Jason Whitlock: Is gay 'Pride Month' dead? And should 'black pride' be the next target?



As Pride Month begins, BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock has noticed the usual Pride celebrations are much quieter — and Shemeka Michelle and Bryson Gray agree that America’s cultural landscape may be shifting.

But while it’s less prominent, “Pride” is still alive and well.

“I saw that it was trending ‘Pride Month’ over X. And I went and I saw so many sports organizations just saying happy Pride Month. And I’m thinking this is where men are supposed to be dominant, or straight men are supposed to be dominant. Yet, they’re giving all of this praise to gay sex. And it is very frustrating,” Michelle says.

“But I did look to see Target hasn’t said anything as of yet. Walmart hasn’t said anything as of yet. So some of these big corporations that had these huge displays in 2023 ... they aren’t doing that now,” she continues.

Bryson Gray also thinks we’ve made “progress.”


“I can just tell you that from my own career, I think culturally it’s more acceptable to criticize and call out the LGBT. So progress, yes. Have we killed it? No, sir,” Gray says.

While the obsession with Pride Month appears to be fading, Whitlock asks if Black History Month and black pride should be tackled next.

“I think black history is just simply a part of American history wherever it fits. So I get the separation because of the history of this country. So I’m not going to say I’m against Black History Month, but I do think it should just be a part of American history,” Gray answers.

“And I think racial idolatry is a problem and that does stem from pride obviously,” he adds.

“Yeah, I hope that we can get rid of black pride,” Michelle chimes in. “I’m sick of seeing it. I was just saying I hate the term ‘black love.’ I don’t like ‘black girl magic,’ ‘black boy joy,’ ‘black excellence.’ I don’t want any of those things.”

“I don’t want to have ‘black love.’ I just want to have love. I want to cultivate it and learn how to love like God told us what love is,” she adds.

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Just 1 MLB team opts out of Pride Night as league shifts toward LGBT 'package'



Gay pride is still the norm for Major League Baseball, but the way teams are going about it is slowly changing.

Throughout June, pro baseball teams will once again put their marketing budgets toward recognizing lesser-held sexual orientations, with 97% of teams participating in the festivities.

'46% of MLB fans claim "Pride Nights make them ‘less likely’ to attend MLB games."'

At the same time, though, these promotions have become increasingly unpopular among sports fans. Several recent studies have pointed to a near-even split between supporters and detractors; for example, Forbes noted a study that found "48-55% rated the Pride promotions negatively or neutral."

Civic Science's own research found that 46% of MLB fans claim "Pride Nights make them ‘less likely’ to attend MLB games."

Furthermore, a Morning Consult study stated that "almost half of U.S. adults (47%) said they support leagues hosting Pride Nights."

To that end, the only MLB team that has refrained from hosting Pride Night is the Texas Rangers, which have never hosted such an event. They do sell Pride-themed merchandise online, however.

Blaze News reached out to other MLB teams to find out whether they have changed their approach to Pride Nights for 2026 given the growing division it has sown among fans.

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Teams that responded mostly followed a new Pride Night trend being adopted by many MLB franchises: Instead of having a grand celebration and handing out gay-themed merchandise to all ticket-holders, fans have the option to purchase a special Pride package that includes tickets and memorabilia.

The St. Louis Cardinals organization is focused on making sure all fans "feel welcome at the ballpark, are respectful towards others, and can freely share in the commonality of our love for the Cardinals and the game of baseball," a Cardinals spokesperson told Blaze News.

The Cards are offering a Pride-themed team cap for fans who buy a "theme ticket."

The Cincinnati Reds commented that they have partnered with "Cincinnati Pride" and honored a recipient with a Pride Community Advocate Award. As part of their special ticket package, the Reds have included a cross-body bag that features the transgender flag on the strap.

A representative of the Detroit Tigers asked Blaze News for further context about the Pride-related questions but did not provide a response to any of the queries. Among many other promotions like "Juneteenth" jerseys, the Tigers are offering a Pride package that includes a rainbow-strapped belt bag.

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The New York Yankees told Blaze News that they would continue to work with organizations to celebrate the Legacy of Pride, which has included donations to the Yankees-Stonewall Scholarship Initiative. "Stonewall" refers to a riot at a gay bar in New York City that was raided by police in 1969.

