DiJonai Carrington seems determined to keep digging the hole deeper as she tries to explain away why she claimed "WHITE PRIVILEGE" in a social media post following her ejection Saturday from a WNBA game. The Chicago Sky player was kicked off the court after clotheslining Indiana Fever's Sophie Cunningham as Cunningham went in for a layup.
Carrington immediately let her feelings known, taking to Threads (that still exists?) to post this:
DiJonai Carrington gets ejected for absolutely clocking Sophie Cunningham in the face and immediately takes to Threads claiming white privilege…
— OutKick (@Outkick) August 8, 2026
Maybe worry about hacking somebody across the head?? pic.twitter.com/RhwfrzV4a9
She even tagged the Fever's account, so she was definitely sending a message to Cunningham and her entire team.
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And, as a reminder, this is why she was charged with a Flagrant 2 foul and ejected:
The price of standing for girls and women pic.twitter.com/9E5KWjuWg4
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) August 9, 2026
Carrington may not have been prepared for the backlash she got from her post – particularly because everyone could see what she did to Cunningham – with former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho taking her to task on his podcast for playing the race card.
“So to me, it was just very ignorant and, to some degree, asinine by D.J. Carrington to suggest that that call was based on white privilege. Have we seen examples of white players make that same foul and get away with it? Have we seen examples of black players make that same foul and get away with it? Yes. There was no white privilege involved in that specific call.”
Carrington hit back hard at Acho, telling him in an X post that she "never once claimed that the assessment of the foul was white privilege" and suggesting he use his "critical thinking skills." Declaring that she couldn't be "ignorant or asinine" because she attended a "top school" (Stanford), Carrington once again reiterated that her original post had nothing to do with the foul.
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”,… https://t.co/mykXGTtiXJ
— dιjonaι carrιngтon♛ (@DijonaiVictoria) August 10, 2026
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.
Clear as mud.
Sophie Cunningham told the press that the "white privilege" claim by Carrington was absurd, saying, “This has nothing to do with race… Last year, I did the same thing, and I got kicked out. And I deserved to be kicked out. There’s no reason even to play that card.”
So, to Acho's point, this is a case of getting the time for doing the crime, no matter your skin color. And, honestly, the story we should be talking about is the WNBA actually taking action, however small, against those in the league who are escalating the on-court violence. That needs to happen more.
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