Or you could not just immediately jump to the conclusion that literally everything is about race and gender. This is the exact same response that was expressed towards rich white guy Tuuka Rask last season when he suddenly left the playoff bubble, before it became clear that it was an issue of family health, when his GM initially said he was leaving because, in effect, he just didn't feel good about being there. I myself criticized Rask in fairly strong terms for that before the real reason was disclosed.
This is a slightly different situation, because a) her determination was that she wouldn't be in a condition to help her team succeed and b) she would be risking bodily harm by competing in her condition. As far as I'm concerned, no one is qualified to assess whether those things are true or whether she was right from the other end of a TV feed, so no one can judge her. But it's not about her being black. The same criticisms will be leveled at any athlete regardless of their race or gender (if anything, it might be more likely that you'll see these criticisms leveled at a man in a similar situation due to social expectations about masculinity).
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