Joy Reid, Jemele Hill Smear America as Racist for Caitlin Clark Popularity

Reid You know somebody ░░░░░░░░ smart said to me ░░░░░░░░ the challenge with women ░░░░░░░░ basketball is that most ░░░░░░░░ the stars are black ░░░░░░░░ I mean most of ░░░░░░░░ great players are black ░░░░░░░░ most of the stars ░░░░░░░░ white Whether it s ░░░░░░░░ s getting awarded by ░░░░░░░░ ESPN whether who is ░░░░░░░░ noticed by the magazines ░░░░░░░░ like you said if ░░░░░░░░ were charter flights Brittney ░░░░░░░░ would not have ended ░░░░░░░░ in a gulag right ░░░░░░░░ ladies are flying commercial ░░░░░░░░ they re not treated ░░░░░░░░ the men are How ░░░░░░░░ of this do you ░░░░░░░░ though is the marketing ░░░░░░░░ of a Caitlin Clark ░░░░░░░░ quite frankly this is ░░░░░░░░ league that is largely ░░░░░░░░ you said largely black ░░░░░░░░ It s also largely ░░░░░░░░ She s a white ░░░░░░░░ woman And so if ░░░░░░░░ re trying to get ░░░░░░░░ dads to go spend ░░░░░░░░ money and buy season ░░░░░░░░ she seems like a ░░░░░░░░ opportunity How much of ░░░░░░░░ is that HILL I ░░░░░░░░ t know why people ░░░░░░░░ that to be controversial ░░░░░░░░ think about that We ░░░░░░░░ that marketing is about ░░░░░░░░ talent all those things ░░░░░░░░ nobody is saying that ░░░░░░░░ Clark doesn t have ░░░░░░░░ things She s incredibly ░░░░░░░░ She s broken records ░░░░░░░░ s playing a playing ░░░░░░░░ that people love that ░░░░░░░░ very representative of what ░░░░░░░░ see today particularly on ░░░░░░░░ men s side But ░░░░░░░░ it helps that she ░░░░░░░░ white straight and from ░░░░░░░░ in a league that ░░░░░░░░ faced marketing challenges throughout ░░░░░░░░ history over the last ░░░░░░░░ decades that it s ░░░░░░░░ in existence It s ░░░░░░░░ marketing challenges because of ░░░░░░░░ things that you mention ░░░░░░░░ seventy percent of the ░░░░░░░░ are black women because ░░░░░░░░ third of them identify ░░░░░░░░ LGBTQ Yes it has ░░░░░░░░ challenges And by the ░░░░░░░░ the NBA went through ░░░░░░░░ same thing You know ░░░░░░░░ Magic and Bird arrived ░░░░░░░░ took the NBA finals ░░░░░░░░ tape delay the NBA ░░░░░░░░ in a very vulnerable ░░░░░░░░ It was a black ░░░░░░░░ league there were drug ░░░░░░░░ there were a lot ░░░░░░░░ issues and then you ░░░░░░░░ forward to the 90s ░░░░░░░░ the 2000s where there ░░░░░░░░ the merge with hip ░░░░░░░░ That s how you ░░░░░░░░ the dress code because ░░░░░░░░ had the same issue ░░░░░░░░ had a predominantly black ░░░░░░░░ that had white fans ░░░░░░░░ more importantly white people ░░░░░░░░ wanted to invest in ░░░░░░░░ league so they had ░░░░░░░░ clean it up by ░░░░░░░░ the players look a ░░░░░░░░ way so they could ░░░░░░░░ and appeal to everyone ░░░░░░░░ when you say that ░░░░░░░░ Clark s whiteness and ░░░░░░░░ fact that she s ░░░░░░░░ plays a role underline ░░░░░░░░ role in her popularity ░░░░░░░░ s not a diss ░░░░░░░░ Caitlin Clark it s ░░░░░░░░ simply America.”