{"id":3524,"date":"2012-12-12T07:30:04","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T07:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=3524"},"modified":"2012-12-12T07:30:04","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T07:30:04","slug":"tennis-player-caroline-wozniacki-accused-of-racist-impersonation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=3524","title":{"rendered":"Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki accused of &#8216;racist&#8217; impersonation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3525\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/carolinewozniacki.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3525\" title=\"carolinewozniacki\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/carolinewozniacki-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/carolinewozniacki-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/carolinewozniacki.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caroline Wozniacki impersonates Serena Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>Caroline Wozniacki has been accused of doing a &#8216;racist&#8217; impersonation of fellow tennis player Serena Williams after stuffing her bra and shorts.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At a recent exhibition against Maria Sharapova in Brazil, the former world No. 1 stuffed courtside towels <\/span><span>down her kit t<\/span><span>o replicate the body of the curvaceous Grand Slam champion.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But now the 22-year-old Dane, whose boyfriend golfer Rory McIlroy was in the crowd, has now been accused of racism by some observers.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>On Tumblr, one blogger wrote: <\/span><span>&#8216;This isn\u2019t \u201charmless fun\u201d as one article described it. its racist. out and outright racism. mocking and making fun of the bodies of black women for a laugh? real funny, stupid white girl. real real funny.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Another blogger pointed out: <\/span><span>&#8216;It may have been done in \u201cjest,\u201d but I love how people can can turn a black woman\u2019s body and sexuality into a caricature. However, we should not have the autonomy to celebrate any successes of our own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While on feministing.com, an article read: &#8216;Given the history and current-day context of racialized standards of beauty, and the hypersexualization of people of color, when a white woman makes fun of a black women\u2019s body, especially in a way that hypersexualizes her and draws on the stereotype of black women\u2019s big butts, it\u2019s racist.&#8217; &#8211; mailonline.com<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caroline Wozniacki has been accused of doing a &#8216;racist&#8217; impersonation of fellow tennis player Serena Williams after stuffing her bra and shorts. At a recent exhibition against Maria Sharapova in Brazil, the former world No. 1 stuffed courtside towels down her kit to replicate the body of the curvaceous Grand Slam champion. 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