This week, former WNBA player and two-time college basketball national champion Val Whiting took to social media to shed light on disturbing racist messages directed at the Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese.
These hate-filled messages, allegedly sent by fans of Caitlin Clark, were brought to light by Reese’s mother, who is also named Angel.
Whiting revealed that Reese’s mother sent her a screenshot of two racially charged messages. “Angel Reese gets a lot of racially motivated hate. I believe she gets this more than any player in the league. Here is one screenshot that her mother shared with me from a guy named William Martina,” Whiting wrote on X on July 9.
One of the messages from Martina read, “Sorry but you can’t dress up as anything but you are what you are. thug comes to mind..,go Caitlin.” Whiting pointed out that Martina used his real name and email address to send the hateful message to the Angel Reese Foundation.
Another message, from an unidentified sender, was even more revolting: “Black b—ch you disgust me with your silly jealous antics let your daughter shine and [stop] teaching her to be jealous to get attention! Stop being a black ratchet gutter...
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