'People are just uncomfortable with a
black woman in a power position': Texas
A&M basketball coach defends her outfit
choice after being criticized for wearing
tight pink leather pants and high heels
to a game
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Christina Coulter
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
2/16/2022 2:27:01 PM
A Texas A&M women's basketball assistant coach hit back after facing backlash for wearing pink leather pants and stilettos to a game. 'I'm unapologetically myself every day, I could care less if anybody thinks that I'm being extra,' Sydney Carter said in response to her critics. 'I'm not gonna turn up turn my light off because somebody else is offended or intimidated by the fact that I embrace myself.' The 31-year-old Aggies assistant coach believes race plays a major factor in the criticism. 'I just think that people are uncomfortable with a black woman being in a power position,' she told Yahoo. 'When you see a black woman
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Ladyhawke 2/16/2022 2:35:24 PM (No. 1073788)
This has nothing to do with you being a black woman in a power position. It has everything to you looking cheap and tawdry!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Catherine 2/16/2022 2:38:42 PM (No. 1073791)
She needs to study her black history. There have been dozens of black women in 'power' positions. Look up Shirely Chishom, and Barbara Jordan. I remember her and really liked her. She was elected over and over. Anytime a black person has to use their color as an excuse for their own stupidity, it just shows their ignorance. Who, over the age of 15, wears pink leather??
38 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Hermoine 2/16/2022 2:39:00 PM (No. 1073792)
Well, at least SHE clearly knows her gender and is proud to flaunt it.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
red1066 2/16/2022 2:39:44 PM (No. 1073793)
It's not about the color of your skin. It's the attitude that come with it that people have a problem with. Besides, wearing an outfit that a street walking would wear as a college coach is just inappropriate. I guess acting in a professional manner is foreign to these people.
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She be settin' out a trotline fo post game shenaniggins.
21 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 2/16/2022 2:50:59 PM (No. 1073801)
No hard shoes on the gym floor!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Pam 2/16/2022 2:52:48 PM (No. 1073802)
Even I know not to walk on a basketball court with anything other than rubber soled flat shoes (sneakers). Respect for the floor keepers is obviously not high on her list.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
skacmar 2/16/2022 2:52:48 PM (No. 1073803)
She is a basketball coach, not a seal trainer! Maybe she wore the pink pants for breast cancer awareness day since the team all had pink shoes on. You can be "yourself" but dressing appropriately for your job should be a consideration while expressing yourself. Consider appropriate shoes for the basketball court that are still fashionable. You are a role model for your team. Show them how how to be appropriate in different situations.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
SweetPea3 2/16/2022 3:00:22 PM (No. 1073807)
Gives new meaning to the term, 'sweat pants.' Ewwwww!
16 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 2/16/2022 3:00:53 PM (No. 1073809)
Which "people"?
6 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
janjan 2/16/2022 3:02:33 PM (No. 1073813)
This woman is not serious about sports. What she wants is attention. And she got it.
27 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
FunOne 2/16/2022 3:03:28 PM (No. 1073815)
Perhaps I am exposing a secret here, but there is only one reason why men get excited around women who wear leather.
They smell like a new car.
47 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
ZeldaFitzg 2/16/2022 3:10:11 PM (No. 1073822)
She could have at least worn the appropriate bra color-----the dark colored bra shows through the white top.
12 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Roscoelewis 2/16/2022 3:13:53 PM (No. 1073826)
So, she sees herself as being a "Powerful" woman. Wear what you want, but don't be offended by what people think about. By the way, its what you do, not how you look that matters.
13 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Venturer 2/16/2022 3:14:47 PM (No. 1073827)
Any criticism of blacks is Raycist, even if it come from another black who agrees with a white.
10 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
AltaD 2/16/2022 3:17:39 PM (No. 1073830)
I don't remember any photos of Pat Summit in hooker-heels. Of course, she wasn't a powerful black woman desperate for the spotlight, she was just one of the best college basketball coaches of all time.
17 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
DaBigGuy 2/16/2022 3:29:22 PM (No. 1073835)
Aggie women are 4-8 in SEC play. Not exactly a power position.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
hershey 2/16/2022 3:44:26 PM (No. 1073847)
Can you say 'tacky' and 'big azzzz'????
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The problem appears to be the thinness of her skin, not its color.
If you're going to wear something like that, you know the reaction it's going to create, and you better own it, or shut up.
I do object to her heels on the floor. She should know better.
20 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
earlybird 2/16/2022 4:01:58 PM (No. 1073863)
No. It is inappropriate for any coach to be flaunting her butt and ruining a wood basketball court with stilettos. She looks like a common streetwalker.
15 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
Ruhn 2/16/2022 4:03:06 PM (No. 1073865)
This young lady is in dire need of modesty, humility,...and maturity.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 2/16/2022 4:11:38 PM (No. 1073868)
personally, had she matched her face diaper to her pants she would have been fine. But clashing accessories are just so gauche!. I don't think there is anything wrong with a women of color or of non color dressing up like a cheap New Orleans Prostitute so long as they are fashionable.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
tjdard 2/16/2022 4:11:47 PM (No. 1073869)
Get over it everyone. She is a very attractive coach. I'll bet she is also a good coach as well.
3 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
Lonestar Jack 2/16/2022 4:25:49 PM (No. 1073876)
The game has changed. Used to watch regularly but since the Black Supremacy took over (not one white person in the accompanying photos) and the show boating in football I do not watch basketball. Can' stand the ME ME ME look at ME displays.
6 people like this.
