A WNBA writer said she felt unsafe wearing a MAGA hat while attending a WNBA playoff game, and argued that a white woman on one team needed to control her mood.
During Game 2 of the Indiana Fever vs. Connecticut Sun playoff series, which featured rookie star Caitlin Clark, a journalist covering the WNBA called comments by other fans about some players racist.
“I'm at a Sun Fever game and the atmosphere is terrible'' Frankie de la Cretas I wrote. “The woman behind me was making fun of Mr. Dijonay's eyelashes and only stopped when my partner turned around and told her to stop being racist.”
Dijonai Carrington is a guard for the Connecticut Sun.
“I've never felt unsafe at a WNBA game, but tonight I felt unsafe.”
The writer then continued his rant, stating that a “guy in a MAGA hat” and a woman in a “banned claw” shirt had giant claws on her hands.
Cletus continued say What she witnessed at the game made her feel unsafe.
“Tonight I'm going to write about my experience. I've never felt unsafe at a WNBA game, but tonight I felt unsafe.”
When a viewer pointed out that there was no MAGA hat in the photo Cretaz posted, she appeared in what appeared to be a lobby wearing a MAGA hat and holding a sign that read “Make Basketball Great Again #22.” She responded with a photo of a male fan. “Clark’s number.
“Here's one of them! I literally saw another one wearing a MAGA hat,” Cretaz said. with subtitles.
the sun won the match 87-81.
Cletus' X bio describes himself as a writer who covers topics such as sports, “gender” and “queerness,” and lists “they/them” as his pronouns.
She previously wrote: ESPN About non-binary athletes in sports.
Cletus wrote about the incident on his Substack page, complaining that when “gay people, transgender people, and people of color” cover their “communities,” their writing is seen as biased. .
It is unclear whether Cretas has ever played professional basketball or if she simply feels that the WNBA is her community because it has lesbian players.
She expanded on I'm saying The coverage Caitlin Clark received in 2024 was “rooted not only in racism but also in homophobic tropes such as predatory lesbians and queer villains.”
“How many times have I read coverage of the WNBA that, frankly, appears to have been written by someone who hates black women? It's unacceptable, especially in a league that is over 80 percent black,” she continued.
After linking her WNBA coverage to critiques of race, sexuality, and journalistic ethics, Cletus concluded her discussion by saying that white women on the Indiana Fever cannot control their anger.
“I feel very uncomfortable [the] In the Indiana Fever, a black player plays the role of calming an angry white woman. ”
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