Natasha Cloud, the WNBA champion guard who presently performs for the Connecticut Solar, fired off a defiant message on social media following her suggestion that the U.S. has centered on revenue over individuals many occasions.
Cloud made the remarks in an interview with The Related Press and defended applications that promote range, fairness and inclusion (DEI). Amid criticism over her phrases, Cloud didn’t seem to waver.
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Phoenix Mercury’s Natasha Cloud, #0, dribbles through the first half of a WNBA basketball recreation towards the Indiana Fever in Indianapolis on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Picture/Darron Cummings, File)
“Thing is I’m not soft, & words don’t hurt me lol are we 5? it still remains people over profit,” she wrote on X. “If yall truly about being unbiased… Google search any overseas media coverage of what’s happening in America.
“Then come again to me and inform me the entire world loopy.”
Cloud said last week it was important for athletes to speak out now more than ever as Trump ended government DEI programs, and corporations followed suit.
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Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud, #0, against the Indiana Fever at Footprint Center in Phoenix on June 30, 2024. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)
“The methods of energy are working as they at all times had been meant to work,” Cloud said. “And it’s time to interrupt down a system that has solely been about White males.”
Cloud then said she believed the county had put its focus on “cash over individuals.”
“I perceive the enterprise facet and I perceive the human facet,” Cloud said. “Too typically this nation has put the human facet apart, and put revenue and cash over individuals.”
The three-time All-Defensive Team selection has not shied away from speaking her mind on social media.
Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud, #0, reacts to a call against the Las Vegas Aces during the third quarter at Footprint Center in Phoenix on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Michael Chow/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK)
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She called on Americans to speak out against the high cost of living in the U.S. and had a tiff with former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom over criticisms of the country in 2023.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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