Serena Williams was never supposed to dominate the sport of tennis she was hyper-criticized if she wore her hair or outfit in a certain way her body structure - Rachel Lindsay × Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Tennis News Serena Williams was never supposed to dominate the sport of tennis she was hyper-criticized if she wore her hair or outfit in a certain way her body structure - Rachel Lindsay Rachel Lindsay [inset] believes Serena Williams overcame numerous odds to achieve greatness. 1 Reaction Like Like Excited Happy Anxious Angry Sad Comment Share Stan ANALYST Follow Modified 13 Aug 2022 Academy Award winning producer Van Lathan and noted media personality Rachel Lindsay recently got together on a podcast to discuss Serena Williams and her legacy. Lindsay argued that Williams' race is what makes her achievements stand out more than it already does, given all the odds she had to overcome to become the great champion she is today. Speaking on the 'Higher Learning' podcast, Lindsay, who is also an attorney, explained that the 40-year-old deserves all her plaudits as black women were never expected to succeed in tennis. Lindsay argued the same about Tiger Woods but stressed the same could not be applied to Michael Jordan or Tom Brady in their respective sports, as black men are expected to be good at basketball while white men dominate American football. "She was never supposed to be dominating her sport. She wasn't. Tiger, you could almost make that argument for as well," Rachel Lindsay said. "But for Michael Jordan, black men being great at basketball. Tom Brady, a white man being a great quarterback. I'm just saying - you know what I'm saying. I'm not discrediting what they have done, what they have accomplished but Serena Williams was never supposed to dominate the sport of tennis. Everything was against her." Van Lathan Jr@VanLathanDoes being a Black woman make Serena Williams the greatest athlete of all time? @TheRachLindsay say YES! Do you agree? NEW HIGHER LEARNING JUST DROPPED.6711Does being a Black woman make Serena Williams the greatest athlete of all time? @TheRachLindsay say YES! Do you agree? NEW HIGHER LEARNING JUST DROPPED. https://t.co/BvPNfKsNf2 Lindsay highlighted how Williams had to fight battles on the physical and mental fronts to surmount all the odds she faced. "So, she had to not only overcome things with a physical talent, she had to do things mentally based on (being a) black woman and her socioeconomic status," she added. "To me, she is so inspiring." She then doubled down on the immense criticism and hatred Serena Williams received throughout her career for the smallest of things. "(If) she did one wrong thing, and she was hyper-criticized for anything she did - if she had an attitude, if she wore her hair in a certain way, if she wore her outfit in a certain way, her body structure, everything that she did was criticized," Lindsay said. Michael Jordan Tiger Woods Tom Brady and definitely not Wayne Gretzky had to overcome those same things as Serena Williams - Rachel Lindsay National Bank Open Toronto - Day 5 Lindsay believes Williams was unfairly criticized throughout her career and stressed how other great athletes such as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Tom Brady, and Wayne Gretzky never had to face such vitriol. The attorney concluded by saying that the 23-time Major champion inspires her. "Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Tom Brady, and definitely not Wayne Gretzky had to overcome those same things, so to me, the doors she knocked down and what she has - I don't even play tennis - and she has inspired me," Lindsay said. "That is the effect, the Serena Williams effect." × Rate this story! Thank You! LIVE POLL Q. 0 votes so far Edited by Anirudh 1 Reaction Like Like Excited Happy Anxious Angry Sad Share Comments Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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