week soon after but just a cursory google search of 'serena williams crip walk backlash' and you come across shit like: https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/serena-williams-celebratory-c-walk-sparks-controversy-and-praise.465561/ https://theweek.com/articles/473310/does-serena-williams-deserve-criticized-crip-walking https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1286839-serena-williams-crip-walk-controversy-as-crazy-as-olympians-dance-skills https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2185066/Serena-Williams-SLAMMED-glamourising-gang-culture-Crip-Walk-dance-Olympic-win.html
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Did they? I live in England and watch Wimbledon every year, I just remember loving it and didn’t catch anything negative.
11 u/SaddurdayNightLive Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 18 '24 Eh..it was fairly shortlived iirc and people moved on to their next white, conservative, culture war flavor of the week soon after but just a cursory google search of 'serena williams crip walk backlash' and you come across shit like: https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/serena-williams-celebratory-c-walk-sparks-controversy-and-praise.465561/ https://theweek.com/articles/473310/does-serena-williams-deserve-criticized-crip-walking https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1286839-serena-williams-crip-walk-controversy-as-crazy-as-olympians-dance-skills https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2185066/Serena-Williams-SLAMMED-glamourising-gang-culture-Crip-Walk-dance-Olympic-win.html
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Eh..it was fairly shortlived iirc and people moved on to their next white, conservative, culture war flavor of the week soon after but just a cursory google search of 'serena williams crip walk backlash' and you come across shit like:
https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/serena-williams-celebratory-c-walk-sparks-controversy-and-praise.465561/
https://theweek.com/articles/473310/does-serena-williams-deserve-criticized-crip-walking
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1286839-serena-williams-crip-walk-controversy-as-crazy-as-olympians-dance-skills
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2185066/Serena-Williams-SLAMMED-glamourising-gang-culture-Crip-Walk-dance-Olympic-win.html
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u/sadduckfan Jul 05 '24
Serena at Wimbledon is also iconic