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See the full story · 1 sourcesJemele Hill, Emmanuel Acho, DiJonai Carrington, Sophie Cunningham - Image © Imagn Images
Jemele Hill and Emmanuel Acho got into a little back-and-forth on Monday after DiJonai Carrington said “white privilege” remarks on Saturday weren’t about her Flagrant 2 punishment for fouling Sophie Cunningham. Carrington got ejected and the first thing she posted on social media after entering the locker room was that message.
On Sunday, Acho criticized her for using it. Carrington clapped back at him, saying she never connected it to the punishment she served for the foul. The Chicago Sky guard added she’s educated enough not to use the term without being aware of the social weight it holds.
Acho called her out for not being “direct and easy to understand,” as the timing of her post led many, not just him, to believe she was talking about the foul’s assessment. Hill backed Carrington and quote-tweeted Acho’s post, saying:
“It was pretty clear to me she wasn’t talking about the foul”
Acho didn’t take long to respond to Hill’s criticism, questioning the former ESPN analyst about why Carrington used the term.
“Then, genuinely asking, what exactly was she talking about?” he wrote. “So many people, herself included, keep telling us what she wasn’t talking about. But no one is saying what she was.”
Neither Carrington nor Hill have addressed Acho’s question about why the Sky guard used the “white privilege” term right after she left the game.
DiJonai Carrington addresses intention behind controversial play against Sophie Cunningham
DiJonai Carrington has denied any ill intentions in her flagrant foul on Sophie Cunningham. Talking to reporters on Monday before the Sky’s clash against the Seattle Storm, Carrington said she’s used to making chase-down blocks and that there are clips of her doing so in the past.
“I’m never gonna let a open layup just be had,” she said. “You can pull clips from however many seasons of me making that same exact play. It was unfortunate that I made contact with her in the way that I did, but it was never intentional.”
Carrington is renowned as a shot-blocker, but some still don’t believe that her foul on Cunningham was unintentional. On that particular play, Carrington was well behind and didn’t have a clean attempt at blocking the Fever guard’s layup. Cunningham also had a bloody mouth, which further fueled the speculation.
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