‘What a Fraud’ — WNBA World Rips DiJonai Carrington’s Muddled Defense of ‘White Privilege’ Post After Sophie Cunningham Incident
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Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington found herself at the center of a controversy Saturday after a hard foul on Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham resulted in a Flagrant 2 and an ejection.
But the story did not end when Carrington left the court. Shortly after, she fueled the controversy with a two-word social media post: “WHITE PRIVILEGE,” followed by a tag of the Fever.
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That post quickly became the focus of the fallout, with former NFL star Emmanuel Acho among those questioning what Carrington meant.
DiJonai Carrington’s ‘White Privilege’ Explanation Following Post Directed at Sophie Cunningham Draws Sharp WNBA Reactions
Acho initially described Carrington’s post as “ignorant and to some degree asinine.” Carrington, the 2024 WNBA Most Improved Player, responded Monday by insisting that she “never once claimed that the assessment of the foul was white privilege” and urged Acho to “try exercising your critical thinking skills.”
Carrington doubled down on that explanation, saying she attended “one of the top universities” to “educate myself on this exact subject.”
She also stressed that she’s “the last thing from ignorant or asinine when it comes to speaking on ‘white privilege.’”
That explanation did little to quiet the reaction.
“We all know what you meant, and because you are being called out on it, you are backtracking. What a fraud,” an X user wrote.
“So are you going to TELL US what you mean?????? Or are you going to put out [expletive] posts that literally saying NOTHING OF “SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER…???? What, exactly, is the ‘proper evidence’ to “substantiate what you said? Be specific,” a former nuclear scientist added.
“Share the ‘substantial evidence,’” Outkick urged Carrington.
“Stupid us,” Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy tweeted.
“You just said a whole bunch of nothing. Your very first words after getting ejected in the locker room was ‘White Privilege’ while the game was still going on. It don’t matter where you went to school, how you dress up this post, throwing sugar on (expletive) don’t make it smell better. You know exactly what you meant when you tweeted that out, and now you’re using a whole lot of nothing to PR clean up,” former NFL veteran Breiden Fehoko did not hold back.
“This may be the greatest tweet of all time. Says she didn’t mean white privilege about her flagrant foul call on Sophie Cunningham (okay lol) and then flexes where she went to school. Still missing? What she actually meant from her post,” a podcaster trolled the Sky guard.
Acho later addressed Carrington directly, acknowledging that his initial interpretation came from the timing of her post.
“You are correct, @DijonaiVictoria, my assumption, along with the majority of the sports world, was that you posting ‘white privilege’ immediately following being thrown out of a game for fouling somebody white was regarding the foul,” Acho tweeted.
“But if the two things are somehow not connected, that’s on me. I’ll stand corrected. However, America is a speaker-oriented country, so the burden is on you for being clear, direct and easy to understand.”
Acho’s point is central to the backlash, as Carrington never explicitly explained what prompted her “WHITE PRIVILEGE” post.
For many critics, the timing made the connection difficult to ignore. She had just been ejected for the Flagrant 2 foul on Cunningham, and the post followed almost immediately.
Carrington’s explanation failed to settle the question. Until she answers that directly, the debate surrounding the post and the backlash that followed probably isn’t going anywhere.
This article originally appeared on Pro Football Network.