The Yankees organization noted that they have partnered with groups like Jewish Queer Youth, an organization that allegedly "empowers Jewish queer teens."

The Yankees will also offer limited-edition Yankees Pride caps that are sold with specific tickets.

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The NBA is finally going with a pro-America stance: 'We're proud'



Basketball fans are used to league-wide activism, but now the NBA has seemingly made a decision that will bring some normalcy to its fanfare.

By this point, viewers are no doubt used to the league promoting race-based activism, and most will probably remember the vaccine debacle that brought individual rights and bodily autonomy to the forefront.

'The NBA family has long believed in the unifying power of basketball.'

Now, in a league where players are quite literally rewarded for their activism, a partnership with sports trading-card company Topps and other America-focused groups is taking a front-row seat at the NBA Finals.

For the series between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs, the players will wear patches that read "USA 250" on their jerseys to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States, the NBA reported.

According to Topps, players' patches will be removed after every game, and "select game-worn patches" will be featured inside "ultra-rare" trading cards.

The initiative is part of the NBA's year-long celebration of the United States, which was announced in January, alongside partnerships with several groups, some of which are less controversial than others.

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BREAKING: Every player in the 2026 NBA Finals will wear a USA 250 patch on their jersey. The patches will be removed after each game, with select game-worn patches later featured inside ultra-rare trading cards 🔥 pic.twitter.com/xLwC4YAhe6
— Topps (@Topps) June 1, 2026

"The 250th birthday of the United States offers the NBA family a wonderful opportunity for reflection and civic engagement, and we're proud to help bring communities together through hands-on service," said the NBA's senior vice president of social impact and inclusion, Barbara Bush.

"The NBA family has long believed in the unifying power of basketball and the importance of taking collective action to strengthen our communities," Bush added.

To that end, the NBA has been working with the organizations Military250, Stand Together, and America250.

Military250 is described as a national initiative dedicated to honoring the 250th anniversaries of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, as well as focusing on veterans and military families.

Stand Together is an organization that is more political in nature, pledging to work through the country's toughest issues while offering discussion on topics like immigration, freedom of speech, and criminal justice.

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America250 is more direct. Its website says it is focused on inspiring fellow Americans to reflect on the country's past, strengthen their "love of country," and to renew their "commitment to the ideals of democracy."

In addition to the America-themed NBA trading cards, Topps announced it will have "Freedom 250" cards for the upcoming UFC event at the White House.

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Have over-the-top proms replaced weddings for black Americans?



As more people share their big life moments on social media, the more extravagant “ghetto prom” videos have flooded everyone’s timelines — featuring red carpets, flashy outfits, and expensive cars.

“They’re spending a lot of money on these proms, going to a lot of trouble and expense for these proms,” BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock comments, sharing a recent tweet that brought this to his attention.

“A white woman on tiktok said that ‘ghetto prom’ is flashy and over the top because it’s the closest thing they have in their culture to weddings. She got dragged for saying it, but many black people in the comments begrudgingly agreed with her point,” Mary Morgan posted on X.


“Have things gotten so bad as it relates to marriage and family that we’ve started a new tradition that the prom is the peak of black love, and it has to be celebrated and money spent on it like it’s a wedding?”

Whitlock asks Delano Squires what he thinks.

“I think it’s a two-part thing,” Squires says, “One, the prom also signals the end of a high school career, so to speak. So there’s a celebration aspect in that respect.”

“But then it’s also this notion that, OK, boy and girl together, got on the dresses, you know, you’re renting nice cars, and so on and so forth,” he continues, pointing out that “in the age of the internet, these things are getting even more extravagant.”

In one clip of these young prom-goers, Squires points out that a boy was “flashing a wad of cash.”

“I’ve seen reports that that young man was actually killed,” he says. “I don’t know if he was killed on his prom night or at some point after that. And there’s an even larger overarching phenomenon that’s going on here, which is that in a lot of these communities, particularly for young men, to make it to the age of 21 or 25 is an accomplishment.”

