Jason Whitlock: Stop Pretending Simone Biles is the ‘Greatest Athlete Ever’

Jason Whitlock: “Simone Biles took second in the floor exercise, some woman from Brazil took first, and some woman from America took third, so everybody is celebrating this ‘all-Black’ picture of Simone Biles bowing in front of this Brazilian woman and saying ‘THIS IS AN ICONIC PHOTO! AN ALL-BLACK PODIUM!’… This is somehow celebrated as some great thing. It’s just a reminder to me of why I’m not watching the Olympics and why I’m not on-board with Simone Biles. I’m not a Simone Biles fan. She’s divisive, she’s a race-idolator, and she’s a race-bait victim. I’m just tired of everything being labeled as ‘historic’. How can an ‘all-Black’ podium [be historic?]. Have you seen the 100-meter and 200-meter dash photos for the last 100 years?? Have you seen the podiums for these boxing events?? ‘BUT IT’S GYMNASTICS!!!’… It’s not history, and it’s not unifying to be discussing sports in this way constantly. It was a turn-off to me. We’re provoking this type of mentality.
Put up the picture of Simone Biles getting interviewed [on the Call Her Daddy podcast]. Simone Biles’ feet don’t touch the floor. That’s a borderline midget. And we’re doing all this ‘OH, MY GOD, SHE’S THE GREATEST ATHLETE OF ALL TIME!’… Most of us don’t even understand gymnastics, we don’t know how it’s scored, we don’t know what’s good or bad, but we all pretend every four years like ‘OH, MY GOD! WHAT AN INCREDIBLE ATHLETE! SHE’S THE GREATEST! SHE’S JESSE OWENS! SHE’S SERENA WILLIAMS! SHE’S MICHAEL JORDAN!’… I just don’t like the little victimhood gimmick and I don’t like her persona.

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Jason Whitlock: Stop Pretending Simone Biles is the ‘Greatest Athlete Ever’
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Wil Leitner
Aug 13, 2024

Jason Whitlock: “Simone Biles took second in the floor exercise, some woman from Brazil took first, and some woman from America took third, so everybody is celebrating this ‘all-Black’ picture of Simone Biles bowing in front of this Brazilian woman and saying ‘THIS IS AN ICONIC PHOTO! AN ALL-BLACK PODIUM!’… This is somehow celebrated as some great thing. It’s just a reminder to me of why I’m not watching the Olympics and why I’m not on-board with Simone Biles. I’m not a Simone Biles fan. She’s divisive, she’s a race-idolator, and she’s a race-bait victim. I’m just tired of everything being labeled as ‘historic’. How can an ‘all-Black’ podium [be historic?]. Have you seen the 100-meter and 200-meter dash photos for the last 100 years?? Have you seen the podiums for these boxing events?? ‘BUT IT’S GYMNASTICS!!!’… It’s not history, and it’s not unifying to be discussing sports in this way constantly. It was a turn-off to me. We’re provoking this type of mentality.
Put up the picture of Simone Biles getting interviewed [on the Call Her Daddy podcast]. Simone Biles’ feet don’t touch the floor. That’s a borderline midget. And we’re doing all this ‘OH, MY GOD, SHE’S THE GREATEST ATHLETE OF ALL TIME!’… Most of us don’t even understand gymnastics, we don’t know how it’s scored, we don’t know what’s good or bad, but we all pretend every four years like ‘OH, MY GOD! WHAT AN INCREDIBLE ATHLETE! SHE’S THE GREATEST! SHE’S JESSE OWENS! SHE’S SERENA WILLIAMS! SHE’S MICHAEL JORDAN!’… I just don’t like the little victimhood gimmick and I don’t like her persona.
Did you see the photo of the 800-meter dash of one White woman blowing past seven Black women? It’s quite a picture and people have been celebrating this, and it’s been ‘OH MY GOD, THEY’RE RACIST!’… If this was reversed – if there was one Black woman and seven White women were chasing her, everybody would be sending out ‘THIS IS HISTORIC! THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! OH, MY GOD, A BLACK WOMAN HAS BEATEN SEVEN WHITE WOMEN!’… You’re inviting White people to do the same. You’re being played. You’re being pitted against people on racial lines.”
Watch Jason Whitlock of Blaze TV’s Fearless take exception to the Simone Biles hyperbole that’s been pumped out during the 2024 Paris Olympics, as Whitlock says social media race baiters need to stop ‘pretending’ that the decorated American gymnast is the ‘greatest athlete of all time.’

Check out the segment above as Whitlock details the off-putting racial divisiveness of the Olympic coverage, and how he’s turned off by Biles’ ‘victimhood gimmick.’