Podcaster Jemele Hill spouted her usual race-baiting rhetoric by claiming WNBA star Caitlin Clark is popular simply because sheâs a white heterosexual in a sport swarming with black lesbians.
âWe would all be very naive if we didnât say race and her sexuality played a role in her popularity,â Hill told the Los Angeles Times on Monday.
âWhile so many people are happy for Caitlinâs success â including the players, this has had such an enormous impact on the game â there is a part of it that is a little problematic because of what it says about the worth and the marketability of the players who are already there.â
With her snarky comment, the embittered leftist dismissed Clarkâs exceptional skills, which have inspired thousands of fans to attend her games and millions more to watch from home.
As a reminder, the NCAA phenom electrified fans by setting scoring records during her senior season with the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Indeed, Clarkâs final three collegiate games broke viewership records.
As a result of her standout skills, Clark was the No. 1 pick in the 2024 WNBA draft.
She eventually signed with the Indiana Fever and landed a $28 million, eight-year endorsement deal with Nike.
Sponsors showered the superstar with lucrative offers because she has a massive fan base thanks to her exceptional talent and likeable personality.
Unlike many divisive pro athletes, Clark is humble and does not alienate viewers by shoving her political agenda down peopleâs throats.
But Hill suggested that Clark has garnered outsized attention from the media and the public because Americans are racist and homophobic.
About 70 percent of WNBA players are black, and nearly one-third identify as LGBT, according to the Times.
While many say Clarkâs race-baiting haters are merely jealous shrews, Hill insisted thatâs not the case.
âItâs not jealousy,â the former ESPN commentator told the Times. âItâs just the fact that in our society, black women are often erased from the picture.â
Meanwhile, Jemele Hill was lampooned on the social media platform X for her latest racial tantrum.
It is now 2024. Jealous leftists must stop frivolously overplaying the worn-out race card. Itâs tedious and draining.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
