Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington grabbed headlines following her hard foul on Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham on Saturday. She was ejected for her Flagrant 2 foul on Cunningham.
However, Carrington didn’t agree with the punishment and lashed out on social media with a “White privilege” remark for Cunningham. In the wake of her controversial remark, a social media account, ‘Andy froemel’ dragged her father Darren Carrington’s career in the controversy.
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NFL fans reacted to the former Denver Broncos safety being dragged into the controversy.
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“Wow Darren Carrington really raised a piece of crap, it shows there’s more money than brains in that family.”
“She’s had privileges most people haven’t! It’s a shame she’s has an attitude and is just throwing away her career away for negativity!”
“Poor little rich girl! ” she was born on third base and thought she hit a triple!”
“Of course. An entitled and spoiled brat thinking she is the victim and that the world owes her.”
“I am sure her parents are humiliated now. How disappointed they must be.”
While Darren played in two Super Bowls during his eight-year NFL career, DiJonai’s mother, Vickie, was a star track athlete. Following his retirement, Darren became a marriage and parenting pastor for the Rock Church.
Former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho dismissed DiJonai Carrington’s “white privilege” remark
Former NFL star Emmanuel Acho Emmanuel Acho called out the Sky star for her social media antics on the “Speakeasy” podcast. Acho dismissed DiJonai Carrington‘s “white privilege” remark by justifying the punishment for her foul.
“It was not a race-based decision,” Acho said. “And to call that a white privilege-based foul is to completely undermine the term ‘white privilege’ and to also completely ignore the rules in basketball. You hit her in the head. You drew blood. You didn’t connect with the ball at all whatsoever.
“So to me, it was just very ignorant and, to some degree, asinine by D.J. Carrington to suggest that that call was based on white privilege.”
Edited by Chaitanya Prakash