The New York Times made a big mistake in their print edition and the tennis world is not forgiving, including Serena Williams. The newspaper put a photo of Venus Williams in an article talking about Serena and even though they apologized, the mistake cannot be forgotten.
Writing about Serena’s investment firm Serena Ventures that raised $111 million to invest in founders with diverse points of view, The NY Times illustrated the article with a photo of the tennis star’s older sister Venus.
Serena chose not to stay silent and called them out on Twitter:
No matter how far we come, we get reminded that it’s not enough.