NCAA phenom turned all-star Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark has responded to her name being used in racist and misogynistic online discourse. Considerable debate emerged after it was announced that Clark, a white woman, had not been selected as part of the 2024 U.S. women's Olympic basketball team, with many social media users claiming that Clark's absence was a decision rooted in so-called reverse. Other backlash stemmed from a series of tough fouls Clark took in her first several games as a professional WNBA player, per ESPN.
"People should not be using my name to push those agendas. It's disappointing. It's not acceptable," Clark said Thursday, according to the outlet. "Treating every single woman in this league with the same amount of respect, I think, it's just a basic human thing that everybody should do."
