When Serena Williams lost at the Wimbledon finals, she held a press conference where she said, “The day I stop fighting for equality and for people that look like you and me will be the day I’m in my grave.”
Now, this may seem like it is not related to her loss at the finals but this statement was made in response to a female reporter’s statement. This reporter had said, “…stop being a celebrity for a year and stop fighting for equality, and just focus on the tennis.”
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Williams, while speaking in a different interview, had to say that she is now in the rare position to be more financially successful than she could have ever imagined. She says that she had the talent and still had to work really hard to get to the top.
She continued to say that now that she is where she is, her life isn’t about her anymore. Her life and her money are now about the other 23 million women of color in America. She thinks about them because she believes that she would be where the others stand if she hadn’t picked up her tennis racket. This thought is what keeps her working a little more every day for all those women.
Source: Serena Williams Says She’ll Fight for Equality to the Grave – WATCH
