WNBA Star Caitlin Clark Apologizes For Her Privilege But It's Not As Black And White As She Thinks

Posted • December 11, 2024: President-Elect Donald Trump won the 2024 election with a message of eliminating DEI. That ideology is poisoning our culture by placing guilt on white people in the name of equity. Trump has not taken office, but the wind of change is blowing across our country. Apparently, that wind hasn’t reached the WNBA and its rookie star, Caitlin Clark. By all accounts, Clark had a stellar debut season on the court, but some say her worst rookie mistake is what’s coming out of her mouth. Caitlin Clark says she has white privilege in her TIME Athlete of the Year piece, says the WNBA is built on black players. As quoted by TIME, Clark says she earned her success but says she has privilege because she's white. Clark says she now wants to help elevate black players. "I want to say I’ve earned every single thing, but as a white person, there is privilege," she said in the TIME piece.

"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." - "The more we can appreciate that, highlight that, talk about that, and then continue to have brands and companies invest in those players that have made this league incredible, I think it’s very important." - "I have to continue to try to change that. The more we can elevate Black women, that’s going to be a beautiful thing." -- Clark had an impressive rookie season, but was not embraced by all of her fellow players. She was subjected to many cheap shots and flagrant fouls. That has posters wondering if she’s doing this to stop the bleeding. Yeah. That's my concern. She's being beaten on the court (her white privilege is getting her smacked in the face, eyes scratched, thrown to the floor, hit in the head, etc etc), so she needs to pander for her safety, instead of publicly demanding the WNBA punish the coaches and players. Meanwhile, the WNBA does nothing. (…)

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