Black Twitter erupts after Sha'Carri disses Allyson Felix

Richardson is like Trump. Loud, brash, primitive and has terrible hair.

People seem to like that.

Ernest wrote:

She is not doing much to dispel the stereotype of Sprinters being more ego than smarts.

That is in your head and only you can dispel your own hatred and become a better and more enjoyable person. In the meantime, don't rally behind us.

Look who's dissing now wrote:

Found the Kimmel show clip (actually Stephen A. Smith subbing, I guess). Felix is poised and nice like always. I don't see what Richardson could have taken offense at-

https://youtu.be/UF_2fCGc8RU

Wow, she looks great in her civvies. Never expected her to have a look like that IRL.

Honestly, this seems like a minor breakdown at this point. Where are her support team, coach, agent? What she's doing right now isn't "good for the sport", it's self-destructive and people around her need to step in and protect her. Anyone who says this is just how she is needs to contrast what she's doing now with her online and media presence prior to the trials. She was still a big personality and outspoken, but she wasn't lashing out and hurling insults at other athletes.

She's in a spiral right now and needs help

HinckleyBear wrote:

So does that mean that websites that involve mostly white folks, like LetsRun, are White Twitter?

You can have any Twitter. Any group that have some sort of common interest. Baking twitter, running twitter, French twitter, trainspotting twitter, photography twitter, father's twitter, white twitter, teacher's twitter. Unsurprisingly, on Letsrun.com message board it is an issue that there is a Black twitter.

I want to like ShaCarri but the way she's coming off in her interviews and on social media makes it very difficult. Not sure what she's trying to accomplish or if she wants to create her brand to be a brash/cocky/insulting personality. Putting others down is not the way to go. She seems pretty insecure. I wouldn't believe she's clean either (maybe she is at the moment since she ran 11 mid her last race). But maybe she feels as if she's got nothing to lose after missing the Olympics. Her act is bordering pathetic at best right now.

Yessiree Bob wrote:

Look who's dissing now wrote:

Found the Kimmel show clip (actually Stephen A. Smith subbing, I guess). Felix is poised and nice like always. I don't see what Richardson could have taken offense at-

https://youtu.be/UF_2fCGc8RU

Wow, she looks great in her civvies. Never expected her to have a look like that IRL.

Aaaargh. F'ing Stephen A. Suuuuucks!

without wins she is just a joke.

with wins she would just be unpleasant.

she needs help or in six years time we will be reading the obit of a dead od heroin junkie who nearly made the big time but failed.

Didn’t see any interview, but if she perceived Felix as insincere, I think that she’s right on the mark.

Good for her. The world doesn’t need any more wooden media properties. Here’s to hoping that SCR doesn’t go full reality-show.

As excellent a runner as Felix is, she is equally dismal as a public “personality”, and I use that word lightly.

I thought 'Did you know she's a mother' was the most dissed runner on these boards?! And now Sha'carri piles on along with us, but it's suddenly not cool? Pathetic.

Potstirrer wrote:

You have to hand it to her. Sha'Carri is good at getting attention by stirring the pot on social media-

https://www.theroot.com/youre-way-out-of-pocket-black-twitter-erupts-after-sha-1847557451

I don't watch Jimmy Kimmel. Did anyone see how Felix did?

Sha'Carri Richardson has very low class.

When she actually medals in an Olympics...

no.. in 5 Olympic games

then she can open her pot smoking, bi-polar mouth.

What is Black twitter?

El Keniano wrote:

This is true. I've never seen anyone in the sport, not Bolt, not Felix no one, get the kind of mainstream attention Sha'Carri is getting. I've seen A-list rappers, as well as NFL and NBA stars, tweeting they were going to watch Pre to see her compete with the Jamaicans. The waves she's causing on social media is unprecedented for this sport.

I think we just found Bolt successor as the face of the sport.

