Hey y'all, this is Dr. Joy from the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

And this is a booster session.

As a reminder, the information included is meant to be educational and entertaining, but

is not a substitute for relationship with a licensed mental health professional.

Hey y'all, it's Dr. Joy and I had to drop in because I have some strong feelings

about what we saw yesterday at the US Open.

I missed it in real time because I was asleep, but I awoke from my nap to see my Twitter

timeline in a complete uproar about Zarina losing the match.

So apparently the umpire says she was cheating and took a point away from her, which results

it in her losing the match.

And Zarina, of course, is rightfully upset because this is high stakes and she's not

a cheater and she tells him so.

Apparently men in the sport have done much worse and have not been penalized for it,

but of course Zarina is.

So not only is this an awful loss for Zarina, it's also a less than ideal way for our young

sister Naomi Asaka to win her first title.

What we saw yesterday was the personification of our parents always telling us you have

to be twice as good to get half the respect.

Something that is not even an issue when other people do it is magnified when it happens

with black women.

And let's be clear, this wasn't just about this one call, though for a competitor like

Zarina, of course it was a big deal.

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