Give it up, Ahab. You'll never land that pink whale.
10 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
ControlFreak 2/16/2022 4:30:30 PM (No. 1073881)
I guess if you like to guzzle Pepto Bismal, it’s ok.
2 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
Patty48 2/16/2022 4:41:38 PM (No. 1073890)
White sneakers would have looked great and showed her respect for the floor…..I’m not fond of “I’m the boss I will do what I want.” But I think the outfit seems to represent cancer awareness and is fine.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
bighambone 2/16/2022 5:25:51 PM (No. 1073903)
When the University accepted the lady who was well known to them as their woman’s basketball coach, they had to also accept her culture and way of expressing herself as long as those factors were legal. If the University allows their coaches to wear their own outfits while coaching, she had the right to wear what she decided to wear, even if it consisted of bright colors and was cut in ways that would show off her female figure. If she did not attempt to play the race card when she explained her point she would have gained a lot of respect. The only problem I can see is her high heel shoes that are usually not allowed on basketball and other hard wood gym floors because they might strip the finish off the floors and for safety purposes. So if she could get Nike to manufacture high heel soft sole sneakers for her and other female athletes her turnout would be 100% OK.
2 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
Starlifter Nav 2/16/2022 5:32:17 PM (No. 1073913)
Loud and obnoxious is not attractive. And, 4-8 in conference play is not good.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
dulac 2/16/2022 5:34:09 PM (No. 1073918)
Kim Mulkey (formerly Baylor, now LSU) and Muffet McGraw (formerly Notre Dame, now retired) wore stiletto heels courtside quite often. Muffet often wore rather short skirts and Kim often wears fairly tight pants. Both were/are highly successful head coaches and -- as far as I know -- both were/are generally considered attractive and fashionable. Notre Dame alums adored Muffet and by and large loved how fashion-forward she was. Kim is known for her huge closet and amazing number of shoes and outfits. I kind of enjoy how they can be successful in college sports and yet maintain their femininity. I'm fine with Sydney Carter's wardrobe. I wouldn't be comfortable (physically or mentally) in those pants or shoes, but if she is, then great.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
snapper451 2/16/2022 5:37:52 PM (No. 1073924)
I would just be worried about what would happen if those seams were to burst! Somebody call 9-1-1 please!!!!
2 people like this.
Reply 32 - Posted by:
Kate318 2/16/2022 5:45:20 PM (No. 1073936)
No, sister, people are uncomfortable with trash…no matter what color.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
john56 2/16/2022 5:46:23 PM (No. 1073937)
I remember back in my days as a (volunteer) athletic director for a small Christian School.
There was one girls bb team that we played against. The running joke among the other schools was that you could tell the importance of the game to their team by the height of the head coach's high heels. If she was wearing the stillettos, it was game on. The easy games, she'd be in flats.
2 people like this.
Reply 34 - Posted by:
clayusmcret 2/16/2022 5:59:28 PM (No. 1073948)
The color of the person wearing the clothes doesn't matter. People are uncomfortable with someone looking like trash.
4 people like this.
Reply 35 - Posted by:
Readaholic 2/16/2022 6:02:16 PM (No. 1073950)
Except for the shoes and the floor, this seems like a giant "so what" to me.
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Yeah, at the DMV the large angry black woman nwith a chip behind the counter makes me uncomfortable.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
downnout 2/16/2022 6:18:03 PM (No. 1073961)
She’s an exhibitionist.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Kumoan 2/16/2022 6:52:04 PM (No. 1073992)
Trailer trash comes in all the colors of the rainbow.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
udanja99 2/16/2022 7:03:35 PM (No. 1074001)
Above posters, Breast Cancer Awareness Month is October. If that’s what she’s all about, she doesn’t own a calendar. Her butt and thighs are way too big for an outfit like that - she could give PIAPS a run for the money with those thighs.
2 people like this.
Reply 40 - Posted by:
rochow 2/16/2022 8:08:02 PM (No. 1074029)
Actually, people are uncomfortable when a dame dresses like a hooker. But in some circles that is the fashion of the day! She wanted to be a cheap show off. It's all about 'embracing herself' (who heard of such garbage?), but not the floor that she is destroying!
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
mifla 2/17/2022 5:06:03 AM (No. 1074174)
Power position? Seriously?
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 2/17/2022 5:26:36 AM (No. 1074181)
Back when real women had a sense of style moderated by appropriate modesty…men were interested! No real man would even look at this spectacle, but the boy men she is after are down for this! After 5 marriages she will wonder where all the good men went? Then she will go full on lesbian!
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Muguy 2/17/2022 7:48:01 AM (No. 1074266)
If as a coach she wants to dress that way, let her!
If the public doesn't necessarily approve and think it is unproffessional to dress in that attire, they are going to express their opinion.
But to claim racism.... sorry, that dog don't hunt. People are so tired of hearing everything is racism. This was HER choice and had nothing to do with skin color, but her action alone. I would certainly hope she was hired for her skill as a coach as opposed to being hired due to skin color!
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
Ebenezer 2/17/2022 9:24:56 AM (No. 1074392)
I wouldn't exactly call assistant coach of a women's basketball team a "power position".
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Another example of I don't have to pay for it so I can do whatever I want to that gym floor..... or that car or that store window.
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Can white people excuse anything they do (including wanting to be left alone) as being unapologetically White? She means she could not care less, but you don't need to speak proper English at today's universities. They left out why she was allowed to ruin that expensive floor with her silly heels, and whether she twerked at any point.