Tennis legend Serena Williams called out the New York Times on Wednesday for appearing to confuse her with her older sister, Venus Williams, in a recent print news article.
The story in question was about Serena’s early-stage venture capital firm, Serena Ventures, which recently unveiled an inaugural fund of $111 million.
Williams used her Twitter account on Wednesday to share a picture of the print version of a NYT story about the firm, where she also serves as a managing partner.
The story image included a headshot of Venus labeled as her sister.
“No matter how far we come, we get reminded that it’s not enough,” Serena tweeted Wednesday morning. “This is why I raised $111M for @serenaventures. To support the founders who are overlooked by engrained systems woefully unaware of their biases. Because even I am overlooked. You can do better, @nytimes.”
The business section of the Times acknowledged the mixup later in a reply tweet to Williams.
