Serena Williams Tells Top Newspaper "You Can Do Better" After Wrong Photo
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Tennis great Serena Williams on Wednesday took to Twitter to call out The New York Times after the newspaper erroneously used a photo of her sister Venus in a report on her new venture capital firm.
Tennis great Serena Williams on Wednesday took to Twitter to call out The New York Times after the newspaper erroneously used a photo of her sister Venus in a report on her venture capital firm. "No matter how far we come, we get reminded that it's not enough. This is why I raised $111M for @serenaventures. To support the founders who are overlooked by engrained systems woefully unaware of their biases. Because even I am overlooked. You can do better, @nytimes," tweeted Serena alongside a picture of the report on her venture capital firm that featured a photo of Venus. No matter how far we come, we get reminded that it's not enough. This is why I raised $111M for @serenaventures. To support the founders who are overlooked by engrained systems woefully unaware of their biases. Because even I am overlooked. You can do better, @nytimes. pic.twitter.com/hvfCl5WUoz
Serena, 40, recently launched an early-stage venture capital firm named Serena Ventures and raised an inaugural fund of $111 million, reported The New York Times.
However, the newspaper's mistaken use of Venus' picture, instead of Serena's, became a cause of controversy as social media users pointed out the error before the tennis star herself dived into the issue.
Meanwhile, 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena recently dropped out of the top 50 of the world rankings for the first time since 2006.