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Selective framing: Many athletes like Caster Semenya were assigned female at birth, identify as women and competed under prior legitimate rules.
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Toxic sports reporting on black athletes

The BBC's coverage of the Women's Tennis Association's new genetic sex testing policy, using visuals of a black woman's hand, highlights a pattern where stories about fairness in…

  • Lelo Mzaca
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