r/sportsgossips • u/-Sofa-King-Vote • 4h ago

Official Ben Shelton becomes the first Black American to reach the US Open Final since Arthur Ashe in 1972

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u/Accomplished_Self939 2h ago

I think they must mean male, because Venus, Serena, Sloane, Coco have all been there. Plus Taylor in doubles.

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u/Substantial-Try457 2h ago

That's what I thought. 

"Male player" - Andy Murray 

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u/PostalMortem 3h ago

still doing this eh?

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u/YoMomAndMeIn69 2h ago

Reddit really cares about diversity boxes being checked, even if it takes the whitest "black" guy out there

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u/jaron_b 13m ago

I mean it seems like every comment on this post is dunking on the idea that this guy is even black. So maybe Reddit doesn't actually care. Also why have people started talking about Reddit as if it's a hive mind or a monolith? Lol.

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 2h ago

Lol we had weeks of Cunningham simping

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u/What_the_8 25m ago

Famously known for her race…

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u/hydroactiveturtle 2h ago

Bro's saying "Reddit really care .." like its a super animal. Lololol

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u/Decent-Arm-872 3h ago

I think I’m more black than this guy and I am European

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u/PostalMortem 2h ago

no black people in Europe?

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u/Organic_Rough4433 2h ago

He im black too!

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u/GravelQuest 1h ago

Isiah Hartenstein vibes

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u/FunCrystalFun 2h ago

This guy is black?

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u/Proof-Whereas-938 2h ago

did he tell everyone he is blk?

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u/Boring-Willow1268 3h ago

So, does this have to happen every time a black American wins?

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u/Educational_Date_825 2h ago

Yeah its a stupid thread because Serena Williams exists 

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 3h ago

First time since 1972 it says

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u/Boring-Willow1268 2h ago

Yeah, and next year “first time since 2026.”

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u/Doctor_Saved 3h ago

What about Serena Williams?

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u/CheeseOnKeyboard 2h ago

She's not as black as this chap

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u/Pcenemy 2h ago

why can't he just be an American who reached the finals?

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u/Not_a_cultmember 2h ago

It's meant to piss off those wimpy white supremacists.

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u/BeautifulWay2881 54m ago

Im pretty pro White and he's basically White, most of his genetics are White.

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u/Round_Ad_6369 2h ago

I think it just pisses everyone off because doesn't look like he's ever been in the same room as a black person

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u/Not_a_cultmember 1h ago

So, you're judging him by the color of his skin?

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u/Round_Ad_6369 1h ago

I'm comparing the color of his skin to the statement that he's black

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u/Not_a_cultmember 1h ago

So, he's not black enough to justify hating him?

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u/Round_Ad_6369 27m ago

He's too white passing to even be considered black unless told. Are you done trying to pull some gotcha? Tell me you would call him a black man if you had to describe him.

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u/Not_a_cultmember 19m ago

I'm not calling him anything. I'm just curious why only white folks are upset by this.

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u/Round_Ad_6369 8m ago

I'm not upset, and I'm not white

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u/tslewis71 40m ago

Cause woke

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 2h ago

awwww poor baby

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u/Pcenemy 2h ago

how so?

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 2h ago

Why can’t he be the first black male since the 1970s?

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u/Pcenemy 2h ago

it can be if you believe you need to 'qualify' his accomplishments rather than just recognize them for what they are

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u/Aarionwashere 3h ago

As a blackman I hate to gate keep but like come on....

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u/Ok_Living_96 1h ago edited 1h ago

I love black gatekeepers.

Its so funny that these people grow up with the stigma of a black parent and are most likely rejected as a white person. Then also get demolished by the black community if anyone mentions they are black. Brutal.

Luckily if this kid made it this far in tennis his parents are probably top 5 percent income so hes likely set either way

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u/War-eaglern 1h ago

He has a lot of the only colour that matters….Green

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u/Round_Ad_6369 2h ago

I really wanna see the pedigree on this man. It's like when the whitest guy you've ever seen goes "I'm 1/128th sioux on my mother's side"

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u/Ok_Living_96 1h ago

Yeah, I agree. We should be doing genetic testing on these people. Right?

