Jason Whitlock has accused ‘race baiters’ of concocting the story that Caitlin Clark is being weaponized to promote racist and homophobic views.
Just a month into her debut WNBA season, Clark is already the subject of widespread controversy after suffering brutal treatment during her court appearance for the Indiana Fever.
Some have suggested that the 22-year-old is being targeted by rival players because of race and sexuality, with late night TV presenter Bill Maher insisting this is because she is white and heterosexual.
In light of such views, others have claimed that she is now being weaponized to fuel racism, homophobia and even misogyny, something the player himself has publicly condemned.
But according to Whitlock, Clark is not being used to promote these ideas and is instead the victim of a false narrative from “race-baiters.”
Jason Whitlock (left) has accused ‘race baiters’ of concocting the story that Caitlin Clark (right) is being weaponized to promote racist and homophobic views
Whitlock is not convinced anyone has used Clark’s name to promote such ideas
The conservative sports podcaster wrote on X: “Can someone point me to examples of people using Clark’s name to promote racism and homophobia? They just made it up.
‘So now the racebaiters can go on the air and say, ‘Even Caitlin is bothered by fanatics using her.’
After Clark decried last week’s shocking Olympics, Whitlock went to Team USA and claimed the Fever rookie was only left out because she is a white heterosexual woman in a world that has replaced “Christian/patriarchal culture” with “secular/ matriarchal culture’.
“The Yas Queens and Khaleesi Queens create eunuchs, sluts, uneducated, criminal r******, identity dysphoria and chaos,” he wrote on X.
The problem, according to the 57-year-old bachelor, is that Team USA and women’s basketball in general prioritize “bigotry” against Christians and heterosexuals over basketball. And as he said in the podcast on Monday, he sees this trend as part of a larger feminization of America.
“This is a group of angry lesbians who choose their sexual identity over what’s best for business,” Whitlock said. “They want to go to the Essence Festival and sleep with whatever woman they want.
‘They want to protect their sexual promiscuity. They want to protect their job security because corporate America is so overrun with women, diversity, equality and inclusion. Everyone is afraid of women and that’s why they’re afraid to tell the truth about women, especially black women.”
Clark is the subject of intense controversy just a month into her rookie WNBA season
Whitlock has previously claimed that she is a victim of anti-white, anti-heterosexual bigotry
But others, including David Dennis Jr. of Andscape (pictured), believe people are using Clark to “lash out” at “people they disdain: mainly the makeup of the WNBA, black women, et al.”
Earlier this week, Clark hit back at comments about her name being used as a weapon after coming under pressure to address the issue.
The WNBA star appeared to dismiss the suggestion that her name was being used in the ongoing culture war surrounding the league when asked Thursday.
DiJonai Carrington of the Connecticut Sun seemed to disagree with Clark’s response, wondering on social media how players — apparently the former Iowa player — can’t be bothered by being weaponized out of hate.
However, Clark took a stronger stance when pressed directly on the issue later Thursday night, prior to the Indiana Fever’s game against the Atlanta Dream.
“It’s disappointing,” she admitted. ‘Everyone in our world deserves equal respect. The women in our league deserve equal respect.”
