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Too Fast to Be a Woman
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
24 Mar 2020
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When South African track star Caster Semenya won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games, critics claimed “she was cheating and had no right to compete with other women” because she performed more like a man,” said Anima Adjepong, an independent researcher and freelance consultant. The furor showed that Black gender and sexuality are depicted as “excessive or not adequate,” said Adjepong.

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