Charlie Kirk Turns Caitlin Clark & WNBA Referee Controversy Into Race Debate

Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark has been drawn into race-based narratives by right-wingers a few games into the 2025 WNBA season.

Charlie Kirk Turns Caitlin Clark & WNBA Referee Controversy Into Race Debate

Charlie Kirk believes Caitlin Clark is suffering at the hands of the black community (Image via FirstSportz)

Caitlin Clark is quietly, well, not quietly going about her business playing in her second WNBA season. She is now aware of the nuances of the WNBA and has worked on her game and her awareness to anticipate what can go wrong.

She is also aware that the league was seen through a microscope in her rookie season. Any hits on her resulted in a lot of backlash, and fans took time out to troll her opponents. She has tried to slow the noise down by calling out those fans who are attacking her opponents with racist innuendoes.

Clark also talked about how her white privilege helps her in many ways, and she believed that the media and marketing partners should do more to help black women in the WNBA. Even though her intentions were good, right-wingers took it as though she was bowing to leftists.

Since then, right-leaning fans have talked about deserting her. But going by ticket sales for Indiana Fever games, the demand to watch her play is greater than ever. However, controversy followed the Iowa native again after Brittney Griner was drawn into a race-based social media post.

Riley Gaines and a few others shared a video where the Atlanta Dream center allegedly cussed Clark. Even though some fans pointed out their mistake, the agenda is in motion. Now, Charlie Kirk tapped into it and shared a video with the caption:

Caitlin Clark is learning the hard way, never apologize or pander to race hustlers.

Charlie Kirk wrote

The political activist believes the officials in the video intentionally called the foul on Caitlin Clark, even though it was committed by another player. Again, some pointed out that the foul was not called on Clark, but the agenda has been set.

Caitlin Clark is unknowingly becoming an agenda tool for right-wingers

Caitlin Clark is white and is from the Midwest. That gave many right-leaning fans the idea that she was part of their group. Some of them made it to Indiana Fever games and brought race-based aggression towards players who tussled with the then-rookie.

The WNBA has formed a task group to quell that. But even then, as is evident so far, right-wingers are doing their bit to make her a part of their agenda. She is unknowingly becoming a tool for them to spread their beliefs.

However, as is usual for the 23-year-old, she will not likely talk about it at least until the season is over. But the right-wingers have started using any and every clip available to bring her into their discussions. If the league does not do its part to stop any rhetoric from forming, this situation could get out of control.

Caitlin Clark and Fever have perfect stretch of games to build momentum

The Indiana Fever are 2-2 after four games. Usually, that would not be a bad record considering they started with a 1-9 record in Caitlin Clark‘s rookie season. However, this team is vastly different from last year’s and is primed to contend for a title.

Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever are working to build chemistry
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever are working to build chemistry (Image via Iowa Hawkeyes/X)

A title-contending team has to win games right away so that they do not fall back in the race for the best playoff seedings. This season onwards, the first two rounds will be best of five, and the Finals will be a best of seven series.

That means home-court advantage is a major draw for any team. The Fever’s current form is not bad, but they have the perfect stretch of eight games to build momentum. This stretch has a combination of poor teams, mid-tier teams, and championship contenders.

That way, the Fever could try out different schemes against different teams. If they win at least six out of those eight, they should be in a position to launch a run until the end of the season. They need momentum to fix their early-season chemistry issues.

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