- Whitlock even went so far as to call Clark an “underdog” in the sport of basketball.
- He also criticized Dawn Staley for her stance on transgender athletes.
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Conservative media pundit Jason Whitlock has offered his thoughts and feelings on why Caitlin Clark is dominating the attention in the basketball world, and he thinks her race might have something to do with it.
Clark, who was selected first overall in last week’s WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever, left college as one of the best scorers in NCAA history.
In a segment of her show ‘Fearless,’ Whitlock shared her opinion on Clark’s dominance in the headlines as if it had something to do with her race.
He believes Clark is something of an underdog considering she is a white athlete in a sport that has been dominated by black athletes for decades.
“It’s a black sport and this little white girl is dominating it,” Whitlock began.
Conservative pundit Jason Whitlock has called Caitlin Clark an “underdog”
She made that statement because Clark is a white woman finding success in a field dominated by Black people.
Elsewhere in the same segment, Whitlock criticized South Carolina coach Dawn Staley.
“He’s like the underdog or the unexpected, the same reason so many of us fell in love with Tiger Woods in golf. We hadn’t seen anyone who looked like him dominate golf.
“We haven’t seen anyone who looks like her dominate basketball to the extent that she did.”
Whitlock then says that Clark attracts people because “he’s straight and has some boyfriend.” He went to a Catholic school and gives the impression that he believes in Jesus Christ.
She then tried to compare him to South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley, who is also a Christian but has also advocated for equal rights and participation in sports.
“I have to give credit to Dawn Stanley, and I did,” Whitlock said. “She starts talking about Jesus, my ears and eyes perk up and I say, ‘Oh, maybe we have that in common.’
“But when you add transgenderism, I think, ‘What God is Dawn Stanley talking about?’
Clark begins her WNBA career in a road game against the Connecticut Sun on May 14.