WNBA Mean Girls Won't Accept Caitlin Clark Until She Apologizes For Being White and Straight | Bobby Burack
The gatekeepers and women of the WNBA share an obvious, deeply rooted disdain for Caitlin Clark. See how they treat, speak of, and undermine her.
Clark, a straight white woman, is the main protagonist in a league most proud of its elevation of black lesbians. However, it's not just Clark's identity that stirs animus from other players. It's also her lack of self-guilt.
Let us explain:
Women in the WNBA suffer from a variant of white derangement syndrome (WDS). How does WDS work? Former ESPN host Bomani Jones, who long fell chronically ill to the mind virus, explained last year.
"White people are not always racial biases, but you can never be 100 percent sure [one is not]," said Jones while discussing if white privilege plays a role in NBA MVP voting.
According to Jones, you should consider white people racist by default – until they prove otherwise. For example, Bomani admits he is close friends with FS1 host Nick Wright and blogger Spencer Hall, two white guys whose white guilt would impress even Joy Reid.
Apply that same logic to the WNBA. The players and WNBA media, most of whom are black women, have no such issue with Cameron Brink, the attractive and white second-overall pick from the WNBA Draft.
Unlike Clark, Brink recently expressed remorse for her "inherent white privilege."
"I could go way deeper into this, but I would just say growing the fan base to support all types of players. I will acknowledge there’s a privilege for the younger white players of the league," Brink said.
The black women of the WNBA also admire Diana Taurasi, a white woman. Taurasi was one of the league's leading advocates for the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, following the death of George Floyd.
Taurasi's support for BLM, a Marxian political movement, was perhaps second to only Sue Bird, another white WNBA player.
To better understand the disparate treatment of Clark vs. other white women in the WNBA, consider the topic on which former NFL player Emmanuel Acho wrote a book in 2022: the difference between someone who is "not racist" and an "anti-racist."
"I often get asked, 'What's the difference between being not racist and anti-racist?" commented Acho.
"To be ‘non -racist’ is to not volunteer yourself in racism around you. But still let that racism around you exist. Whereas being ‘anti-racist’ and is actively calling out racism whenever you see it."
Caitlin Clark is "not a racist." Brink, Taurasi, and Bird are – in the minds of the WNBA mean girls -- "anti-racists."
The likes of A'ja Wilson, Chennedy Carter, Sheryl Swoopes, Sunny Hostin, and Jemele Hill are not just upset that a little white girl from Iowa is the face of the WNBA – they are also upset that the little white girl from Iowa hasn't apologized for it.
They won't accept her unless (and only unless) she proves she's anti-racist, woke, guilty, or whatever buzz term they prefer at the time of the apology.
Simply put, Clark could prove she is "one of them" by coming out in support of, say, African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change, Pride Month, or BLM.
Perhaps she will.
We hope she doesn't. Fearless contributor T.J. Moe predicted her "popularity would tank immediately" if she did. He is correct.
However, Clark wouldn't be the first white person to succumb to the race bullies to ease the antipathy toward them. It works. It worked for Howard Stern and Mark Cuban, didn't it?
Many of the women in the league despise Clark. They want to see her fail and even injure her. Due to racial double standards, she can't condemn the racial animosity she faces.
Society – through fear-porn and propaganda – has programmed young black Americans to be uber-wary of their white counterparts. According to a recent Gallup poll, most black people are.
In doing so, society has turned white people unnecessarily apologetic, submissive, and controllable.
Caitlin Clark must decide whether she will buck that trend or become an advocate of the black lesbian agenda.