Huh? Bolt is one of the most recognizable athletes is sport history. Bolt has been and will always be MILES ahead of Sha'Carri in mainstream appeal (like those girls were in that race she just, ran.) And, no, you haven't found the new face of the sport. She's in the process of throwing all of that away.

litebulb wrote:

Gorgeous George Jr. wrote:

If Sha’Carri could back up the talk by running faster, all would be forgiven. A real rivalry with the Thompson and SAFP would be great for the sport and ticket sales and ratings. Sha’Carri just needs to focus on getting back to her US Trials shape.

But but she's the next Flo Jo

Just look at her nails and her hair

She's just like Flo Jo

All these downfall posts are ridiculous. "No more invites to track meets." ???

Until she runs MULTIPLE 11.15s, she will get invited to every track meet in existence.. If you were hosting the ATL track meets, would you not invite her as your number one athlete. Everyone from all the surrounding states would show up to watch her.

Yeah she might not have the positive attitude of Bolt, but people will absolutely turn on the TV for a Diamond league if she is running. Now more than ever because they want to see if she can back it up or get revenge.

By the way, I'm no fan of the way she operates or carries herself, but I know how these things work. If Track and Field can't have Bolt, then they will gladly accept a villain.

kmaclam wrote:

I thought 'Did you know she's a mother' was the most dissed runner on these boards?! And now Sha'carri piles on along with us, but it's suddenly not cool? Pathetic.

To be fair, it was never about something Allyson Felix was doing wrong, more about how NBC decides to run their business. No one ever took a shot at Felix as a human

Sprintgeezer wrote:

Didn’t see any interview, but if she perceived Felix as insincere, I think that she’s right on the mark.

Good for her. The world doesn’t need any more wooden media properties. Here’s to hoping that SCR doesn’t go full reality-show.

As excellent a runner as Felix is, she is equally dismal as a public “personality”, and I use that word lightly.

You've still yet to explain your statement from another thread that said the disaster of the past weekend was forced on her. You indicated she was forced to run because it was in her contract. What you didn't explain was her apparent lack of preparation for that race, her attitude right before the race. Her attitude during the race. Her attitude after the race and her attitude since then.

Felix was almost certainly insincere, because what self respecting person would actually want to come to her defense now. But she needs to be in damage control mode. Instead, she continues to act like a horses bleep.

fish man wrote:

If you were hosting the ATL track meets, would you not invite her as your number one athlete. Everyone from all the surrounding states would show up to watch her.

Yeah she might not have the positive attitude of Bolt, but people will absolutely turn on the TV for a Diamond league if she is running. Now more than ever because they want to see if she can back it up or get revenge.

By the way, I'm no fan of the way she operates or carries herself, but I know how these things work. If Track and Field can't have Bolt, then they will gladly accept a villain.

She's not finished. She's uber talented. But, her acting like a child and pounding her chest will run thin and become tired super fast if she doesn't keep running fast. She would have been cut loose, dismissed and ignored a long time ago if she was that 11.10 runner. But she has been tolerated because she is a 10.7 runner.

The only chance she has to salvage her career is to get back to running those 10.7s. But there is very very big difference running 10.7 against nobody and 10.7 against a group of somebodies.

The Clown Show wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

This is true. I've never seen anyone in the sport, not Bolt, not Felix no one, get the kind of mainstream attention Sha'Carri is getting. I've seen A-list rappers, as well as NFL and NBA stars, tweeting they were going to watch Pre to see her compete with the Jamaicans. The waves she's causing on social media is unprecedented for this sport.

I think we just found Bolt successor as the face of the sport.

Huh? Bolt is one of the most recognizable athletes is sport history. Bolt has been and will always be MILES ahead of Sha'Carri in mainstream appeal (like those girls were in that race she just, ran.) And, no, you haven't found the new face of the sport. She's in the process of throwing all of that away.

Are you denying she has more buzz right now than most NBA and NFL stars? Check out all trends on Google and Twitter. And the number of YouTubers reacting to her defeat, post-race interview and shading Felix. When was the last time someone in this sport hard all news and cameras stalking her. I bet Nike are loving this.