{"id":2259843,"date":"2024-06-04T18:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T22:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-player-diversifies-the-wnba-champions-of-diversity-are-somehow-not-happy\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T18:44:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T22:44:17","slug":"white-player-diversifies-the-wnba-champions-of-diversity-are-somehow-not-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-player-diversifies-the-wnba-champions-of-diversity-are-somehow-not-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"White Player Brings Diversity to the WNBA, Yet Diversity Advocates Express Discontent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-player-diversifies-the-wnba-champions-of-diversity-are-somehow-not-happy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2259843&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The WNBA drama unfolds as tensions rise between players. Controversies arise over\u2062 racial\u2064 undertones and jealousy,\u2062 sparking heated \u200cdebates. Caitlin Clark&#8217;s \u2063success stirs envy, leading to on-court clashes and off-court criticisms. Allegations \u200dof racial\u200c bias emerge, highlighting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-comic-chris-distefano-rips-woke-culture-in-new-netflix-special\/\" title=\"NYC Comic Chris Distefano Rips Woke Culture in New Netflix Special\">deep-rooted issues<\/a> within the \u2062league. The narrative of equality and competition takes a complex \u200cturn\u200d in the spotlight. Rising tensions in\u200b the WNBA\u200d spark \u200ccontroversies over \u2062racial bias and \u200cjealousy. Caitlin Clark&#8217;s success fuels envy, resulting \u200din \u200con-court \u2062clashes and off-court\u2062 criticisms. \u2064Allegations of deep-rooted issues\u200c within the league surface, presenting a complex narrative \u200bof equality and competition under the \u200cspotlight.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s a little baseball trivia for you on a spring Tuesday. Kirby Higbe was a starting pitcher in the majors in the 1940s. He was also an opponent of integration \u2014 which is why, when Jackie Robinson (the first black ballplayer in the modern era) was about to join the Brooklyn Dodgers, Higbe demanded a trade, and he got one. He ended up on the Pirates. But Higbe couldn\u2019t avoid Robinson for very long. On July 15, 1948, Higbe <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/PIT\/PIT194807251.shtml?__hstc=205977932.9d9d50d7b604ee5c247c4b95e1860fa2.1682871432092.1695828628143.1695843786640.28&#038;__hssc=205977932.95.1695995363589&#038;__hsfp=471034161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pitched<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  a game against Robinson and the Dodgers. Maybe coincidentally \u2014 but probably not \u2014 Higbe hit one batter that game: Jackie Robinson. And it turned out to be a costly move, in the context of the game; Robinson went on to advance to third base, then steal home plate, helping the Dodgers beat the Pirates, 7 to 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Jackie Robinson, these kinds of cheap shots were common. He was often harassed on and off the field because of his skin color. That was the price of integrating sports in the 1940s, as the history books have taught us. It\u2019s conventional wisdom at this point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What\u2019s not conventional wisdom, even though it should be, is that racial resentment can still be found in professional sports. It just goes in the opposite direction. And nowhere is that more evident than the league that, until recently, no one ever talked about, much less watched: the WNBA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By now you\u2019ve probably seen the footage of Caitlin Clark, the former Iowa Hawkeyes player and now rookie on a team that we all just learned existed, called the Indiana Fever. In the footage Clark, who\u2019s widely regarded as one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-declares-second-place-finisher-not-lia-thomas-winner-of-ncaa-womens-swimming-event\/\" title=\"Gov DeSantis Declares Second Place Finisher, Not Lia Thomas, Winner of NCAA Women\u2019s Swimming Event\">greatest female athletes<\/a> of all time, is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/chicago-tribune-editorial-board-defends-caitlin-clark-likens-sky-guards-hip-check-assault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">assaulted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  on the court during a game on Saturday. She was hip-checked to the ground during the third quarter by Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There was no reason whatsoever for Carter to shove Clark\u2019s hip and knock her over; the ball hadn\u2019t even been inbounded yet. Watch:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The game \u201chad a lot of people talking,\u201d says the Good Morning America anchorwoman. \u201cThere\u2019s no love lost between these two teams,\u201d says the reporter. \u201cThey\u2019re giving fans a show.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That\u2019s a very sing-songy way to describe an unprovoked shove to the floor. It\u2019s especially odd considering the fact that, after she knocked Clark over, Chennedy Carter appeared to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/chicago-tribune-editorial-board-defends-caitlin-clark-likens-sky-guards-hip-check-assault\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mouth<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  a five-letter epithet that begins with the letter \u201cb.