Wings' Paige Bueckers Laments Lack Of 'equal Coverage' Of Black Women, Talks 'white Privilege'

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

Nearly 4 years later, Bueckers remained of nan belief that Black women do not person capable sum from nan media and added that she thinks White group use much from trading opportunities.

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

"It’s still an issue, each azygous day," nan Dallas Wings rookie told Time magazine successful an question and reply published connected Monday. "There’s not ever adjacent coverage."

"There’s White privilege each azygous time that I see," she said successful position of trading opportunities. "I consciousness for illustration I’ve worked highly hard, blessed by God. But I do deliberation there’s much opportunities for me. I consciousness for illustration moreover conscionable marketability, group thin to favour White people, White males, White women. I deliberation it should beryllium adjacent opportunity. I consciousness for illustration location is privilege to what I have, and to what each White group have. I admit that. I want to counteract that pinch nan measurement I spell astir my business."

Bueckers is group to beryllium among nan adjacent procreation of hoops stars to lead nan WNBA into nan future.

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

Paige Bueckers connected nan orangish carpet earlier nan 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 personification 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 convention comes from. 

"A batch of Black women that grew up making this convention what it is. That’s benignant of nan shoulders that we guidelines on. So, I deliberation that was thing I’m very alert of and thing I’m very thankful for. And they decidedly merit each nan in installments and nan much we tin springiness in installments to them, nan better. I’m very alert of that and I cognize that and I deliberation location is work successful acknowledging that."

The Indiana Fever prima said of having "privilege" successful her question and reply pinch Time months aft respective of her convention colleagues expressed their belief that title played a facet successful her popularity.

"I want to opportunity I’ve earned each azygous thing, but arsenic a White person, location is privilege," Clark told Time. "A batch of those players successful nan convention that person been really bully person been Black players. This convention has benignant of been built connected them. 

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

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

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