Interesting. Caitlin Clark (6’0” tall) is a high-profile American basketball player. David Shackleton comments on Tom’s piece:

“Tom, while all you say in this piece is true and relevant, you appear to have overlooked the most significant dynamic in play here: race. Basketball is perceived as a sport in which black players are better, black players become the stars. The significant difference in how Michael Jordan was treated may be more because he is black than because he is male. And it is the black female star players that Kaitlin Clark has eclipsed who are the most incensed about her success and who deliver most of the fouls against her. Under Matrisensus, Kaitlin Clark is stealing fame that should belong to black players.”

An example of the treatment of Clark by opposition players, Growing outrage over hard foul against Caitlin Clark (video, 2:03).

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