No one is favored and fawned over in this country like a black who excels at a sport that is not dominated by blacks. Tiger Woods is an obvious example. Serena Williams is another. Yet the former tennis player who now makes a fortune just by being famous feels oppressed — by a decoration in the hallway of her hotel:

The 43-year-old recorded her walk down the hallway of an undisclosed hotel and spotted a table with a vase of cotton plants.

Williams said in the video, which was posted to her Instagram story: ‘How do we feel about cotton as decoration? Personally, for me, it doesn’t feel great.’

It is possible that many generations ago, her ancestors picked cotton on an involuntary basis. Therefore, there should be no cotton in Queen Serena’s presence. Cotton clothes are still permitted for the time being.

It requires creativity for favored identity groups to find reasons to qualify as oppressed.

Serena Williams gets triggered by a cotton plant at her luxury hotel

These people are so fu#%ing insufferable and performative

Acting triggered with a $250m net worth and a long blonde wig is wild

You crip-walked at the Super Bowl and your sister was killed by crips

Sit down pic.twitter.com/Ej1yDaDl6u

— Amiri King (@AmiriKing) September 26, 2025

On tips from Wiggins, Steve T, and Varla.