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RandySF

(70,548 posts)
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 01:38 AM Oct 3

Perfect summation of racism in the WNBA.






What’s Wright? with Nick Wright

@WhatsWrightShow
"The WNBA bandwagon brought folks that weren’t basketball fans or actual fans of Caitlin Clark. They were fans of what they thought she could represent, which is the humbling of Black women.”

@getnickwright
on the unabashed racism surrounding the WNBA & where we go from here:
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Perfect summation of racism in the WNBA. (Original Post) RandySF Oct 3 OP
my contention is, that a lot of the 'negatives' were generated by people that were barely stopdiggin Oct 3 #1
Title Is Misleading ProfessorGAC Oct 4 #2

stopdiggin

(12,801 posts)
1. my contention is, that a lot of the 'negatives' were generated by people that were barely
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 03:16 AM
Oct 3

sports fans at all - and almost certainly not WNBA fans. Want to bet on how many of these losers have ever come within a mile of buying a ticket to an event?

ProfessorGAC

(69,808 posts)
2. Title Is Misleading
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 08:29 PM
Oct 4

While I think he makes great points throughout the 9 minutes, nothing he says indicates racism in the WNBA.
Rather it points to racist garbage directed at the WNBA
White players vote black teammates as their captains all the time.
Black players vote for white teammates to be team captain. All the time.
When the players were still sharing a room on the road, half the league had two race roommates.
The problem is real, but it's not the WNBA. It's the tools who have made some kind of white, Valkyrie hero out of Clark; something she never asked for.

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