Jemele Hill is coming to the defense of DiJonai Carrington.
The former ESPN star took to social media to defend the Chicago Sky guard for her "white privilege" tweet, which was posted immediately after she got ejected from Saturday's game against the Indiana Fever.
Carrington was hit with a Flagrant 2 and was ejected from Saturday's game against the Fever, following her hard foul on Sophie Cunningham. Immediately after getting ejected, Carrington took to social media, posting "white privilege" and tagging the Indiana Fever.
However, Carrington is now saying that her tweet wasn't about the ejection or the officiating call.
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Carrington claims that people are misinterpreting her tweet.
"I’ve never once claimed that the assessment of the foul was white privilege (that was your assumption). Try exercising your critical thinking skills, I know you studied psych. 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. I would never use that term as a rhetorical weapon knowing the historical and social weight it holds without having the proper evidence to substantiate it," she wrote.
It's unclear, though, what the tweet was about. She's yet to clarify.
"You are correct, @DijonaiVictoria , my assumption, along with the majority of the sports world, was that you posting “white privilege” immediately following being thrown out of a game for fouling somebody white was regarding the foul. But if the two things are somehow not connected, that’s on me. I’ll stand corrected. 🙏🏾 However, America is a speaker oriented country, so the burden is on you for being clear, direct and easy to understand," she wrote.
Jemele Hill comes to Carrington's defense
Hill, meanwhile, is defending Carrington, saying that it's obvious to her that the tweet wasn't about the foul.
"It was pretty clear to me she wasn’t talking about the foul 🤷🏽♀️," she wrote.
If that's the case, that's fine, but it would be nice for Carrington to clarify what she meant, then.