“So part of the reason I think you see such over-the-top celebrations is because some of these proms are taking place in communities where there really is not a lot to celebrate and young men don’t live long enough to have a full life,” he continues.

“So,” he adds, “when you see this kid go from flashing stacks of money to now the quote-unquote celebration of life is going to be in the church where they’re laying him to rest. I can understand why people who live in those circumstances think … we have to throw a big bash because they’re living in a sort of cultural context where it’s like literally tomorrow is not promised today.”

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Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback blames family collapse for black teen takeovers



Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback is running to succeed governor Ron DeSantis — and after he announced his radical plan to disrupt "teen takeovers," Florida might just see him win.

Fishback stepped up to reveal his plan after 22 young people were arrested at a riot in downtown Tampa, Florida, this month, beginning with a controversial but true statement: “One thing that we have to confront is that black youth violence is a problem in Florida.”

The candidate pointed out that the group was “almost exclusively young and black.”

“There’s something to be said about the root causes that lead a 12-year-old who was arrested here on Friday night to riot without parental supervision. 72% of black kids born today will be born to an unmarried mother,” Fishback explained.


He went on to announce three policies that would take effect immediately if he were to win.

“We will be charging anyone who participates in a so-called teen takeover with Florida State Statute 8701, a third-degree felony of rioting. I’m also going to instruct state attorneys, including right here in the 13th Judicial Circuit, to make it so that any teen who is charged with aggravated rioting is charged as an adult,” he explained.

“Number two, we’re going to stand up a social media youth disruption unit tasked by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in my first month as governor to lawfully and constitutionally monitor incitement and threats of riots like the one that took place here, to disrupt them before they begin,” he continued. “And that includes me as governor activating the Florida National Guard.”

“And number three, what I’m going to direct the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to do is to convene a five-person panel of law enforcement, business leaders, and, most importantly, our church leaders to look at the root causes of black youth crime and to prepare a report to give to me as the governor within my first 90 days,” he added.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock is thrilled.

“He’s addressing this teen takeover issue. He’s addressing the complications, the consequences of a fatherless culture, and it has to be addressed head-on,” Whitlock says, before asking Fishback himself, “Why have you chosen to step out here and make this a central part of your campaign for running for governor?”

“Because violence affects everybody, Jason,” Fishback says.

“You’ve got to hold people accountable. If you do an action and there are not consequences, that action is going to repeat. It is as old as time,” he adds.

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‘Adam Silver, I got questions’: Jason Whitlock accuses NBA of rigging Spurs-Thunder Game 5



Tonight, the San Antonio Spurs will face off against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 6 of the 2026 NBA Western Conference Finals. The Thunder team currently leads the series 3-2.

But a viral conspiracy theory claims that Game 5 was rigged in Oklahoma City’s favor.

Between several controversial refereeing calls — including a missed goaltending violation, a denied coach’s challenge, and a massive free-throw disparity — as well as Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama’s mysterious shutdown after dominating earlier in the series and a Google “glitch” that prematurely listed Thunder vs. Knicks as the Finals matchup, many are convinced this was a rigged outcome designed to keep the Thunder alive and boost playoff viewership.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock believes this conspiracy theory is true.

“What tranquilizer did they shoot into Victor Wembanyama? ... What were Tony Brothers and the DEI refereeing crew doing last night? What were the San Antonio Spurs doing last night?” he asks. “Adam Silver, I got some questions.”

“The NBA and Adam Silver need content,” Whitlock says, speculating that Wembanyama was told by his coaches to “conserve [his] energy” because the “refs aren’t going to allow [the Spurs] to win Game 5.”

“That’s what it looked like last night, particularly in the first half when Wembanyama couldn’t even be bothered occasionally to run full court and to even enter into the Spurs’ offense, when Victor Wembanyama hung out, 7-foot-5, spent the entire first half and most of the game just hanging out casually around the three-point line,” he explains.

To the counterargument that Wembanyama was just “worn out” or had “an off night,” Whitlock contends that “superstars” like Wembanyama may have “bad shooting nights,” “a bunch of turnovers,” and even make “a critical error at the end of the game,” but they never just stop “giving a sincere effort.”

