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What Serena Williams Means to You

“She did things on her own terms and propelled herself to greatness, doing so in a sport that felt by design that it was off limits to Black people.”

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It’s hard to say what is more potent: Serena Williams’s howitzer serves, or the deep and powerful passions she provokes from fans watching those shots — particularly those who have been cast as outsiders in tennis.

Since this year’s U.