Caitlin Clarks recent comment about the exploitation of white privilege in the WNBA has fueled hostile online debates since its publication in Time magazine on Tuesday. Former NCAA swimmer and OutKick host Riley Gaines took action in her latest online debate with a left-wing figure.
This time, Gaines took on journalist Jemele Hill, who has a fervent critic from Clark and those who credit the WNBA phenomenon for elevating the league.
Hill threw the first punch at Gaines, re-sharing a post on X, in which the former swimmer criticized Clark for the comments.
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“You shout all the time about supporting and ‘protecting’ women, and yet the moment Caitlin Clark expresses appreciation and respect for the black women in the WNBA (whom she grew up watching and idolizing) you suddenly behave a disappointed parent,” Hill wrote.
Gaines quickly clapped back, responding to Hill’s post by mocking the idea of ”White privilege” in the WNBA.
“‘White privilege’ in the WNBA is literally hilarious. Maybe you’re like Sunny Hostin and think CC also has great privilege, fancy privilege, and downright privilege,” Gaines wrote. “There are a lot of black players in the WNBA that I love (and) respect too, but I don’t admire them because they are black. I admire them for their play. That’s the difference.”
Gaines then doubled down by resharing Hill’s initial post with a screenshot of comments the journalist made in an interview with the Los Angeles Times in May. In that article, Hill insisted it was “naive” to say that Clark’s race as a white woman and sexuality as a straight woman played no role in her popularity in the WNBA, where the vast majority of players are black and many are lesbian.
In that article, Hill also emphasized that Clark’s popularity with these attributes is “problematic.”
“It must be so exhausting being a professional racebaiter for so long,” Gaines joked to Hill in response.
In June, Hill said Clark’s omission from the U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team in Paris was a “good thing for her” and that her exclusion was “not a censure.” Hill also criticized the media for pointing out that the WNBA’s playoff ratings dropped after Clark’s Indiana Fever was eliminated in the first round, calling the headlines “irresponsible.”
When Clark made her final comments about taking advantage of White privilege at Time magazine, Hill posted a message on X, seemingly mocking the player’s fans who disagreed.
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“If you’re mad about something so obvious, that means you were never a real fan of hers in the WNBA. You just liked her as long as she could be your avatar for hating on black and queer women,” wrote Hill Wednesday. .
Then, after taking the fight to Gaines on the subject, Hill went so far as to make it personal.
Following Gaines’ comment that Hill was a professional race baiter, Hill responded with a post mocking the former swimmer for an incident when she tied with trans athlete Lia Thomas at the 2022 NCAA Women’s Swimming Championships.
“Girl, you need to thank Lia Thomas every day of your life for helping you become famous, otherwise you would have just been a decent college swimmer who no one knew. You wrote the book on grifting – not me,” Hill wrote.
Gaines’ infamous connection with Thomas in 2022 helped spark a national conversation about biological males competing as trans athletes against women and girls. Gaines quickly became nationally known following the incident and has dedicated her platform to advocating for the protection of female athletes from trans inclusion in competitions and locker rooms.
Gaines is also leading a lawsuit against the NCAA along with other female athletes, accusing the governing body of violating their Title IX rights because of its gender identity policies. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, details the shock Gaines and other swimmers felt when they learned they would have to share a locker room with Thomas at the 2022 championships in Atlanta.
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Plus, Gaines didn’t let Hill’s comments about her past slide Thursday.
“How deeply regressive (and) extremely misogynistic of Jemele Hill to tell me to thank a man for the platform I have. Thank him for what? Violating us in the locker room? Stealing a national title from a deserving woman? our 1A rights? Just say you hate women,” Gaines wrote in her response.
That was the last message sent during the exchange at the time of publication.
It wouldn’t be the first time Gaines had the last word in an X debate with a left-wing opponent.
In a September spat with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Gaines argued against the idea that Vice President Kamala Harris has done a “good job” in handling the border crisis.
Gaines ultimately had the final say in that debate, as Cuban did not respond to Gaines’ thread when she brought up that Harris’ proposed border bill included funding for Ukraine and Israel and that more than 320,000 migrant children went missing crossing the border during the war. Harris’s handling of the border.
Gaines also participated in a viral roast of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezDY on November 14, after it was discovered, the congresswoman removed the pronouns from her X-bio. Gaines made multiple posts ripping Ocasio-Cortez a week after the Congressman criticized Green Party vice presidential candidate Butch Ware for opposing trans athletes in women’s sports.
Gaines herself took aim at Harris after the losing presidential candidate posted a surprise video on social media for her supporters.
“Now do you understand why she didn’t go for Joe Rogan lol,” Gaines wrote.
Each of Gaines’s spats with liberal figures was met with strong involvement from her followers.
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