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I am a woman and I am fast (The Caster Semenya Story)

Hall of Shame

Rachel Bonnetta

Society & Culture, Sports, Comedy

4.22.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Rachna reminds Rachel what happens to women who dare to win. In 2009, South African middle distance runner Caster Semenya burst onto the international scene, with a gold medal and an astonishing time at the World Championships in Berlin. But what should have been a moment of victory turned into one of humiliation when the powers that be question if she should be allowed to run the race at all.

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, I'm Rachel and I'm Rechna and this is Hall of Shame.

0:09.0

Okay, so weird time obviously we're all adjusting.

0:15.8

I've been spending a lot of time being like they're angry, government and just being frustrated

0:21.9

at like the images of people still parting or whatever but isn't that crazy in Florida?

0:26.3

Like go guys, go home.

0:28.7

And government, like shut it down.

0:32.7

Shut it down.

0:33.7

Don't rely on individual citizens.

0:36.4

I want to say this though.

0:38.1

On the flip side, the number of people who very quickly have shifted their entire lives

0:45.0

to do the right thing is awesome.

0:48.2

And I'm trying to remember in the number of private citizens who've stepped up to like

0:53.7

donate like Shay Serrano, he's just like every like day and it's amazing.

0:59.1

Shout out to Shay and if you're not following him on Twitter, please just go and see the

1:03.3

incredible work that he's doing.

1:04.8

I just want to take time to pause and the people who actually are making difference.

1:08.4

And like just I don't know a person who's not respecting, staying at home and social distancing

1:15.3

and I'm whatever.

1:17.0

Good job.

1:18.0

A lot of us.

1:19.0

Thank you for starting this off when the positive note.

1:21.0

Yeah.

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