Carrington Tells Critics to Do 'Research' Over 'White Privilege' Post

Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington has pushed back against criticism of her social media post referencing "white privilege" after a contentious on-court incident. Carrington was ejected from a WNBA game for a hard foul on Indiana Fever's Sophie Cunningham. Shortly after, she posted "white privilege" on social media, tagging the Fever.

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I've never once claimed that the assessment of the foul was white privilege [that was your assumption].

The move sparked significant backlash from sports analysts, including former NFL star Emmanuel Acho. Speaking on a podcast, Acho dismissed Carrington's post as "ignorant" and "asinine." He argued that the foul was a clear basketball infraction, not a race-based decision, and that Carrington's statement undermined the concept of white privilege.

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Try exercising your critical thinking skills, I know you studied psych.

Carrington, 28, responded to the criticism on X, formerly Twitter. She clarified that she never claimed the foul assessment itself was based on white privilege, suggesting critics were making that assumption. She urged them to use critical thinking and conduct their own research into the term "white privilege," asserting her own educated understanding of its historical and social weight.

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Furthermore, I'm the last thing from ignorant or asinine when it comes to speaking on 'white privilege', do ya research on that one. I actually went to school, one of the top universities might I add, to educate myself on this exact subject.

Cunningham, the player fouled, commented on the situation after her team's victory. She stated that the league was handling the matter and that the incident had nothing to do with race. Cunningham recalled a similar ejection from the previous year, indicating she deserved to be removed from the game based on the foul itself.

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It was not a race-based decision. To call that a white privilege-based foul is to completely undermine the term of white privilege and to also completely ignore the rules in basketball.