Calling out the toxic element in her fan base is no small burden, but with Caitlin Clark’s great fame comes great responsibility. If her words can limit hate, staying silent just isn’t an option
on Wednesday night, knocking the rookie and her teammates out of the WNBA playoffs, Alyssa Thomas wanted to speak. The All-Star forward called out the hate that Sun players“Basketball is headed in a great direction, but we don’t want fans that are going to degrade us and call us racial names,” she said. “Something needs to be done, whether it’s them checking their fans or this league checking, there’s no time for it any more.”Thomas is far from alone.
And yet, saying the league has handled the situation well would be a little too kind. A few weeks agocommissioner Cathy Engelbert, was asked about the “darker” tone taken by the some of the league’s fanbase, particularly when it came to racist and homophobic abuse. As for the Fever, have they done everything they could do stop such behavior? Their coach, Christie Sides, condemned online abuse after Wednesday’s game, but there was no official statement from the team. Sure, many of those spewing abuse online do not claim to be Fever fans – and probably aren’t – but that shouldn’t stop the team from being clear where it stands. They Fever are certainly happy to welcome the hike in attendance and income that Clark brings.
Whitlock, who is Black, knows the danger of evoking the image of the delicate white flower in America. Lynchings of Black men were common when mobs somehow believed a white women was in danger. It’s dangerous and journalistically irresponsible for any member of the media to push the false notion that Clark is being threatened by Black players. And the results were as dismal as they were predictable.
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