Are wnba refs racist?

By Jerry PDX
monday, september 23, 2024 at 9:21:00 p.m. edt

You can see the poke in slow motion in this video. Clearly deliberate:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/imJGR-7MJgA

I’ve made this point before but I think it bears repeating:

Anybody remember the controversy about refs calling more fouls on black players? When they counted fouls they noticed refs did call fouls on black players more often than White ones, even black refs did it. Never once in the debates that swirled around this did I hear anybody make the point that maybe black players actually do foul more. As a lifelong basketball player, I can tell you right now they do. When you play against black guys there's always more hacking, shoving and high elbows directed at the head, my nose was fractured by one of those elbows from a black player. When I drove to the basket against white guys, they would often slap the wrist but when you drive against black guys, you didn't get a slap, you'd get a tug where they would hook your wrist and pull it back. They couldn't stand getting embarrassed by a White guy so would use dirty tactics to stop you. They have maimed White players in the NBA using those tactics but the media and the NBA won't recognize the racist bias. This is what is happening to Caitlyn Clark, they are jealous because of all the attention she is getting and are sending her (and any other White players who dare to think they are as good at basketball as they are) a message.

Follow-up on the foul controversy: I remember reading that after the refs were accused of favoring White players, they changed how fouls are called (basically ignoring black players’ blatant fouling of Whites), and have equalized the number of fouls called on White and black players. So, now White players have to play with the disadvantage of black players being allowed to commit more fouls against them. That’s how “equality” works nowadays.


By Grand Rapids Anonymous
monday, september 23, 2024 at 9:44:00 p.m. edt

Excellent video and commentary by the youtube poster, Jerry. Your observations are also spot on. What more can be said? Just this:

Carrington has a history with Clark from June, a foul-mouthed diatribe by the negress that left no doubt, she hates Clark. It’s a vile, long-winded torrent of racism against miss Clark AND plenty of petty jealousy thrown in. That’s why this is a hate crime, in my opinion.

--GRA