Whitlock says 'Black queers' take exception to white women in basketball

Jason Whitlock did not pull any punches in describing what he believes is at the root of WNBA controversies.

Speaking to CNN’s Michael Smerconish, the sports pundit explained why we are seeing frequent stories about the mistreatment faced by WNBA stars Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark. Whitlock claims that the “Black queers” who play the sport take exception to white women being made the de facto face of the league, and are therefore targeting the girls for essentially being more popular.

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Smerconish opened the conversation by referring to the vicious clothesline Cunningham received from Chicago Sky player DiJonai Carrington, which resulted in a foul and Carrington being ejected from the game. Moments after leaving, the Sky star would post “WHITE PRIVILEGE” on social media, leading many to wonder whether the behavior toward the white players was racially motivated. For the record, Cunningham declined to say the move was race-based, and Carrington also rejected the accusation that her post was a callout of the foul she received.

“Is the controversy driven by race, by politics or just competition?” the host asked Whitlock.

“I think it’s all three, but I would probably add a fourth — sexuality and sexual identity,” he responded bluntly. “The WNBA, if you listen to a lot of their players, they consider themselves a black, queer league. And Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham aren’t black and queer — and particularly as it relates to Caitlin Clark, she’s come in and had a huge impact on the league, who actually watches the league, and in competition there is a natural jealousy.”

“So some of this is just natural, but some of it is driven by who’s going to define the league, who’s going to represent the league,” he continued. “There’s this whole big controversy about who’s going to be the face of the league. It is Caitlin Clark. I think the black queers in the league who felt they built this league and it’s their league are in objection to that. And so you know it‘s a pie, and I would probably put sexuality at the top of the list and then race second. And then probably just competition in the natural jealousy that comes along with competition as third.”

Smerconish offered resistance to this categorization

“For what it‘s worth, I went looking; we cited peer-reviewed data. I went looking for any data, any analysis as to whether there was racial animus driving any of those moments that we constantly see on a loop, especially on some networks. And by the way, then I asked Claude to do it for me. Fable five, very interesting analysis, which I published today, and it comes back saying it‘s all proportional. There‘s no evidence that it‘s being driven by race. So let me ask you, what‘s your evidence that it‘s driven by sexuality?” the host pressed.

“What the ladies actually say in the league,” Whitlock said. “Take [Sydney] Colson, that played in the league for 12 years; she was Caitlin Clark’s teammate last year. If you actually listen to what the ladies in the league say, like a Syd Colson, who just last week on her podcast said, hey, look, this is a black queer league. We get to define what is appropriate in this league; that this is about the whole transgender issue, whether or not transitioning men into womanhood should be allowed to play in the league. And someone like Syd Colson says loudly and proudly, as a black queer person, as black queers that dominate the league, we get to decide that no one else.”

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