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The WNBA player who appeared to call Caitlin Clark a &#8220;b*tch&#8221; and hammered her with a cheap shot is now liking tweets about how it was justified and she should do it again.<\/p>\n<p>Chennedy Carter has zero remorse. These women simply hate Clark. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bbs6oW912v\">pic.twitter.com\/Bbs6oW912v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Hookstead (@dhookstead) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dhookstead\/status\/1796998124180849146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And later, as David Hookstead noted at Outkick, Carter then <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dhookstead\/status\/1796998124180849146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">went<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  on social media to \u201clike\u201d the following tweets:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chennedy get her one mo time for me!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That was a crazy ass flop.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LET\u00a0 EM KNOW HOLLYWOOD<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Put Caitlin lil ass in the basket.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, of course, \u201cliking\u201d tweets doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that Chennedy Carter endorses them. But it certainly appears that she does endorse those sentiments, based on all the information we have \u2014 including the fact that Carter eventually told reporters she has absolutely no regrets about what happened, even though any reasonable person would have a lot of regrets about what happened, if it had been an accident. Watch:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s impossible not to conclude that Chennedy Carter harbors a lot of disdain for Caitlin Clark. And there are a couple possible explanations why. One explanation \u2014 the one that has nothing to do with racism, and which a lot of media outlets are running with \u2014 is that Carter is simply jealous that a rookie like Clark has managed to do the impossible, which is to make the WNBA a topic of discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There\u2019s no doubt that Clark has indeed accomplished that. In just five games, the Indiana Fever \u2014 with Caitlin Clark on the team \u2014 have already <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/fever-break-last-seasons-total-home-attendance-in-just-five-games\/#:~:text=It%20took%20five%20games%20with,data%20from%20Across%20the%20Timeline.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">exceeded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  their total attendance from all 20 home games last season combined. The same is not remotely true for the Chicago Sky, or for any other team in the league. And that appears to bother the players on the Chicago Sky quite a bit. They seem to be in intense denial about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s one of Chennedy Carter\u2019s teammates, Angel Reese. Reese also happens to have something of a history with Carter, dating back to their college years. Here\u2019s Reese\u2019s assessment of why Clark is so popular:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reese says,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cThe reason why we\u2019re watching women\u2019s basketball is not just because of one person. It\u2019s because of me, too. I want y\u2019all to realize that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That\u2019s obviously not true. In fact it\u2019s extremely easy to prove that it\u2019s false. As someone pointed out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/drewdamn87\/status\/1797751449230946654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, when the Chicago Sky hosted the Los Angeles Sparks, total attendance was around 8,000. But when the Indiana Fever and Caitlin Clark hosted that same team \u2014 the Los Angeles Sparks \u2014 attendance was over 16,000. This is what they call a \u201ccontrolled experiment\u201d in the business. Fans are lining up to see Caitlin Clark. Even when they move her team to larger arenas, they sell out. And even during away games, kids are lining up for photographs with her. Watch:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Watching all this, it\u2019s obvious that some jealousy is at play. A league full of terrible basketball players with no moral character will naturally become deeply uncomfortable when a good player finally arrives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But it doesn\u2019t take a lot of digging to realize that something else is going on here \u2014 something that\u2019s elevating that jealousy into on-court violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The truth is that Clark has been the subject of intense scrutiny because of her race even before she was drafted. And that\u2019s now spilling out into the open, both on the court and off the court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Take Angel Reese, for example. During last year\u2019s NCAA championship game, Reese made a taunting hand gesture right in Caitlin Clark\u2019s face. It was a callback to when Clark had made a similar gesture earlier in the tournament. But Reese claimed she received more criticism \u2014 not because of how she had performed the gesture, or the context of it, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/us-sport\/angel-reese-caitlin-clark-basketball-hand-gesture-b2313374.