Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Tennis impersonation

I was reading that Caroline Wozniacki was being accused of racism when she impersonated her friend Serina Williams during a exhibition tennis match. The feminist group that reported this as racist stated that because she represented Serina in a hyper sexualized way, with a big ass and a huge chest, she was  making fun of the community of black women. This is completely absurd to me, first off Wozniacki and Williams are friends and Serina laughed at it when she saw it later that day. Just because Wozniacki is white an was making fun of Serina who was black does not make this a racist statement in any way. This is just someone trying to make a story out of nothing because they have nothing better to do with their time.

Police Officers

So today I was reading an article that was talking about a male police officer in New Hampshire. He was suing the state because they would not hire him full time due to a lack of being able to complete the physical test. The argument that he is making however is that he is only not completing the test because he is a male and the standards are higher for males. This struck me as odd that the physical requirements were different for male and female officers. As a person that is supposed to be protected by the police I want all of them to have to pass the same physical requirements. Also doesn't this just subject the female officers to being looked upon as inferior. Yeah they are police officers now but they are not held to the same standards as their male counterparts. To me if the main argument is for equality then everything should be equal the physical fitness test included.