Dijonai Carrington: ‘White Privilege’ Comment Wasn’t About Ejection

Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington disputed an assessment that her use of the term “white privilege” in a social media post was a reference to her ejection from a game on Saturday.

Carrington also talked about the incident on Monday ahead of the Sky’s road game against the Seattle Storm.

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Carrington was thrown out of the Sky’s 90-86 loss to the visiting Fever in the first quarter for a hard hit on Indiana’s Sophie Cunningham. As Cunningham went up for a layup, ​Carrington knocked her down with an arm that made contact to the head and face.

The referees checked the video and upgraded the initial call to a ​flagrant-2 foul, triggering an automatic ejection.

Shortly thereafter, Carrington, who is Black, posted on her Threads account: “WHITE PRIVILEGE @indianafever.” Cunningham is white.

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Carrington responded by writing on social media, “I’ve ​never once claimed that the assessment of the foul was white privilege (that was your assumption). Try exercising your critical thinking skills, I know you studied psych. Furthermore, I’m the ​LAST thing from ignorant or asinine when it comes to speaking on ‘white privilege’, do ya research on that one. I actually went to school, one of the top universities might I add, to ‌educate myself ⁠on this exact subject.

“I would never use that term as a rhetorical weapon knowing the historical and social weight it holds without having the proper evidence to substantiate it.”

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