Arguably the most-talked about moment in the sports world over the weekend was DiJonai Carrington’s ejection from Saturday’s 90-86 loss to the Indiana Fever on Saturday.

Carrington was booted in the first half of the contest for a hard foul on Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, in which she struck her in the face on a layup attempt.

The incident has created a social media firestorm because of what Carrington said after her ejection. The 28-year-old Baylor alum posted the message “White privilege @indianafever” on Threads moments after leaving the game, which has since divided users on social media about whether or not there was a racial component to what happened on Saturday.

Former FS1 host and current podcasters Emmanuel Acho called Carrington out for her accusation on a recent episode of “Speakeasy.”

“To call that a white privilege-based foul is to completely undermine the term of white privilege and to also completely ignore the rules in basketball,” Acho said. “You hit her in the head. You drew blood. You didn't connect with the ball at all whatsoever… So to me, it was just very ignorant and, to some degree, asinine by D.J. Carrington to suggest that that call was based on white privilege.”

It didn’t take long for Acho’s remarks to make their way back to Carrington, who defended what she said in a message on X.

“I’ve never once claimed that the assessment of the foul was white privilege (that was your assumption),” Carrington wrote on X. “Try exercising your critical thinking skills, I know you studied psych. Furthermore, I’m the LAST thing from ignorant or asinine when it comes to speaking on ‘white privilege,’ do ya research on that one.

“I actually went to school, one of the top universities might I add, to educate myself on this exact subject. I would never use that term as a rhetorical weapon knowing the historical and social weight it holds without having the proper evidence to substantiate it.”

Whether or not Carrington was actually referring to Cunningham being shown favoritism because of her race is still up for debate, but it’s clear from the comments section of Carrington’s tweet many social media users aren’t buying what she’s selling.

“We all know what you meant and because you are being called out on it, you are backtracking. What a fraud,” one user posted.

“By all means then…..please tell us what you were referring to with your ‘white privilege’ tweet,” another replied.

“Why did you write ‘white privilege’ then? Stop gaslighting,” one fan exclaimed.

“Careful, girl. You’re liable to trip and hurt something, walking back that fast,” remarked another.