‘Inartful comparison’: USA Today columnist addresses invoking Emmett Till in Caitlin Clark story

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The viral column written by sports columnist Nancy Armour received backlash for mentioning Emmett Till in an article arguing Caitlin Clark weaponized her whiteness in games.

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A columnist for USA Today has apologized after an opinion article about WNBA star Caitlin Clark was heavily criticized for mentioning Emmett Till.

On Wednesday (July 22), the news outlet published sports writer Nancy Armour’s opinion piece about Clark “flopping,” claiming that the Indiana Fever guard, who is white, often exaggerates the impact of hits on the court to get fouls called. Armour argued in the article that Clark doing this as a white woman is harmful because it causes racist fans to harass and threaten the league’s majority Black and queer players in her defense.

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