Alveda King calls USA Today columnist's Emmett Till comparison to Caitlin Clark controversy 'race-baiting'
Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is calling out a USA Today sports columnist who compared the murder of Emmett Till to Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark's conduct on the basketball court, a comparison King says is designed to inflame, not inform.King, a 75-year-old Fox News contributor, gave an interview to OutKick on Friday responding to a column published this week by USA Today sports columnist Nancy Armour.
In the piece, Armour drew a line between Till's 1955 murder and what she characterized as Clark putting Black and lesbian WNBA players in physical danger through her on-court behavior, allegedly flopping and confronting referees over missed calls, which Armour argued eggs on Clark's supporters to send hostile messages to other players.
Alveda said:
"What people have learned to do, is to throw out inflammatory, emotional phrases that will make people emotional and forget how to think. There was no reason to throw Emmett Till's name out there. And so, that's called race-baiting."Alveda King
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I know this paper is a disgrace if you ever look at it or read it all of their articles they have so much Trump derangements and hate so much hate and bias I don't know why people don't notice that when they look at this newspaper but it is a disgrace it really is sad. Where is the professional journalism today in our national newspapers?
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