Serena Williams gets Reprimanded, John McEnroe gets Endorsements

By now, the screams for an apology and fines by the media toward Serena Williams are sure to have reached the ears of even those that are not remotely interested in the U.S. Open.
Our sister during a tennis match at the U.S. Open disagreed with a call by the line judge who had called a foot fault. She used language unbecoming of a young woman of her rearing and accomplishments. Shortly thereafter the outburst she apologized. All is right in the world again, yes? NO.
Since that incident she has gone on to win the doubles with her sister Venus, she is making publicity rounds with her new book, "On the Line," but yet she is still being asked to answer for an emotional outburst. An outburst of less than acceptable language is nothing unusual on the field of play. Not when it comes to sports, it isn't like it's during a policy address by the President of United States during a joint meeting of Congress (i.e. Sen. Wilson).
You would think that she was the first to do something like that. She isn't the first person, take for instance the beloved 'Bad Boy' of tennis John McEnroe.
John McEnroe was notorious for cursing at line judges, throwing tantrums and rackets on the court. And they tolerated it, in fact it helped him get endorsements. This wasn't 10 or 20 years ago. This was just in 2006--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmJi_oc7t10.
How should we regard this double standard? Is it just a case of a woman playing the sport shouldn't behave that way? Is it simply that she was behaving "unsportmanlike?" Or (dare we say it), is it about both gender and ethnicity? I say the latter.
As much as we are being programmed by television, radio and magazines to think that this is a post racial era, this is not a post racial era. Nor is it an era where the voice of women have the same weight as the voice of men.
I would like to suggest we look at a recent series of events concerning the media and Black people. Seemingly at every turn one of us is being called to account, repent or apologize for some real or perceived act. Singers, athletes, cabinet members you name them the media is calling for them to be tarred and feathered. Why the pattern and who is next?
This society will never let you forget that you once served as a captive slave, don't you dare act "uppity" and don't you dare challenge the decisions or authorities we set in place, even on a tennis court.