{"id":581032,"date":"2021-07-03T11:50:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T15:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=581032"},"modified":"2021-07-03T11:50:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T15:50:49","slug":"opinion-gwen-berrys-history-of-racist-tweets-and-rape-jokes-wont-change-her-hero-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-gwen-berrys-history-of-racist-tweets-and-rape-jokes-wont-change-her-hero-status\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: Gwen Berry\u2019s History Of Racist Tweets And Rape Jokes Won\u2019t Change Her Hero Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fopinion-gwen-berrys-history-of-racist-tweets-and-rape-jokes-wont-change-her-hero-status%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=581032&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1325817772-e1625318486385.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Last weekend, U.S. hammer thrower Gwen Berry became a household name after turning away from the American flag as the National Anthem played during an Olympic trials event. After being celebrated as a hero by the Left, however, Berry\u2019s problematic social media history has suddenly been brought to light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Berry, who has argued that the National Anthem is racist, appears to have posted <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9751521\/Olympian-Gwen-Berrys-tweets-decade-ago-reveal-history-rape-jokes-tweets-mocking-white-people.html\"><span>tweets<\/span><\/a><span> hurling racist abuse at Mexican people, Chinese people, and white people. She also made jokes about rape, claimed that she would \u201cstomp on a child,\u201d and repeatedly used the word, \u201cretarded.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>These tweets include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u201cI\u2019m about to rape my lunch.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u201c[Shout out] to all the females that\u2019s gon get drunk, get recked by 4 dudes, then cry rape this weekend.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u201c\u2018@IThrow: Mexicans just don\u2019t care about ppl\u2019 [laughing emojis].\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u201cJust saw this gurl wearing heels with white socks!! What the Hell\u2026[Chinese people] always try to start new trends\u2026smh\u2026ggguuurrrllll.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u201cThis lil white boy being bad as hell!! I would smack his ass then stomp him!! Smh #whitepplKids hella disrespectful.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u201cWhite people are sooo retarded when they are drunk.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u201cThese white chicken freakin themselves right out in this DQ line hahahahahah.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u201cEwwwqw RT @BigHomieAMess: Julie from [BGC] gotta nice ass body for a white girl.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u201cIn class..and mugs calling ppl out!! Hhahaha white people crazy..#ratchet.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u201c[Basketball Wives] is proof that white ppl run they got damn mouths too much n they nosey as hell n they start drama btw crazy blk b*****.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Some of these tweets were posted before Berry made the U.S. Olympic team in 2016 and 2021, or Team USA in the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now, by the fluid rules of \u201ccancel culture,\u201d Gwen Berry\u2019s sudden status in society should plummet. She mocked rape victims, hurled racist abuse at a slew of identity groups, and used the R-word.<\/p>\n<p>Like so many \u201cproblematic\u201d members of the intersectional Left, however, whether or not to \u201ccancel\u201d is a matter of simple arithmetic. In this case, the hammer thrower has two factors playing in her favor.<\/p>\n<p>First, Berry is an Olympic athlete who is happy to leverage her representation of the country for the \u201cgood\u201d of the \u201cmovement.\u201d Second, Berry is a member of \u201cimportant\u201d identity groups, making her valuable as a figure of authority for the Left.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, these tweets will likely not even be mentioned by any legacy media outlet in the coming days, because Gwen Berry \u2014 for now \u2014 is just too useful to hold accountable.<\/p>\n<p>This logic applies to other \u201cproblematic\u201d figures on the Left. For example, in a sensible society, Ilhan Omar\u2019s demonstrated history of making anti-Semitic comments, or Rashida Tlaib\u2019s propensity to promulgate blood libel propaganda would be immediately disqualifying for representatives in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>But, as members of various intersectional groups the Left aims to leverage to build their coalition of victimhood, their identity serves too great a purpose to justify setting any standards whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for Gwen Berry, she\u2019s still useful. For now.<\/p>\n<p><i>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i>&nbsp;@ighaworth<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>&nbsp;member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, U.S. hammer thrower Gwen Berry became a household name after turning away from the American flag as the National Anthem played during an Olympic trials event. 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