Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark isn't the first white person to achieve fame in a predominantly Black space—ask musicians Elvis Presley and Eminem, for instance. However, Clark's world-conquering WNBA notoriety comes at a particularly fraught moment for race in America,

Heading into her second season in the WNBA, Caitlin Clark is not backing down from the comments that drew the ire of conservative commentators last year. Throughout 2023 and 2024, Clark’s explosion in popularity created a culture war between the fans in middle America who claimed her as a native Iowan and Indiana Fever star Read