Caitlin Clark's 'problematic' popularity comes from 'race and her sexuality': former ESPN host

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Caitlin Clark's 'problematic' popularity comes from 'race and her sexuality': former ESPN host
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A Los Angeles Times piece suggested that the media hype surrounding WNBA player Caitlin Clark is because she “fits a comfortable narrative' for viewers.

Caitlin Clark owes some of her 'worth' as a marketable WNBA player to her race and sexuality, according to former ESPN host Jemele Hill. a Los Angeles Times report suggested. The Indiana Fever player took the country by storm the past year after setting all-time records for scoring during her senior season of college basketball and becoming the number one pick in the 2024 WNBA draft.

We would all be very naive if we didn’t say race and her sexuality played a role in her popularity,' the Atlantic writer Jemele Hill told the LA Times. 'While so many people are happy for Caitlin’s success — including the players; this has had such an enormous impact on the game — 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.

think it’s a huge thing. I think a lot of people may say it’s not about Black and White, but to me, it is,' Wilson said. 'It really is because you can be top-notch at what you are as a Black woman, but yet maybe that’s something that people don’t want to see.' Wilson added, 'They don’t see it as marketable, so it doesn’t matter how hard I work. It doesn’t matter what we all do as Black women, we’re still going to be swept underneath the rug.

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