Wings' Paige Bueckers laments lack of 'equal coverage' of Black women, talks 'White privilege'

Paige Bueckers received nationalist attraction successful the mediate of her collegiate vocation with the UConn Huskies erstwhile she lamented the deficiency of sum Black women received successful sports astatine the 2021 ESPY Awards.

Nearly 4 years later, Bueckers remained of the content that Black women bash not person capable sum from the media and added that she thinks White radical payment much from selling opportunities.

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Paige Bueckers is interviewed by ESPN aft being selected with the fig 1 wide prime to the Dallas Wings successful the 2025 WNBA Draft astatine The Shed astatine Hudson Yards successful New York City connected April 14, 2025. (Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)

"It’s inactive an issue, each azygous day," the Dallas Wings rookie told Time mag successful an interrogation published connected Monday. "There’s not ever adjacent coverage."

"There’s White privilege each azygous time that I see," she said successful presumption of selling opportunities. "I consciousness similar I’ve worked highly hard, blessed by God. But I bash deliberation there’s much opportunities for me. I consciousness similar adjacent conscionable marketability, radical thin to favour White people, White males, White women. I deliberation it should beryllium adjacent opportunity. I consciousness similar determination is privilege to what I have, and to what each White radical have. I admit that. I privation to counteract that with the mode I spell astir my business."

Bueckers is acceptable to beryllium among the adjacent procreation of hoops stars to pb the WNBA into the future.

The rookie’s comments echoed what Caitlin Clark told Time mag past twelvemonth and what she reiterated to comedian David Letterman successful her interrogation with him.

Paige Bueckers connected the orangish carpet earlier the 2025 WNBA Draft astatine The Shed astatine Hudson Yards successful New York City connected April 14, 2025. (Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)

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"I decidedly person privilege," Clark said connected Netflix’s "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction."

"I’m evidently White but I deliberation … I’m idiosyncratic that grew up a immense instrumentality of this league. I grew up watching this league, going to games, supporting this league. So, I cognize wherever this league comes from. 

"A batch of Black women that grew up making this league what it is. That’s benignant of the shoulders that we basal on. So, I deliberation that was thing I’m precise alert of and thing I’m precise thankful for. And they decidedly merit each the recognition and the much we tin springiness recognition to them, the better. I’m precise alert of that and I cognize that and I deliberation determination is work successful acknowledging that."

The Indiana Fever prima spoke of having "privilege" successful her interrogation with Time months aft respective of her league colleagues expressed their content that contention played a origin successful her popularity.

"I privation to accidental I’ve earned each azygous thing, but arsenic a White person, determination is privilege," Clark told Time. "A batch of those players successful the league that person been truly bully person been Black players. This league has benignant of been built connected them. 

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark, #22, questions an authoritative connected Sunday, May 4, 2025 during a preseason crippled betwixt the Indiana Fever and the Brazil nationalist squad astatine Carver-Hawkeye Arena successful Iowa City, Iowa. (IMAGN)

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"The much we tin admit that, item that, speech astir that and past proceed to person brands and companies put successful those players that person made this league incredible, I deliberation it’s precise important. I person to proceed to effort to alteration that. The much we tin elevate Black women, that’s going to beryllium a beauteous thing."

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