"Black anger" is not taken seriously whether it is seen as insane, or a way for people to be artistic. Throughout the Section I, the speaker is experiencing situations that most likely cause frustration, sadness, anger, and embarrassment. However, the speaker never gets the chance to act on those feelings. The reader can feel the heavy weight of seemingly small encounters, and feel them building on each other. There are passages where the reader can feel the weight of these "headache-producing"(10) moments. Yet, the people who the are producing the headaches are never told how wrong they are.
Serena Williams' anger was completely justified, and in no way was it insane. Although I cannot truly imagine what Serena must have been feeling and thinking during those tennis matches, I know it must have been incredibly difficult for her to let somebody keep doing something so wrong, while also trying to keep her emotions hidden.
Once Serena let her emotions out, and responded to her mistreatment, she was labeled as insane, unprofessional, and vulgar. While no white, male tennis commentator has any clue as to what Serena was going through or feeling, he believed that the racism that targeted Serena should be overlooked. Instead of trying to understand Serena's response and anger, people looked for a reason to once again target her and make her look bad.
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