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This week, Serena Williams became only the second woman to achieve a career Golden Slam, adding an Olympic gold medal to her victories in tennis' four Grand Slam tournaments. After
throttling Maria Sharapova, 6-0, 6-1, Williams busted out into a brief jig on Wimbledon's Centre Court, to the delight of her sister Venus in the stands. (See the video below.) When it
transpired that Williams had been dancing the "Crip Walk," made famous in the 1970s by the violent Crip gang in Compton, Calif., a backlash kicked in, with many sports writers saying the
Crip Walk has no place on Wimbledon's hallowed grounds. But Williams, a native of Compton herself, said the dance had no political or cultural subtext. "I didn't know what else to do," she
said. "I was so happy, the next thing I know I started dancing and moving." Does Williams deserve to be criticized?
Yes. Her dance was the height of disrespect: Williams "deserved to be criticized and she should've immediately apologized," says Jason Whitlock at Fox Sports. What she did "was akin to
cracking a tasteless, X-rated joke inside a church." As a black woman, Williams "has never been given her proper respect at Wimbledon," and the Crip Walk was her "F-U revenge" to "give the
snobs at Wimbledon a taste of the Compton girl they fear." The dance was "immature and classless," and she "deserved to be called out."
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