{"id":871,"date":"2026-08-11T15:24:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/08\/11\/dijonai-carrington-speaks-out-on-white-privilege-comment-after-hard-foul-on-sophie-cunningham\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T15:24:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:24:51","slug":"dijonai-carrington-speaks-out-on-white-privilege-comment-after-hard-foul-on-sophie-cunningham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/08\/11\/dijonai-carrington-speaks-out-on-white-privilege-comment-after-hard-foul-on-sophie-cunningham\/","title":{"rendered":"DiJonai Carrington Speaks Out on \u2018White Privilege\u2019 Comment After Hard Foul on Sophie Cunningham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Sky star spoke out for the first time after the incident, for which she was ejected from the game<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/XW8K65rzsfYC_hZwpBhexNK76c0=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/DiJonai-Carrington-Sophie-Cunningham-81026-c6b7366c85714b01ac1f739eae50fb52.jpg\" alt=\"DiJonai Carrington, Sophie CunninghamCredit: Jayden Mack\/Getty; Christian Petersen\/Getty\" title=\"DiJonai Carrington, Sophie Cunningham\" \/><figcaption><i>DiJonai Carrington, Sophie Cunningham<br \/>Credit: Jayden Mack\/Getty; Christian Petersen\/Getty<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>DiJonai Carrington is speaking out about her hard foul on Sophie Cunningham <\/li>\n<li>The Chicago Sky player was ejected from the Aug. 8 game against the Indiana Fever after the play<\/li>\n<li>Carrington later posted the words \u201cWHITE PRIVILEGE\u201d on Threads and pointedly tagged the Fever<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/caitlin-clark-says-dijonai-carrington-eye-poke-wasnt-intentional-8718068\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">DiJonai Carrington<\/a> is addressing her viral comment about white privilege after her foul on Indiana Fever player <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sophie-cunningham-blasts-storm-co-owner-for-cursing-at-protestors-amid-fever-star-anti-trans-comments-12030807\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Sophie Cunningham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Sky star, 28, spoke out for the first time since the hard foul, after which she was <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/dijonai-carrington-blasts-sophie-cunningham-indiana-fever-for-white-privilege-after-ejection-12037742\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">ejected from the Saturday, Aug. 8, game<\/a> and later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@dijonai\/post\/DbyqmQXj8Uk\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow\">posted on Threads<\/a> the words \u201cWHITE PRIVILEGE,\u201d tagging the Indiana Fever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never once claimed that the assessment of the foul was white privilege,\u201d Carrington <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DijonaiVictoria\/status\/2086912218457862229?s=20\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">wrote on X<\/a>, reposting a clip of former NFL star <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/annemarie-wiley-slams-emmanuel-acho-for-disturbing-reaction-to-her-abuse-claims-12033343\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Emmanuel Acho<\/a> discussing her response. \u201cTry exercising your critical thinking skills, I know you studied psych. Furthermore, I\u2019m the LAST thing from ignorant or asinine when it comes to speaking on \u2018white privilege\u2019, do ya research on that one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Stanford product added, \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carrington\u2019s comments came two days after she was cited for a flagrant two foul on Cunningham after the latter tried to score on a breakaway play during their game.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham, 29, hit the floor hard after Carrington\u2019s arm connected with her head and jaw.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/9OfLUu4UAsI75H4m3mh9Rc9Xhm0=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/DiJonai-Carrington-Sophie-Cunningham2-81026-ef3b6781cbe44bf2b1d32efb4392a8e4.jpg\" alt=\"DiJonai Carrington committed a hard foul on Sophie Cunningham during the Sky-Fever game on Saturday, Aug. 8Credit: Michael Reaves\/Getty\" title=\"Sophie Cunningham #8 of the Indiana Fever is fouled by DiJonai Carrington #7 of the Chicago Sky during the first half at United Center on August 08, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. \" \/><figcaption><i>DiJonai Carrington committed a hard foul on Sophie Cunningham during the Sky-Fever game on Saturday, Aug. 8<br \/>Credit: Michael Reaves\/Getty<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Fever backup guard then bounced up and went after Carrington as their teammates tried to separate the players. Carrington was sent to the locker room.<\/p>\n<p>Follow your favorite athletes on and off the field with <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-sports-newsletter-signup-11947275\">PEOPLE\u2019s free sports newsletter<\/a> \u2014 sign up now!<\/p>\n<p>Later, Cunningham downplayed any racial bias \u2014 \u201cthere\u2019s no reason to even play that card\u201d \u2014 and <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7501210\/2026\/08\/08\/white-privilege-djonai-carrington-sophie-cunningham\/\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called Carrington\u2019s hard foul<\/a> \u201cher just trying to get attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fever head coach, Stephanie White, downplayed the scary collision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the things about [Carrington] is that she\u2019s gonna play her butt off, man,\u201d White later told reporters. \u201cShe\u2019s gonna compete. Nobody\u2019s gonna go walking in for a layup. And so, I don\u2019t oppose the hard foul.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Sky star spoke out for the first time after the incident, for which she was ejected from the game DiJonai Carrington, Sophie CunninghamCredit: Jayden Mack\/Getty; Christian Petersen\/Getty NEED TO KNOW DiJonai Carrington is speaking out about her hard foul on Sophie Cunningham The Chicago Sky player was ejected from the Aug. 8 game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything-else"],"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"1":{"name":"Everything Else","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/category\/everything-else\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}