‘This is Systemic Racism’: Two Olympic Contenders Disqualified from Women’s 400 Meters Race After Test Results Reveal ‘Naturally’ High Testosterone Levels
Atlanta Black Star
By Angelina Velasquez
July 5, 2021
Uproar continues to cloud the start of the Tokyo Olympics as more Black athletes find themselves disqualified from races. The latest are two Namibian runners, Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi, who were barred from the 400 meters race due to test results indicating each having naturally high levels of testosterone.Mboma set a new record for females under the age of 20 when she ran the race in 48.54 seconds on June 30. Her time was the seventh-fastest in women’s 400 meters history and the fastest in the world this year. Masilingi ran the race in 49.53 during a meet in Zambia three months ago. Her time is the third-fastest of the year. The impressive race times prompted the World Athletics body to run medical assessments.
“The results from the testing center indicated that both athletes have a naturally high testosterone level. According to the rule of World Athletics, this means that they are not eligible to participate in events from 400m to 1600m,” said the national Olympic committee in a statement released July 2. Both women also declined to take birth control drugs to lower their testosterone levels.
This is so much more than being racist… this is anti-human!
What about women who look masculine will they forever be challenged to prove that they are a woman for sports?
Putting people in boxes does not work.
* Spill the Wine by War
** Everyday People by Sly and the Family Stone
Every kind of girlWe are so diverse, it is impossible to say who is male and who is female and it is not only testosterone that gives an athlete and advantage. What about tall women, they have the advantage in track and basketball. Some people are naturally overweight, some people are naturally thin.
There was long ones, tall ones, short ones, brown ones
Black ones, round ones, big ones
Crazy ones*
“This means we need to be clear about the competition criteria for these two categories. Our evidence and data show that testosterone, either naturally produced or artificially inserted into the body, provides significant performance advantages in female athletes. The revised rules are not about cheating, no athlete with a DSD [Difference of Sexual Development] has cheated, they are about levelling the playing field to ensure fair and meaningful competition in the sport of athletics where success is determined by talent, dedication and hard work rather than other contributing factors.”So if you are born intersex does this mean that you cannot take part in sports? What about women with PCOS, they produce too much testosterone in their ovaries will they be banned?
What about women who look masculine will they forever be challenged to prove that they are a woman for sports?
Putting people in boxes does not work.
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one, that won't accept the white one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee**
* Spill the Wine by War
** Everyday People by Sly and the Family Stone
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