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">because she\u2019s black<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m too ghetto,\u201d Reese said. \u201cI don\u2019t fit in a box that y\u2019all want me to be in. I\u2019m too hood. \u2026 So this was for the girls that look like me, that\u2019s going to speak up on what they believe in.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is the racial dimension that has underscored criticism of Caitlin Clark for a long time, and continues to do so. There are almost too many examples to count, but I\u2019ll start with what former WNBA player Sheryl Swoopes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkbasket.net\/179477-sheryl-swoopes-defends-her-racist-criticism-of-caitlin-clark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  about Clark just a few months ago on a podcast, while wearing a shirt that read \u201cFemale, Fearless, and Black.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As OutKick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/sports\/bitter-sheryl-swoopes-cant-handle-accountability-for-lies-about-caitlin-clark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on the podcast<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swoopes tried to undermine Clark\u2019s legacy with a series of inaccuracies and lies. She claimed we must take Clark\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legendary-stanford-womens-basketball-coach-on-brink-of-more-history\/\" title=\"Stanford Women's Basketball Coach nears historic milestone\">record-breaking career<\/a> with a grain of salt because she played five years of collegiate basketball, is not a true senior, shoots 40 times a game, and is 25 years old playing against teenagers.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">None of that is true. \u2026 [But] she doubled down on her inaccuracies throughout the week. She responded to critics with demeaning memes of white women. She called those questioning her \u2018them\u2019 and \u2018ignorant.\u2019 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s what one of those memes looked like:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_746389\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-746389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot. X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eventually, amid the backlash, Swoopes appeared again on the podcast and remarked: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For people to come at me and say that I made those comments [about Clark] because I\u2019m a racist \u2026 First of all, black people can\u2019t be racist; but that\u2019s the farthest thing from my mind.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019ve covered this non-argument before. The idea that black people can\u2019t be racist makes no sense, but a handful of sociology professors in the UK have apparently convinced a lot of people otherwise. Swoopes is essentially saying that, if you so much as commit a microaggression against her \u2014 say, you praise her hairstyle or ask her where she was born \u2014 then you deserve to lose your job. But if someone, say, knocks a white woman over while calling her the b-word, then that\u2019s definitely not racist. That\u2019s equity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is the kind of anti-white racism that Caitlin Clark is now very familiar with. Just last week, for instance, The Tennessean ran a piece <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/opinion\/columnists\/2024\/05\/25\/caitlin-clark-wnba-white-privilege-marketing-race\/73841765007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">arguing:<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u201cCaitlin Clark\u2019s whiteness makes her more marketable. That\u2019s not racist. It\u2019s true.\u201d The thrust of the article is that \u201cwhiteness\u201d has \u201cenduring marketability,\u201d and the media is racist because of their, \u201cprior refusal to push the WNBA with the same fervor it\u2019s had this year.\u201d There\u2019s also a complaint that Caitlin Clark has a deal with Nike, while it\u2019s relatively rare for a \u201cBlack WNBA player\u201d to have a, \u201csignature shoe with a major brand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In other words, Caitlin Clark is only getting all this attention because she\u2019s white. Never mind the fact that there are other white players in the WNBA who haven\u2019t achieved anywhere near as much attention. And never mind the fact that Caitlin Clark <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/caitlin-clark-by-the-numbers-iowa-basketball-hawkeyes-statistics\/46649631#:~:text=She%20scored%201%2C055%20as%20a,over%20four%20seasons%20at%20Iowa.