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Was their ethnicity an issue in the 90s?

posted 2 years ago by Ticketsplease (4024)
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Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, both Americans, were the two best players of their era.

But they're not white...per se.

Sampras is of Greek origin.

Agassi has Middle Eastern ancestry (father is Irani).

Nowadays we wouldn't hear the end of their "representation".

Was it even mentioned back then?

[–] Keelai (36182) 2 years ago

They're both white. No one made an issue of their ethnicity. It's common for ethnic whites to be accepted in the upper rungs of our race-based hierarchy.