Caitlin Clark doubled down on her comments about “White privilege” in a recently aired interview with David Letterman. In the interview, Clark said Black WNBA players built the league and she didn’t feel targeted by them.
The Indiana Fever superstar caused controversy when she made the initial comments in her interview with Time Magazine in December.
“I want to say I’ve earned every single thing, but as a White person, there is privilege,” Clark told Time. “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.”
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Her comments caused an uproar and alienated some of her fans who followed her from Iowa to the WNBA.
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She doubled down on her “White privilege” statements in her interview with former talk show host David Letterman that was filmed in December.
Netflix aired Clark’s interview with Letterman earlier this week.
“I definitely have privilege,” she said on Letterman’s “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.”
“I’m obviously White but I think … I’m somebody that 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,” she added.
Clark continued: “A lot of Black women that grew up making this league what it is. That’s kind of the shoulders that we stand on. So, I think that was something I’m very aware of and something I’m very thankful for. And they definitely deserve all the credit and the more we can give credit to them, the better. I’m very aware of that and I know that and I think there is responsibility in acknowledging that.”
Clark’s fans say her popularity is due, in large part because she is an amazing basketball player. And in small part because she’s a heterosexual in a league full of lesbians. Her fans say the latter is the real reason Clark was targeted for abuse by the players and the liberal news media.
