This is a continuing phenomenon that the WBA pretends is just basketball. This month, Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas drove her fist into Clark’s neck. Officials did not even call a foul. Clark’s Indiana Fever teammate Sophy Cunningham stood on the court and pointed accusingly at Thomas for a dramatic 22 seconds (above, left), in the process establishing herself a the latest meme queen with viral images like this…

It would have been nice if a black player had the integrity and guts to do the pointing, but I suppose that’s too much to ask.

The WNBA ultimately suspended Clark’s assailant for only one game for brutal and dangerous conduct. Racist Hill naturally came to Thomas’s defense, writing,

“So much of this Caitlin Clark discourse is absolutely rooted in hatred or dislike of Black women. The language is the tell. People suggesting Alyssa Thomas should be arrested, describing fouls against CC as ‘assault’ and ‘abuse,’ and even this absurd notion that she should just pack up and leave the WNBA to ‘humble’ them … all points back to this weird fixation people have with wanting to see Black women put in their place and punished,”

You know, like people want to see black murderers, muggers and rapists punished.

As Outkick points out, punching someone in the throat is assault (and battery) by definition.

Now the House Republican Study Committee is pressing the WNBA to further investigate the on-court treatment of Clark, in a move that will, of course, be attacked by the Axis of Unethical Conduct as more proof of GOP racism. In a letter to league Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, committee Chair August Pfluger (R-Texas) called for “greater accountability” following what he and the committee called “repeated acts of physical violence” toward Clark.

“Caitlin Clark is transforming women’s sports. She has inspired a new generation of young girls to participate in athletics and has become one of the most influential figures in the history of women’s basketball,” the Republican wrote in his letter. “Clark has been hip-checked, poked in the eye, and struck in the throat during games,” he continued. “These incidents go far beyond routine physical play, yet the WNBA and its officiating have too often failed to address these unacceptable incidents and hold players accountable.” Clark is facing “a hostile work environment,” the letter says, which could be ground for an investigation by the Department of Justice, Department of Labor or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

“Discrimination of any kind has no place in women’s sports,” added Rep. Tim Burchett (Tenn.), another Republican on the committee. “The WNBA’s failure to act on these concerning incidents shows an indifference, or active disregard, for civil rights protections.”

Outkick lists what it calls “truths.” (Al Gore would call them “Inconvenient Truths”):

• Caitlin Clark transcended women’s basketball into the mainstream.

• Black players and commentators are convinced she has done so only because she is a straight white woman.

• Those players resent Clark because of that belief, and the majority of the media is too afraid to say so.

The article concludes,

“Considering that Clark is also the first major White American sports star to emerge after 2020. This gives Black players and commentators a sense of freedom, and even encouragement, to discriminate against her on the grounds of racial justification.The WNBA had an opportunity to establish itself as one of the major sports leagues in America. Behind Clark, the league could have showcased and grown other stars around her, including many black players…The last three seasons have demonstrated that the WNBA is not ready for the moment. The race idolatry among players, coaches, referees and much of the media runs too deep. They would rather remain niche, unprofitable and irrelevant than reach new heights on the back of a White girl from Iowa.”

This is so disheartening, and represents one more example of how the woke sanctification and celebration of minorities (“idolatry” is a good word; thanks, Outkick!) has divided the nation and poisoned its values.