When I use the term “reverse racism,” the implication is that all racism is whites against minorities, especially against Blacks. I find that rather indicative of where we’re at as a society — blame whitey for everything. I bring this up because of a recent incident involving Caitlin Clark, a white professional basketball player, being slugged in the throat by a black player during a televised WNBA game.
At the time, no foul was called on the offending player, Alyssa Thomas. Later, however, Thomas was suspended one game after a video review of her inexplicable action (inexplicable except for reverse, or Black, racism). Also, if you look up the legal definition of assault, Thomas easily qualifies. Her action was certainly not a basketball move gone awry or overboard. It appeared to be absolutely deliberate.
Since entering the league in 2024, Clark has been subject to numerous similar, but perhaps not nearly as egregious, incidents. Recall how, before joining the WNBA, Clark broke the lifetime college basketball scoring record held by a man, Pete Maravich, who went on to become an NBA legend himself. Did her success spell resentment among other players?
When Clark entered the WNBA — perhaps as the “Great White Hope” — attendance and revenues soared to the point that players were suddenly playing in larger arenas to much larger audiences and taking charter flights instead of cheap-o airlines. This year, the players signed an infinitely more lucrative league contract. Now, can you attribute all of this to Clark? Perhaps not, but the implication is pretty clear.
Here is perhaps an even worse insult: The WNBA just released a 30-Year Anniversary Poster, and Clark was excluded. This would be justified if the poster featured only founding players from three decades ago, but players who entered the league the same time as Clark, such as Angel Reese (who appears to resent the hell out of Clark) and Paige Bueckers (another white phenom), were included.
N.B. I use the phrase “None Dare Call It…” because, when I was in college back in the Dark Ages, there was a best-selling book titled “None Dare Call It Treason.” The book was derided by the liberal media as a far-right diatribe. The New York Times called it “None Dare Call It Reason.” The book detailed, in the author’s viewpoint, how America was losing the battle to communism. In light of recent elections in New York and Seattle, one could argue that he was right, just a half-century or so ahead of events.
