Carrington Responds To Comments On Podcast

DiJonai Carrington appears determined to make this controversy even messier as she tries to explain what she meant by invoking “WHITE PRIVILEGE” after being ejected from Saturday’s WNBA game.

The Chicago Sky player was tossed after a hard foul on Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, clotheslining Cunningham as she drove toward the basket for a layup. Officials assessed Carrington a Flagrant 2, which meant an automatic ejection.

Not long afterward, Carrington took to Threads — yes, Threads is apparently still a thing — and posted about “white privilege.” She even tagged the Fever’s official account, making it pretty difficult to believe the timing was just some wild coincidence or that the post had nothing to do with what had just happened on the court.

DiJonai Carrington gets ejected for absolutely clocking Sophie Cunningham in the face and immediately takes to Threads claiming white privilege…

Maybe worry about hacking somebody across the head?? pic.twitter.com/RhwfrzV4a9

— OutKick (@Outkick) August 8, 2026

Carrington’s post quickly drew criticism, especially because fans had video of the play right in front of them. Former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho was among those who pushed back, arguing on his podcast that race had nothing to do with the officials’ decision.

“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 responded to Acho on X and insisted he had misunderstood her point. According to Carrington, she “never once claimed that the assessment of the foul was white privilege,” accusing Acho of making that assumption and telling him to exercise his “critical thinking skills.”

She also took issue with his characterization of her argument as ignorant or asinine, pointing to her education at Stanford and saying she had specifically studied the 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,” Carrington wrote.

That explanation raises an obvious question: If the “white privilege” post was not about the foul, the ejection, Cunningham, or the Fever, what exactly was it about?

The price of standing for girls and women pic.twitter.com/9E5KWjuWg4

— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) August 9, 2026

Cunningham, meanwhile, offered a far more straightforward response when reporters asked her about Carrington’s claim.

“This has nothing to do with race,” Cunningham said. “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.”

That gets to the heart of the issue. Players of every race have been ejected for dangerous fouls, and Cunningham herself has acknowledged receiving the same punishment when she crossed that line.

Carrington committed a foul officials deemed serious enough for a Flagrant 2. She was ejected. That is hardly evidence of racial favoritism.

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

If anything, the more important story is that the WNBA actually punished a dangerous play instead of allowing increasingly physical and reckless contact to become normalized. The league has faced plenty of criticism over the level of on-court aggression, particularly when hard fouls start looking less like basketball plays and more like attempts to send a message.

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