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u/Round_Ad_6369 1h ago

Totally. We could also start measuring cranial ratios and euthenizing anyone outside of parameters

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u/Micksar 2h ago

Would have been the case no matter the outcome of the match. Not a fan of Shelton, though his serve is pretty sick. Was rooting for Tiafoe.

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u/tstew 2h ago

I think that if you are talking about the historical significance of something like this, it is proper to use the historical standard. 200 years ago, he would have absolutely been considered less than a full man and likely a slave. If he were raised alongside my father, he would have been legally barred from all of the places my father was growing up in the south.

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u/Past_Recognition_675 1h ago

Big day for the colourists

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u/Low-Set8263 59m ago

Let’s talk about all the black Americans that didn’t make the US Open final due to a lack of funding and other race-based issues. I mean, if you’re starting the discussion based on race, then keep it there so we can avoid patting our nation on its back because one slipped through the obstacles.

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u/PositiveVibrationzzz 47m ago

Yes, Tennis, Golf and Baseball are all money centric sports. There are also tons of white kids that cannot afford the privilege of learning and playing these sports from a young age. For Golf, you basically have to be a country club kid, which is an insanely small percentage of people. Boiling everything down to racism is so silly.

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u/Low-Set8263 44m ago

Exactly. I would love to talk about redlining, shiat public spending etc but in this country it’s slice and dice the nation into easier to manipulate groups.

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u/orangesfwr 3h ago edited 3h ago

He's black?

I'm black?

I'll give you a couple of minutes to decide.

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u/Mammoth-Proposal-373 3h ago

He looks like lil baby’s half brother

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u/Acrobatic-List-6503 3h ago

Now you don't know what to think.

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u/Excellent_Theory1602 3h ago

As black as that one Elaine's boyfriend.

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u/TH3G0LDENG0D 2h ago

Wanna go to the gap?

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u/TheUnlucky_Swammi 2h ago

Okay Logic! Out here going for gold 👊

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u/easttxcouple 2h ago

Sure sure

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u/Eaglesknest 2h ago

I want to see his ancestry.com results.

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u/endgame217 1h ago

OP must hate women

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u/king_platypus 23m ago

Eminem is blacker than this guy.

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u/livingmybestlife2407 2h ago

He's as much white as black. Has he said what race if any he identified as?

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u/Substantial-Try457 2h ago

You know there's Black albino people? They're still Black.

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u/RedSnipers 2h ago

Any sub on Reddit when they see the word "Black".

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🤣🤣

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u/MysteriousTravelator 3h ago

That one black gene must be so proud.

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 3h ago

Its the one that made him a pro athlete

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u/ShickyMicky 2h ago

Never met a black Gene. 

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u/McDuck_Enterprise 3h ago

He looks mixed.

Media puts a lot of emphasis on being the first black this or that…

Even Obama isn’t black. He has a white mama.

Interracial is more unifying than making everything about one race or another.

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u/fieldsports202 2h ago

I mean…. It was white people who created the one stop rule in America back in the day. They determined if you had a single black ancestor than you were considered black.

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u/McDuck_Enterprise 1h ago

You living in the past or the present?

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u/PositiveVibrationzzz 45m ago

Ok so why is it pro-black people seem to be the ones using it in modern America? We can all agree that the one drop rule was insane and racist and now people are using it to say this guy is black when he's just as white as he is black.

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u/DiBinni72 1h ago

He doesn't look black

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u/amfl32 1h ago

Just for context, how many black guys have played tennis since Arthur Ashe?

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u/Top-Cut-8983 1h ago

Uhhhhh HELLO he's White,,,wtf is wrong with everyone

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u/tslewis71 40m ago

If black wasn't mentioned I would never have considered it or even bothered to look

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u/rainydays_89 37m ago

Mexican dudes are closer to being black than him

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u/redditardshateme 2h ago

As long as race is mentioned and used for comparison on everything , there will always be racism

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 2h ago

tell that to Republicans then

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u/RidethatTide 2h ago

Is this Luigi Mangione?

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u/impercipient 5m ago

His dad is black. Why is everyone saying he isn't?

"he doesn't look black"

That's never how it's worked in America.