{"id":354244,"date":"2026-08-10T17:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/dijonai-carrington-claims-white-privilege-comment-wasnt-about-foul-call"},"modified":"2026-08-10T17:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:38:13","slug":"dijonai-carrington-claims-white-privilege-comment-wasnt-about-foul-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/dijonai-carrington-claims-white-privilege-comment-wasnt-about-foul-call","title":{"rendered":"DiJonai Carrington Claims &#8216;White Privilege&#8217; Remark Wasn&#8217;t About Foul Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">DiJonai Carrington<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">I Wasn&#8217;t Calling Foul &#8216;White Privilege&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">&#8230; I Have Evidence To Back My Claim<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-08-10T15:03:17-07:00\"><br \/>\n               August 10, 2026<br \/>\n              3:03 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-a437c9d01a87f750bba6df1066a3561c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260810_0fd46f8d4f59480f96598f6d94447f0f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5f726ef2-fff1-4ef3-bfbb-304ee12a4e4b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Carrington\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/0f\/4by3\/2026\/08\/10\/0fd46f8d4f59480f96598f6d94447f0f_md.jpg\" alt=\"dijonai carrington getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a437c9d01a87f750bba6df1066a3561c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-35d28746dc955a229afc1ec02a48cc0a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dijonai-carrington\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>DiJonai Carrington<\/strong><\/a> is revisiting her recent &#8220;white privilege&#8221; comment directed at the Indiana Fever &#8230; claiming it wasn&#8217;t about the flagrant foul she received against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/sophie-cunningham\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Sophie Cunningham<\/strong><\/a> that resulted in her ejection.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-35d28746dc955a229afc1ec02a48cc0a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5dde333ce4f81417617d551d443ed83a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The Chicago Sky hooper went to X to respond to talking head <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/emmanuel-acho\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Emmanuel Acho<\/strong><\/a> on Monday &#8230; after he called her out on his &#8220;Speakeasy&#8221; show for seemingly chalking the foul up to racism.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5dde333ce4f81417617d551d443ed83a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c3da4173bc1258efab42f3bd88ea4feb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default \">\n<div id=\"cb-c3da4173bc1258efab42f3bd88ea4feb-2069289700-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>\n   Somebody needs to share this message to Dijonai Carrington. <\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t call that foul \u201cwhite privilege.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9CJaw9LYlg\">pic.twitter.com\/9CJaw9LYlg<\/a><br \/>\n       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmanuelAcho\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@EmmanuelAcho<\/a>\n     <\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c3da4173bc1258efab42f3bd88ea4feb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bf8d90b95b21b472302a36f23012ad02\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;It was just very ignorant, and to some degree asinine, by DiJonai Carrington to suggest that that call was based on white privilege,&#8221; Acho said &#8230; adding she deserved to be ejected for the act.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bf8d90b95b21b472302a36f23012ad02--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3d28112c9fc1cc994f2d54bd620d11a2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Carrington clapped back &#8230; saying, &#8220;I\u2019ve 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3d28112c9fc1cc994f2d54bd620d11a2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f5d1f10866b59217eb366a650f4aa092\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default \">\n<div id=\"cb-f5d1f10866b59217eb366a650f4aa092-2109479760-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>\n   DiJonai Carrington was assessed a Flagrant 2 and was ejected from the game after this play. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WRapu4lqHX\">pic.twitter.com\/WRapu4lqHX<\/a><br \/>\n       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@espn<\/a>\n     <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f5d1f10866b59217eb366a650f4aa092--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6aeb4ac5fb3e166a7b4f8f7c4b952415\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;Furthermore, I\u2019m the LAST thing from ignorant or asinine when it comes to speaking on &#8216;white privilege,&#8217; do ya research on that one,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I actually went to school, one of the top universities might I add, to educate myself on this exact subject.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6aeb4ac5fb3e166a7b4f8f7c4b952415--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4b819b2193dd2a0f5c166b5b28b559f6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Carrington went on to say she was referring to something else and has proof to back her stance &#8230; but elected not to disclose what exactly she meant.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4b819b2193dd2a0f5c166b5b28b559f6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bc47355388bfce5767c85909f188e717\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260809_ffc797c7d4864e459ead85c43b7737d7\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5f726ef2-fff1-4ef3-bfbb-304ee12a4e4b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ff\/4by3\/2026\/08\/09\/ffc797c7d4864e459ead85c43b7737d7_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Sophie-Cunningham-DiJonai-Carrington-getty-2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bc47355388bfce5767c85909f188e717--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f1552f180bd625e92ae6c4e33d31c3bd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f1552f180bd625e92ae6c4e33d31c3bd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ddb83999df4df1367e6b9d14b07a5612\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As we previously reported, Carrington was booted from the Sky vs. Fever game late in the first quarter on Saturday after making contact with Cunningham&#8217;s face.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ddb83999df4df1367e6b9d14b07a5612--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5abd7b6a3ddd850068a3f4c80a70c884\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Shortly after the ejection, a post reading \u201cWHITE PRIVILEGE\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/09\/dijonai-carrington-called-out-white-privilege-after-ejection-over-sophie-cunningham\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>appeared<\/strong><\/a> on Carrington\u2019s Threads account, tagging the Indiana Fever.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5abd7b6a3ddd850068a3f4c80a70c884--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e5503e63030b2c589aea95c7cd3866e7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260809_6758cfb7a52f4ea7b8d7fdfea3060e0f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5f726ef2-fff1-4ef3-bfbb-304ee12a4e4b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/67\/4by3\/2026\/08\/09\/6758cfb7a52f4ea7b8d7fdfea3060e0f_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Sophie-Cunningham-DiJonai-Carrington-getty-3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e5503e63030b2c589aea95c7cd3866e7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a06457c86d69d9bf6f11420aba7c0516\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>A brief scuffle ensued &#8230; and Cunningham later said she felt it was &#8220;absolutely&#8221; intentional, while shutting down any race talk tied to the incident.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a06457c86d69d9bf6f11420aba7c0516--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-253161905e8b1f81ec79555e438f26d9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Carrington later said she was excited for their rematch later this month.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-253161905e8b1f81ec79555e438f26d9--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/10\/dijonai-carrington-addresses-white-privilege-comment\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DiJonai Carrington I Wasn&#8217;t Calling Foul &#8216;White Privilege&#8217; 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