What controversy surrounded Angel Reese during the 2023 NCAA tournament?

In the 2023 NCAA tournament, Angel Reese’s team, LSU, reached the championship game, where it defeated the University of Iowa, 102–85. At the end of the contest Reese waved her hand in front of her face in a “You can’t see me” gesture as she stared at Iowa guard Caitlin Clark. It became a viral moment, and Reese was accused of poor sportsmanship by some commentators. But many others—including Clark—criticized the resulting controversy. Some argued there was a racial double standard, since Clark, who is white, had made the gesture earlier in the tournament, without generating any pushback. Reese stood by the gestures in her postgame comments: “I don’t fit in the box that y’all want me to be in. I’m too hood. I’m too ghetto.…this is for the girls that look like me.”