Funny how the little white girl who skates got treated differently than the fast Black girl who...
sprints. If you cared about the 'rules' with Sha'Carri Richardson and weed, make sure you still care about them with Kamila Valieva and trimetazidine
https://deadspin.com/funny-how-the-little-white-girl-who-skates-got-treated-1848541641
By Carron J. Phillips
Kamila Valieva is skating in the Olympics while Sha’Carri Richardson couldn’t run in the Summer Games.
Kamila Valieva is skating in the Olympics while Sha’Carri Richardson couldn’t run in the Summer Games.Illustration: Getty Images
Unsurprisingly, Emmanuel Acho doesn’t have anything to say.
Similar to the people that yelled and moaned that Sha’Carri Richardson should have “followed the rules” when the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) suspended her for a month and caused her to miss the Summer Olympics for testing positive for marijuana, Acho — and that crowd — have been mostly silent when it comes to Kamila Valieva.
On Tuesday, the 15-year old white Russian — the figure skater, not the alcoholic drink — won the women’s short program at the Olympics despite stumbling early in her routine. She’s the favorite, and it’s assumed that she will likely win gold or at least a medal. But, when, or if, that happens, there won’t be a ceremony as the IOC is trying to save face after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is allowing Valieva to compete after she tested positive for trimetazidine, a banned substance.
Why is she being allowed to compete despite breaking the rules?
Racism, even if people are denying it.
“Legalizing weed in track and field competition is all good if you’re running a straight line. Legalizing weed in track and field is terribly dangerous if you throw the javelin. Where do we draw the line?” Emanuel Acho wrote in a now-deleted tweet in July. He then got on TV and talked about how the rules that got Richardson bounced from running in the Olympics were “stupid,” but then said, “You’ve still got to adhere to the stupid rules. … Let’s please not make this racial.”
Ocho, Black himself, never seems to support Black women in his commentary.
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