Posted on 12/10/2024 8:32:53 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
After often remaining silent about her name being used in cultural disputes, Caitlin Clark has spoken up.
The WNBA phenom was named Time's Athlete of the Year after putting women's basketball and women's sports on the map.
After she entered the league, there were several comments made about her being White.
WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson said Clark being White was a "huge thing" when it came to Clark's popularity. Angel Reese even said there had been "a lot of racism" from Iowa and Indiana Fever fans. Connecticut Sun player DiJonai Carrington, who poked Clark in the eye during a Connecticut playoff win over the Fever, previously criticized Clark for not doing more to call out racism.
In her discussion with Time, Clark seemed to agree with Wilson to an extent.
"I want to say I’ve earned every single thing, but as a White person, there is privilege," Clark told Time. "A lot of those players in the league that have been really good have been Black players. This league has kind of been built on them.
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you moron
Nobody hires athletes for their intelligence.
If she wants to actually be correct,
The wnba was and still is built on the men of the nba and their money subsidizing this entire money losing operation, since its inception.
Women get yer buttss out there and start buying tickets for your gals. You say words but do zippo for your girls.
Shut up and just play basketball ya idiot Clark. You just damaged your brand. Moron.
Nothing worse than a self-loathing white person. Black people have more privileges than white people.
They’re still going to hate you, dear. But you go ahead and show some weakness. They are going to clobber you next season.
Someone got to her. Enough she felt she had to repeat it.
“Built on the backs…” Basketball. A game. Whatever…
I think the term she’s looking for is “pretty privilege.” It has existed for eons and has nothing to do with race per se.
Yes, it’s true, people prefer watching attractive people doing stuff. Unattractive people, not so much.
The WNBA has much more of the latter (e.g. Britney Greiner), thus the novelty of Caitlin Clark.
Now the white people will abandon her, and the black people will still hate her.
Dumb thing to say.
Exactly correct.
Women get yer buttss out there and start buying tickets for your gals. You say words but do zippo for your girls.
Again exactly correct.
Well, there’s always the LPGA...
Absolutely.
Talent doth not an idiot make. Not too bright...
oh well, off the list she goes. Another idiot...
Well, there goes my support and sympathy for that girl - right out the door….
The mainstream culture demands this, just as it demands superior artists who are White, like Adele to “thank” the talentless Beyonce whenever they win an award and she does not.
She bent the knee. Never bend the knee
I can’t name, nor do I like any Beyoncé music, but talentless?
Gtfoh
I’m not saying she’s not attractive, but she isn’t the prettiest on her team. That would be Lexi Hull. And then there was Cameron Brink, drafted one spot behind her. I don’t know all the players, but some of them are very attractive.
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