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Serena Williams Fires Back After Joke About Skin Color

Williams criticizes retired tennis great Ilie Nastase over 'racist' comment

(Newser) - Serena Williams fired back against tennis great Ilie Nastase after he made a joke about the skin color of her unborn baby, and she quoted Maya Angelou to do it. "It disappoints me to know we live in a society in which people like Ilie Nastase can make such...

Tennis Great's Response to Serena's Pregnancy: Racism

Not content with one controversy, Ilie Nastase starts two more

(Newser) - Most people respond to news of a pregnancy with congratulations, but a septuagenerian tennis great is catching heat for allegedly responding to Serena Williams' baby news with commentary about the baby's biracial heritage. "Let's see what color it has. Chocolate with milk?" Ilie Nastase reportedly told a...

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