Few female athletes have had the level of popularity that Caitlin Clark currently has. However, it seems she thinks she has so many fans because of her “white privilege.”
Clark plays point guard for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever, and before that played for the Iowa Hawkeyes in college. Because of her insane shooting ability (she’s the Steph Curry of women's basketball in that regard), Clark has become mainstream and brought more fans to the WNBA - a league that's been desperate for attention since its inception in 1996.
Thanks to her meteoric rise to fame, TIME Magazine named her the Athlete of the Year. In the world of sports, that’s a big deal. As part of the award process. TIME wrote a lengthy feature article about her detailing her journey to the WNBA.
“I know people want her to say more and do more, and I'm like, at 22 years old, how many of us have the skill set, have the ability to be able to communicate?” says former Fever star and Hall of Famer Tamika Catchings on Caitlin Clark https://t.co/mj2JsPu1Kd
— TIME (@TIME) December 10, 2024
It was a really well-done article, but towards the end, it got really woke. Clark said that while she knows she has earned a lot of the popularity she’s received, she also believes that white privilege played a role in her success.
“I want to say I’ve earned every single thing, but as a white person, there is privilege,” Clark said. “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.”
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The article was going so, so well - and then this happened.
I don’t know if Clark was coaxed into saying this or if she actually believes it, but its not true either way.
Clark became popular because she can score from any distance, and few, if any, of her contemporaries possess that ability. She is the main attraction at whatever WNBA game she plays, because, let’s face it, professional women’s basketball isn’t that exciting without her. Her talent and skillset, not her skin color, made her popular.
It’s unfortunate that she, at least for the purposes of this TIME article, believes something different.
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