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Originally Posted by Delano
America does have a long history of that dating back to Jackie Robinson, doesn’t it? Hank Aaron and Bill Russell were so strongly embraced that they never faced racism or bias. What about that short little era in the 30’s and 40’s when African Americans weren’t allowed in the NFL? That history of embracing everyone in pro sports continued, unbroken, through the decades leading up to Colin Kaepernick. And now poor Caitlin isn’t receiving that universal support because she’s white.
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This isn’t about Caitlin clark not getting universal support. It’s ok to criticize her or not like her or prefer somebody else. That’s a part of being a basketball fan. And yeah it’s not ok to hate someone out of pure racism. After decades of watching the chiefs I can barely think of a single player who was disliked because of race. That’s how this could and should have gone. If the league embraced clark, her rabid fan base would have embraced other players. In case anyone hadn’t noticed most of her teammates they cheer for are black.
But many of her critics hate her because she’s white and straight. That isn’t an opinion, it’s a fact. Before she even stepped foot in the wnba arena you had media members complaining that she had “pretty privilege”. Even to the point of calling her fans klansmen, using offensive terms not only at clark but her black teammates for playing “Uncle Tom.” It’s wrong. She gets berated by the media gatekeepers for not speaking out enough (she has literally never said anything remotely offensive). And yet not a single one of them or the wnba will acknowledge the racism that gets flung her way.
If you want trolls to leave the game, then stop feeding them. I thought they had learned the lesson but they apparently seem intent on being bullied to cave in to the very small but very vocal minority