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Tina Stolberg's avatar

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.

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Daniel Helkenn's avatar

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.

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James Jordan's avatar

OWG here, so take this for what it is worth.

She is a product of today's Higher Education Culture mixed with PR and Marketing Consultants, so why expect anything except this type of self assessment? There is nothing more woke than most Marketing Departments of major corporations that her management is trying to appeal to, or at least not piss off. Who knows how much she actually wrote of the statements?

Grace is the correct response. Her talent on the court speaks for itself, and neither the basketball nor the rim care one bit about her skin color. And she has demonstrated much Grace herself, so agree that Grace should be returned.

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Violet Hunter's avatar

I appreciate the thoughtful, compassionate analysis here; your view carries even more weight since you’re a veteran competitive athlete yourself.

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carol ann Terry's avatar

thank you JENNIFER.... appreciate you

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Mark Keiper's avatar

Nice. Great response for a younger athlete bombarded on all sides with all manner of political and social ideals. Yours is the voice of sanity.

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Anna's avatar

I think she was saying she earned her success on the court, but the cultural phenomenon around her is in part due to white privilege. Both things can be true. She is white, attractive, and articulate in addition to being a basketball star. Those qualities together propelled interest in her as a player and women’s basketball generally. She’s in a majority black sport and needed to acknowledge that. I don’t find her comments problematic.

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Adele Amisano's avatar

Yes but her talent is exceptional. She doesn’t need to acknowledge something that doesn’t exist. If a black girl was as talented as she was, she would likely would’ve gotten just as much attention and recognition

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Elizabeth G's avatar

I agree. Simone Biles is a great counter example. Exceptional talent = tons of publicity.

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Rich Adams's avatar

Equity has it's origins in Marxism in my view. It is one of the greatest threats to our society today, and must be abolished as quickly as possible. Thank you for your stand and clarity in your position. Wokeness is evil.

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From the Beach...🌞🇧🇷🏖️🌊🐬🌎😎's avatar

Winners and Losers. Yes.

Her skills are apparent and clearly superior.

I opine the league PR department had a play in her public response.

If she really believes what she said, she lost my respect.

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Cue's avatar

I love how truth shines. You can be proud and disappointed at the same time, but you can't say it was hard work or God-given talent and somehow skin color helped her hoop.

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Ute Heggen's avatar

Well said. I agree.

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Dave's avatar

I didn’t vote for Trump, but I do believe that his cabinet appointments will use higher education and other grants to kill DEI. A good thing.

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