Angel Reese’s mom shared racist messages that Cailtin Cark fans sent to her daughter.
According to the Atlanta Black Star, Reese’s mom shared the messages with former WNBA player Val Whiting.
Whiting uploaded a screenshot with two racially charged messages and wrote:
“Angel Reese receives a significant amount of racially motivated hate. I believe she receives more than any other player in the league.”
Whiting revealed that a man called William Martina sent one of the messages.
His message read:
“Sorry but you can’t dress up as anything but you are what you are. thug comes to mind..,go Caitlin.”
Whiting shared another message from a racist troll who insisted that Caitlin Clark had done more to promote the WNBA than Reese.
“Black b***h 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 b***h s black women look bad and stop talking about cc she got that swag she changing the game be glad your daughter got a chance to even play in the W!! Cuz if it wasn’t for cc nobody would know your low gpa having daughter.”
Whiting Shared Details On Angel Reese’s Racist Haters
Angel Reese gets a lot of racially motivated hate. I believe she gets this more than any player in the league. Here is a one screenshot that her mother shared with me from a guy named William Martina. He actually used his real name and email address and contacted the Angel Reese… pic.twitter.com/VXYC9mfuCv
— Val Whiting (@iamcoachval) July 10, 2024
Whiting shed more light on Wiliam Martina:
“William Martina is the president of a company yet he took time to racially bully and harass a young black woman. Angel’s mom said that they get these type of emails and text messages every week.”
Whiting shared a follow-up tweet noting that although Caitlin Clark got racist comments from Angel Reese fans, they are nothing compared to what Reese goes through.
“Please note that I realize Caitlin Clark has received race based hate as well. And some of that has come from Angel Reese stans but this post is about the extreme nature of what Angel Reese goes through.”
The post divided opinion from users who supported both players.
One tweeted:
“This has always been the undertone since Angel did the hand gesture 2 years ago. The media as well as sports media has pushed this same undertone from then until now. That’s why they’ve advertised Caitlin as much as they have.”
Another tweeted:
“Not true. Most of the people commenting on CC are responding to the racial attacks on Reese. This is the clapback to them. The racism Reese is receiving is organic & came in waves. I also partially blame CC for not denouncing the racism. Not her responsibility, but say something,” another user said.
Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark will play together for this year’s WNBA All-Star Game as part of Team WNBA against the U.S. Women’s Basketball Team.
