Far-left former ESPN host Jemele Hill canât stand the fact that Iowa superstar point guard Caitlin Clarkâs record-breaking senior season is attracting record audiences to womenâs Basketball.
If you guessed Hillâs indignation was in any way related to Clarkâs skin pigmentation, then youâve been paying attention to sports media.
Hill, a social justice warrior posing as a journalist and who currently writes for The Atlantic, ranted in an interview with Uproxx this past week that Clark is overshadowing black athletes.
Per Hill, Clark is leading womenâs Basketball to new heights because she is white and she is not solely responsible for elevating basketball for women.
âEverything about this sport has been trending up for years now. It did not just start with Caitlin Clark, but theyâre treating it like it did,â she said of Sports media.
She added, âAnd so itâs already creating a false narrative that is doing the public a disservice.â
The raving racist continued:
âIf you look at WNBA ratings or womenâs college Basketball ratings, they have been exploding for at least the last seven to (10) years â or I would even say five to seven if you want a shorter window. And so, itâs been proven that people really enjoy the sport.
âThey enjoy the stars in the sport, but they enjoy the sport itself. And Iâm not completely convinced that the media understands the difference.â
Hill then cited Aâja Wilson, the former South Carolina-turned-Las Vegas Aces forward, who she said never got the attention Clark is receiving, but is equally as talented.
ââs probably the best player in the world right now,â Hill argued. âAnd Iâm not trying to act like she gets no coverage, but the coverage that sometimes non-white women get.â
Hill did offer some praise for Clark but she of course offered a disclaimer.
âCaitlin Clark seems to be a great personality, but it is not like Caitlin Clark is walking around saying crazy stuff,â she said. â just covering her excellence, and thatâs good enough.â
She concluded, âWhereas it feels like for Black athletes to get the same amount of coverage or even fair coverage, there has to be something extra.â
In short, if Caitlin Clark were anything but white, Hill would probably have said either nothing or would be joining the rest of the civilized world in celebrating her accomplishments.
Race baiters are gonna race bait.
Clark is getting attention because she has spent all season breaking records and doing so with class and humility.
She is arguably the best female shooter of all time and is as likable of a person as a Walmart greeter.
Since Hillâs comments, Clark has become the all-time womenâs NCAA Division I scoring leader and also has the most career points in Division I history â holding that record against men and women, according to ESPN.
Clark also has the most made career 3-point field goals and the most career assists in NCAA tournament history, just to name a few of her accomplishments.
The Iowa star drew in more than 12 million sets of eyeballs during her teamâs Elite Eight game against LSU on Monday, making it the most-watched womenâs Basketball game in American history, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
No other female athlete of any color has collected so many accolades at just the right time and in a time of year without other major sporting events to compete with.
But to Hillâs point, Clark does seem to be resonating more with audiences and reporters than anyone who came before her.
Itâs not because sheâs white, but because sheâs special on and off the court.
It also probably doesnât hurt her case that there are no political undertones about her game and she has never spent time in a Russian prison for a drug violation.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
