msf22b
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Although I don't usually post off-topic, I am fascinated and a little dismayed by Serena's latest outburst.
She is, for the most part, an exceedingly charming and refreshing young woman, with a superb game.
But when she loses it, she reverts to what my pupils in the Bronx refer to as "ghetto", or "gangsta"
behavior, clearly racially-based, totally illogical, and really unfortunate in a woman otherwise so accomplished.
It makes me think of the wonderful lines in South Pacific:
"You have to be taught to hate and fear,
....before you are six, or seven or eight
you have to be carefully taught."
She is, for the most part, an exceedingly charming and refreshing young woman, with a superb game.
But when she loses it, she reverts to what my pupils in the Bronx refer to as "ghetto", or "gangsta"
behavior, clearly racially-based, totally illogical, and really unfortunate in a woman otherwise so accomplished.
It makes me think of the wonderful lines in South Pacific:
"You have to be taught to hate and fear,
....before you are six, or seven or eight
you have to be carefully taught."