🗣️Race predicts media mentions in the @WNBA. @Doc_Melton & I analyzed last season's online articles from @espn, @CBSSports, and @SInow. Controlling for pts & rbds, white @WNBA players averaged more than 2x as many media mentions as Black players (118 vs. 52). #RaiseHerName
🗣️Race predicts media mentions in the @WNBA. @Doc_Melton & I analyzed last season's online articles from @espn, @CBSSports, and @SInow. Controlling for pts & rbds, white @WNBA players averaged more than 2x as many media mentions as Black players (118 vs. 52). #RaiseHerName
In a league where 80% of players are Black, the top three @WNBA players mentioned last season were white. A'ja Wilson, the most-mentioned Black player and 2020 @WNBA MVP, received HALF the amount of coverage of Ionescu, who played in three games before injury. #RaiseHerName