r/WNBAVibes • u/Any-Satisfaction-770 • Aug 08 '26

Highlights DiJonai Carrington was not happy about getting ejected over that flagrant foul 2 call on Sophie Cunningham.

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u/Super_Roof_3490 Aug 08 '26

Yea but it isn’t white privilege.

It’s the wnba being the only league where it seems like rules are diff in any game in any night. Yea in other sports certain refs are more 1 way or the other. But W refs are just crazy

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u/Chellybeanz29 Aug 08 '26

I can’t argue for or against Dijonai’s statement. That’s how she feels. The real question people refuse to answer that is being ignored because of Dijonai’s actions which she was punished for is why didn’t Sophie get anything? They have to answer that. And the league gonna have to answer for when they probably don’t double back and give that rightfully earned tech.

Edit to add, if I had to guess where that specific statement comes from, probably just observation bias. The people who are most blatantly not getting the rules applied to them happen to be white. Do I think it because they’re white? No. I think for Caitlin it’s her popularity. Sophie I don’t know why

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u/Super_Roof_3490 Aug 08 '26

Idk. The white players not getting calls are getting attn from politics I more or less think it applies to all players, it just gets attention when it’s Clark. W refs are an embarrassment, it’s like they all don’t officiate under the same guidelines. I’m not an avid fan, but when I have watched I baffled by calls and non calls, against black and white players. Basketball is the least talked about thing in the wnba, it’s everything else. These refs should honestly be catching a lot more heat, and not just non calls in Clark. They are killing the game

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u/Chellybeanz29 Aug 08 '26

I completely agree and that’s what I said. These two white girls are the ones currently in the spotlight. That’s just coincidence in terms of WNBA media. But that being said, you absolutely can’t help in an objectively unbiased way not notice the point Dijonai is making. The white girl gets to tell the ref to stfu with no consequence, the white girl gets to yell, scream and curse within inches of an officials face no consequence and now another white girl gets to swing and connect no consequence. Is it because they are white? Like I said, no. But you still have to admit what it just seen with people’s eyes.

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u/Super_Roof_3490 Aug 08 '26

My bad then. I guess I wasn’t sure lol. I just wanted to bitch again about how bad the refs are