# Bonds hits Homerun to tie Ruth - Racist Sportswriters to trash him again **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 20, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonds-hits-homerun-to-tie-ruth-racist-sportswriters-to-trash-him-again/357570 "2006-05-20T21:16:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonds-hits-homerun-to-tie-ruth-racist-sportswriters-to-trash-him-again/357570/201 "2006-05-25T18:21:36Z")
[QUOTE=Maureen] Right. They didn’t even consider it. Meaning, race didn’t even enter their heads. They just picked some gorgeous woman. Tell me. (And I realize this is opening a hornet’s nest, but I cannot help myself.) Are Hispanic/Black/Japanese/Pink with green polka dot men who exclusively date hot blond skanky women with breast implants racist? [/QUOTE] I would say they are just foolish. I mostly think Jebus is making too much out of a dumb commercial. But it would be nice if the gorgeous woman was Hispanic, Black or Asian for a change. The _“hot blond skanky women with breast implants”_\* is probably used 80% of the time and even the remainder of the time it is still a white woman. Jim - Band Name? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonds-hits-homerun-to-tie-ruth-racist-sportswriters-to-trash-him-again/357570/202 "2006-05-25T18:25:04Z")
[QUOTE=Jebus H. Christ] Right they don’t even consider race which allows their racism to continue. [/QUOTE] Sorry, but while I think there is more racism than people might like to admit, I don’t think this commercial (as described) would count. You don’t know if they considered race. You don’t know what they considered. There could be accusations of hinky race relations no matter how the participants were chosen. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonds-hits-homerun-to-tie-ruth-racist-sportswriters-to-trash-him-again/357570/203 "2006-05-25T18:29:01Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I would say they are just foolish. I mostly think Jebus is making too much out of a dumb commercial. But it would be nice if the gorgeous woman was Hispanic, Black or Asian for a change. The _“hot blond skanky women with breast implants”_\* is probably used 80% of the time and even the remainder of the time it is still a white woman. Jim - Band Name? [/QUOTE] Well…first, my answer was about 80% mocking. I think Beavis, I mean, Jebus, is getting a wee bit overheated here. Second, I’m pretty sure the "hot white blond tennis player was probably [Maria Sharapova](http://www.ps2updates.com/sharapova1111.jpg), who right now is hot and very prominent in women’s tennis. The Williams sisters, although they still play, aren’t as prominent as they used to be. And when they were big, I saw them everywhere. And IIRC, Serena got a way better than average “hottie” rating. So yes, he’s spouting. And overreaching. And needs to have a bit of a lie down. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonds-hits-homerun-to-tie-ruth-racist-sportswriters-to-trash-him-again/357570/204 "2006-05-25T20:52:17Z")
Serena a hottie? Of the two Williams, she’s by far the best looking. I always thought Venus looked like Mike Tyson in drag. But Serena is below the median in my opinion. Maria Sharapova is getting the attention because she looks like a goddess. I’m sure if Halle Berry could play tennis she’d be getting the big endorsements too. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonds-hits-homerun-to-tie-ruth-racist-sportswriters-to-trash-him-again/357570/205 "2006-05-25T21:05:30Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] Serena a hottie? Of the two Williams, she’s by far the best looking. I always thought Venus looked like Mike Tyson in drag. But Serena is below the median in my opinion. Maria Sharapova is getting the attention because she looks like a goddess. I’m sure if Halle Berry could play tennis she’d be getting the big endorsements too. [/QUOTE] Serena got an 82% rating at [AskMen.com](http://AskMen.com). Not too bad. She does some modeling and at least one car commercial. And I never noticed the media portraying the Williams sisters as “manish freaks”, they were roundly fawned over, being the first two black female tennis superstars. **BobLibDem** is _obviously_ a racist for not considering them to be hotties. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonds-hits-homerun-to-tie-ruth-racist-sportswriters-to-trash-him-again/357570/206 "2006-05-25T21:21:31Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] Serena a hottie? Of the two Williams, she’s by far the best looking. I always thought Venus looked like Mike Tyson in drag. But Serena is below the median in my opinion. [/QUOTE] Well, of course I’m not a guy, but… [dayum](http://perso.wanadoo.fr/corset/commun/galeries/celeb4/images/serena_williams.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonds-hits-homerun-to-tie-ruth-racist-sportswriters-to-trash-him-again/357570/207 "2006-05-25T23:09:14Z")
[QUOTE=Maureen] Well, of course I’m not a guy, but… [dayum](http://perso.wanadoo.fr/corset/commun/galeries/celeb4/images/serena_williams.jpg). [/QUOTE] I think that there are times when Serena looked absolutley hot. (She is by far the prettier of the two.) But the picture you chose does look like a guy in drag. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonds-hits-homerun-to-tie-ruth-racist-sportswriters-to-trash-him-again/357570/208 "2006-05-26T01:24:56Z")
[QUOTE=Jebus H. Christ] Does this commerical prove that there is racism in sports coverage? No, but further shows the mindset. In making their joke they didn’t even consider the race issue. [/QUOTE] And that’s how it should be. Everybody loses if we have to spend that much effort just trying not to offend anybody. All this example proves is that you’re a nitpicking motherfucker. > [@](#): > > Why is the hot tennis player always white? Unfortunately, tall, blonde and white is still the ideal. It sucks, but I’m not sure you can blame any one group for it. This country is mostly white. > [@](#): > > Why were the Williams sisters never seen as hot? The media painted them as manish freaks. You’re full of shit here. The media always harped on their athleticism, but tennis broadcasters have lavished attention on Serena’s outfits for _years_. Much of the time, what she was wearing got more attention than who she was playing. And a good deal of coverage was given to the sisters’ mutual interest in fashion design - hardly a mannish pursuit. > [@](#): > > Why did all the men denied a seat have to be black? Why did the man denying the seat have to be white? I guess ESPN decided Stewart Scott was funnier than the other guy (probably Trey Wingo). Sorry that they didn’t consult you. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonds-hits-homerun-to-tie-ruth-racist-sportswriters-to-trash-him-again/357570/209 "2006-05-26T01:26:46Z")
My bad, his name is _Stuart_ Scott. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonds-hits-homerun-to-tie-ruth-racist-sportswriters-to-trash-him-again/357570.md?page=10)