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">set<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  several all-time records \u2014 becoming the first player in Division-I history to have consecutive 1,000-point seasons, as well the all-time scoring leader with nearly 4,000 career points. We\u2019re supposed to pretend, according to the Tennesseean, that none of this really matters. All the fans and Nike really care about is that she\u2019s white. Because of course Nike has never endorsed any black athletes. It\u2019s not as though the most iconic and profitable athlete brand endorsement of all time was Nike\u2019s endorsement of a black guy named Michael Jordan. It\u2019s not as though LeBron James makes hundreds of millions a year on endorsements. None of that has ever happened, obviously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But as insane as all this may be, there\u2019s a lot of this kind of commentary going around. A lot of it\u2019s pretty explicit. For example, there was also the Las Vegas Aces player, A\u2019ja Wilson, saying that Clark is only popular because she\u2019s white. F<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/sports\/caitlin-clark-larry-bird-race-nba-wnba\/3367193\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC Boston<\/a>: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though Clark hasn\u2019t said anything to fuel the Black-white narrative surrounding her meteoric rise, talks about a double standard are being had. \u2018I think it\u2019s a huge thing. I think a lot of people may say it\u2019s not about Black and white, but to me, it is,\u2019 Las Vegas Aces star A\u2019ja Wilson said when asked about the race element in Clark\u2019s popularity and before she recently signed two major endorsement deals. \u2026 \u2018They don\u2019t see it as marketable, so it doesn\u2019t matter how hard I work. It doesn\u2019t matter what we all do as Black women, we\u2019re still going to be swept underneath the rug. That\u2019s why it boils my blood when people say it\u2019s not about race because it is.\u2019<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Translation: Put aside the fact that A\u2019ja Wilson herself also has a deal with Nike and a signature shoe. Ignore the fact that A\u2019ja Wilson didn\u2019t perform nearly as well as Caitlin Clark did in college, or come anywhere close to matching her career points record or any of her other records. And disregard how many people find it more enjoyable to watch Caitlin Clark\u2019s style of play than A\u2019ja Wilson\u2019s. You can\u2019t consider any of this. All you can consider is that Caitlin Clark is white.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jemele Hill has said <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/21\/sports\/caitlin-clarks-problematic-fame-is-about-race-and-sexuality-jemele-hill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">something similar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, claiming that Clark\u2019s fame is \u201cproblematic\u201d and related to her \u201crace and sexuality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But, true to form, no one said it dumber than the women of \u201cThe View.\u201d Watch:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You just heard Sunny Hostin say that Caitlin Clark benefits from being white, straight, and also \u201ctall.\u201d She actually used the term \u201ctall privilege.\u201d I guess the implication is that the short players deserve endorsement deals, to make up for the fact that they\u2019re not as good at basketball. Or maybe the idea is that Caitlin Clark is the first tall person to ever succeed in basketball. Which is true if you don\u2019t count literally every other basketball player ever, except for maybe Muggsy Bogues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But against all odds, there was actually something interesting in what Sunny Hostin said, although not in the way she intended. She made the point that the WNBA is overwhelmingly black. And that\u2019s true. Well over 60% of the players are black.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even aside from the more overt anti-white racism that Caitlin Clark has been subjected to, that fact raises perhaps a bigger and more noticeable point here \u2014 which is that Caitlin Clark isn\u2019t being celebrated as a pioneer or a champion of diversity. The WNBA, like the NBA, has very few white players. Even fewer who are stars. Anyone who champions diversity should celebrate Clark explicitly because she is white. Yet even those in the media who are friendly to Clark will certainly not applaud her for helping to diversify the WNBA. Sunny Hostin certainly isn\u2019t celebrating Clark bringing diversity to the league. Instead, she\u2019s doing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l5GOPjzXGw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">segments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  justifying the fact she just got knocked over on the court, and accusing her of having \u201cTall privilege.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If anything highlights how fraudulent the so-called diversity or DEI movements really are, it\u2019s this. It\u2019s the relentless effort to demean Caitlin Clark \u2014 the single most \u201cdiverse\u201d star in the WNBA\u2019s history \u2014 at every possible turn. Even when she\u2019s attacked on the court, they\u2019re still ridiculing her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And of course, the whole episode also exposes, once again, the lie behind the feminist push for the WNBA. They don\u2019t actually want more people to see women\u2019s sports. All that time they lamented the non-existent attendance numbers and ticket sales, they didn\u2019t mean any of it. They\u2019d rather push more racial grievances. That is their only goal. It\u2019s a goal that\u2019s all-consuming, obsessive, and fundamentally, at its core, anti-white. It destroys everything it touches. And now, at last, it might be what finally kills the WNBA for good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a spring Tuesday, a baseball trivia gem awaits: Kirby Higbe, a 1940s starting pitcher, opposed integration. 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