Chris Cuomo Is Right: Pat McAfee Should Not Have Apologized For Calling Caitlin Clark A ‘White B*tch’

ESPN host Pat McAfee apologized for referring to Caitlin Clark as a "white bitch" after colleagues, reporters, and smear merchants feigned faux outrage. 

However, former CNN host Chris Cuomo says McAfee should not have apologized. 

Cuomo opened his podcast on Wednesday with a discussion about McAfee and Clark:

"You call Caitlin Clark … a ‘white bitch’ and you’re going to be in apology mode right quick … Why is it wrong for [McAfee] to call her that?"

"Now we all get it. I’m a girl dad, and I’m an adult man and I know how to behave, so of course you don’t want to say insulting things. But who is he insulting? We know he wasn’t referring to Caitlin Clark like she’s that kind of person. … Why is the reality being ignored here? Why are the people who are actually targeting Caitlin Clark getting a pass? What are we so afraid of? Why don’t we want to talk about what’s really happening?"

"That takes us into the real conversation: Why are other players coming after Caitlin Clark? Is it not about race? Is it not about sexuality?

"Pat McAfee says, ‘Now this ‘white b**** is doing this,’ and he has to apologize. … he was projecting how she is seen by other women on the court and in the league. That’s what he’s doing. So he needs to apologize. Why? Because it’s easy."

We still struggle to come to grips with Cuomo's character turn – from the bombastic little brother of Andrew on CNN, to one of the few voices of reason in media. 

Apparently, that's what can happen when the elitist bubble in which you used to reside turns on you.

Cuomo acknowledged what we wrote in the aftermath of the controversy involving McAfee. The sports radio host didn't insult Clark with a derogatory term. Rather, he accurately described how other WNBA women, particularly black women, see Caitlin Clark – as "that white bitch."

Clark's race and sexuality have been a topic of conversation for months, heightened by her WNBA debut last month. For months, the media has told us that Clark is the beneficiary of white and straight privilege – from Sunny Hostin to Jemele Hill, from USA Today to ESPN. 

WNBA players, including A'ja Wilson, have also attributed Clark's popularity to her race.

Denying that Clark's race and sexuality are not a factor in why black and lesbian players share disdain for her is dishonest. 

The media has programmed black lesbian women to dislike straight white women by convincing the former that the latter is only more popular because of systemic advantages.

Hence, we have considerable concern about Clark's safety on the court. 

McAfee did not do anything wrong. And no serious person was actually offended by his comments, including Clark herself.  

The mainstreaming of women's sports provides the outrage crowd with new-found fodder. And outrage is empowering. 

Unfortunately, McAfee caved. He apologized for telling the truth.

As Jason Whitlock said earlier this year, "Pat McAfee is a pretend tough guy. Whenever there’s turbulence, he folds."

Hard to argue.

Cuomo concluded:

"So Pat McAfee has to apologize for calling Caitlin Clark what he called her, but he was just projecting the attitude that seems to be put on her by the other players. He was obviously celebrating her the entire segment."

"So is that how Caitlin Clark is seen, as some white, straight bitch, in a sport that is not necessarily about white, straight women? Yes, in all likelihood, it’s a factor in the analysis."

If you apologize for the truth, you are not emphatic. 

You are a manipulated coward.