Much ado about Caitlin Clark's response to her Time Magazine Athlete of the Year win
There has been a lot of chatter about Caitlin Clark’s response to winning Time Magazine’s Athlete of the Year.
I’ve got my own take on the matter, for what it's worth!
The whole white privilege argument in sports falls flat on its face because to say Caitlin achieved her win because of privilege is in essence saying that Michael Jordan achieved his win because of victimization (add to that affirmative action). It demeans both their incredible talents and earned achievements.
I agree with what Caitlin said right up to where she injected the white privilege into the statement. Race could have been left out. I’m sure she was fed this statement by her PR team but I suspect she’s going to find going forward that her problems are not over. The monster she’s trying to placate will destroy her. It can’t be bought off.