Carrington tells critics to 'do research' after 'white privilege' post
DiJonai Carrington told critics to "do their research" after she was ejected for a hard foul on Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham during a WNBA game, in a report published on 2026-08-10T23:12:25. The Chicago Sky guard then posted "white privilege" on social media tagging the Fever, a move that has sparked widespread criticism.
Carrington, 28, joined Chicago Sky in April and her on-court confrontation with Cunningham drew strong reactions from several American sports analysts, including former NFL star Emmanuel Acho. The incident resulted in Carrington's ejection and prompted debate about whether the foul and subsequent discipline involved any racial element. She has not provided a full explanation of the meaning behind her social-media post since the game.
Carrington was ejected from her side's WNBA defeat for committing a hard foul on Cunningham; Cunningham's team won 90-86. The sequence on court and the ejection occurred during the game that ended with that 90-86 scoreline.
On the Speakeasy - Podcast, Emmanuel Acho criticised Carrington's post, saying: "It was not a race-based decision. To call that a white privilege-based foul is to completely undermine the term of white privilege and to also completely ignore the rules in basketball. "You hit her in the head. You drew blood. You didn't connect with the ball at all whatsoever. So to me, it was just very ignorant and, to some degree, asinine by DiJonai Carrington to suggest that that call was based on white privilege."
Writing on X, Carrington responded to her critics, saying: "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." She has yet to offer a fuller public account of what she meant by the post.
Asked about the post after her team won 90-86, Sophie Cunningham said: "I think the league is taking care of that. "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." Cunningham's remarks point to the league as the body addressing the matter.