Great White Hope - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Tue, 15 Oct 2024 05:24:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg Great White Hope - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 Fan-created ‘Great White Hope’ rhetoric is plaguing the WNBA https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2024/10/15/fan-created-great-white-hope-rhetoric-is-plaguing-the-wnba/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fan-created-great-white-hope-rhetoric-is-plaguing-the-wnba Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=20504 Though this WNBA season saw a surge in viewership and ratings, fan-driven “great white hope” rhetoric led to a backlash against Black players, exposing failures by the league, media, and fans.

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