Dayana Yastremska had probably her best intentions when she wanted to promote a message of equality. However, that didn’t really go well. The Ukrainian star posted a picture of her painted half-black trying to stress the message that everyone is the same. However, she was definitely unaware that a painted “blackface” is commonly regarded as offensive since it used to contribute to the spread of racial stereotypes in the past.
As soon as she was slammed on social media, Dayana immediately deleted the posts, but that was obviously too late. Of course, she didn’t have bad intentions.
@D_Yastremska ladies and gentlemen this is a professional tennis player ranked 25 in the world. What the actual fuck please?!?!?! pic.twitter.com/mk52YhRQd9
— Serena Williams Stan Account (@stanalegend97) July 9, 2020
“Ladies and Gentleman, Miss Yastremska’s Agent has been called to Twitter.” pic.twitter.com/K0PWvSZrje
— Steve (@Ace_Previews) July 9, 2020
Will @WTA discipline her?
— kevin bourgeois (@kevinbeaujolais) July 9, 2020
Yastremska is what happens when a person low on understanding takes her cues from a climate of woke corporatism/celebs… the most attention grabbing (& in this case offensive) symbolism, that's the least impactful change-wise. She's a symptom of a far greater underlying malaise
— hypotemuse (@hypotemuse) July 9, 2020
welp it's gone but YEAH YASTREMSKA DID THAT pic.twitter.com/90VMsAtzTy
— kieran (@opthiemist) July 9, 2020
Dayana Yastremska in 2020
Now the world no.25, Yastremska played her last match on the 26th of February when she was defeated by Garbine Muguruza 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Doha.
Dayana Yastremska’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Adelaide.
