GLAAD Reaching Out To NBC About Problematic Caster Semenya Joke
September 18, 2009 by Amanda Morgan, GLAAD's Digital Initiatives Fellow
http://glaadblog.org/2009/09/18/glaad-reaching-out-to-nbc-about-problematic-caster-semenya/ (http://glaadblog.org/2009/09/18/glaad-reaching-out-to-nbc-about-problematic-caster-semenya/)
We've been alerted by many of our supporters about a problematic segment which aired during last night's Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday.
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We are very alarmed that NBC chose to make fun of the young athlete in this dehumanizing manner, particularly given reports that Semenya is on suicide watch after unconfirmed, yet detailed results of her gender testing by the International Association of Athletics Federations were leaked to the Austrailian press, prompting a wave of intrusive, speculative and in many cases sensational media reports about her.