Jemele Hill says she knows meaning of Carrington’s ‘White privilege’ post but offers no explanation

DiJonai Carrington was ejected after a flagrant foul that left Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham with a bloody mouth, and Carrington posted “White privilege” on X after the game, tagging the Fever, according to social media posts and game reports.

Carrington replied on X to criticism from Emmanuel Acho, writing that she had “never once claimed that the assessment of the foul was White privilege (that was your assumption).” She added that she would not use the term “as a rhetorical weapon” without “proper evidence to substantiate it” and noted her academic background, according to her post.

Sports analyst Jemele Hill posted on X that it was “pretty clear” Carrington “wasn’t talking about the foul,” and later wrote that she “knew exactly what she meant, especially since Sophie Cunningham wasn’t assessed a technical for her reaction when other players have been,” according to Hill’s posts. OutKick said it reached out to Hill for further explanation but did not receive one, and Acho also asked Hill to clarify what Carrington meant.

Referee Maj Forsberg told pool reporters that Cunningham’s reaction was deemed acceptable “after Cunningham was flagrantly fouled,” and that the officials considered her response proportionate to the severity of the contact, according to the postgame comments.

League statistics show Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese with seven technical fouls apiece this season, with Clark briefly credited with an eighth that the league later rescinded; Cunningham has three technicals and Carrington has one, according to WNBA statistics. Carrington has not publicly provided evidence to substantiate her use of the phrase, and Hill has not explained what she says she understands the post to mean.

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