Caitlin Clark Let The Race Bullies Win | Bobby Burack

The race bullies are winning.

In an interview with David Letterman on Netflix, WNBA star Caitlin Clark claimed to acknowledge her "privilege" as a white woman in the WNBA. 

"I definitely have privilege," she told Letterman in an episode of "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction" recorded in December that aired this week. "I’m obviously white, but I think I’m somebody who grew up a huge fan of this league. I grew up watching this league, going to games, supporting this league. So I know where this league comes from: a lot of black women that grew up making this league what it is. And that’s kind of the shoulders that we stand on."

Clark adds the black women before her "deserve all the credit" and "there is [a] responsibility in acknowledging that."

Uh, what?

To recap, Clark entered the WNBA last season as its first mainstream attraction in nearly two generations. ESPN framed her popularity as a symptom of an intolerance for a league full of black lesbians. Various black women in the WNBA fell for the lie and responded by hard-fouling, harassing, and slurring Clark on the court. To try and ease the animus, Clark has responded with two faux admissions of her "white privilege," the first during a Time profile late last year.

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INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) falls to the floor while guarding Connecticut Sun guard DiJonai Carrington (21) on August 28, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

We recognize that Clark finds herself in an unenviable position. Her opponents – and teammates – abhor her, in part, because she is straight and white. She is relatively apolitical in a league in which LGBTQ-ism is woven into the culture.