The officiating crew’s performance was on par with Wembanyama’s, he adds, highlighting Spurs coach Mitch Johnson’s denied coach’s challenge on a play where replays clearly showed the ball going out of bounds off Thunder player Chet Holmgren’s foot.

“I’m not some crazy ‘every game is rigged’ conspiracy theorist, but you can’t tell me that game last night was on the up and up,” Whitlock says.

To hear his full game analysis, watch the episode above.

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Jason Whitlock blasts George Floyd memorials on Memorial Day: ‘We’re so far removed from the truth’



“George Floyd Square” in Minneapolis was packed this Memorial Day as residents came to remember the sixth anniversary of Floyd’s death — which BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock finds “extremely unhealthy.”

“He’s set off a toxin in global society and particularly in American society. His death, a tragedy, has been exploited to spark more racial division and, you know, George Floyd-19 disease,” Whitlock tells his panel on “Jason Whitlock Harmony.”

Shemeka Michelle agrees, asking, “What exactly are we celebrating?”

“This man should not be any type of hero to the black community. He didn’t even lay down his life willingly. ... To actually acknowledge this, in my opinion, on Memorial Day when we had people who actually went into battle to fight for our freedom, who lost their lives, and we’re acting as if he compares in some type of way,” Michelle explains.


“He didn’t raise his hand to say, ‘Hey, let me die for a cause. Let me die for America. Let me die for the freedom of people.’ This just happened because he was high on drugs,” she continues, pointing out that even Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter, Bernice King, was publicly honoring Floyd.

“What? Your father was Martin Luther King Jr. ... How is George Floyd even coming out of your mouth?” she asks.

And those celebrating George Floyd could use a little history lesson.

“We’re so far removed from the truth and our own history that we have no reverence for Memorial Day. And it was started by black people that were thanking Union soldiers for fighting in the Civil War and sacrificing their lives,” Whitlock explains.

“And somehow celebrating George Floyd takes precedence over celebrating Memorial Day. It’s just sad and tragic to me,” he adds.

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Green Bay Packers running back arrested for disturbing domestic crimes



A star running back for the Green Bay Packers has been arrested on five charges that include a felony surrounding domestic abuse allegations.

Hobart-Lawrence police in Wisconsin responded to a disturbance complaint on Saturday morning involving Packers running back and three-time Pro Bowl player Josh Jacobs.

'We ask for fairness and restraint.'

Police arrived after 8:30 a.m. to investigate the domestic issue, according to NBC26, which resulted in Jacobs' arrest and subsequent booking into the Brown County Jail. Jacobs' charges include battery, disorderly conduct, and criminal damage to property, all of which fall under the category of "domestic abuse."

Other charges include intimidation of a victim and the more disturbing felony charge of "strangulation and suffocation."

According to the NFL, which cited jail records, Jacobs was charged with one felony and four misdemeanor counts of assault with a bond set at $1,350.

Jail records reviewed by Blaze News made no mention of any charges and said Jacobs had been issued a "mandatory court appearrance [sic]" but "no bond."

Hobart-Lawrence Police Chief Michael Renkas said in a press release that the investigation remains active and ongoing.

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Jacobs' attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, released a statement saying, "Josh vehemently denies the allegations, and this matter is in the early stages of investigation with important evidence that has not yet been made public."

The attorneys added, "We ask for fairness and restraint while the judicial process takes its course."

The Packers told NFL reporter Tom Pelissero that they are "aware of the matter involving Josh Jacobs."

"As it is an ongoing legal situation, we will withhold further comment," the Packers' statement concluded.

On Wednesday, the Packers canceled their scheduled player media availability after their open practice. Coach Matt LaFleur will still hold his scheduled press conference, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

The team will still have a chance to make players available to the press though. NFL teams must make head coaches and players available at least once for every three days of official team activities during training camp.

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Jacobs has had an outstanding career so far. He surpassed 1,000 rushing yards in four of his first seven seasons, with 929 rushing yards in 2025.

He led the league in rushing yards in 2022 with 1,653 yards and was named first-team All-Pro that same season.

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Whitlock blasts NAACP for ‘victimology’ message targeting young black athletes



The NAACP has called for young black athletes to boycott Southern sports programs in light of redistricting, and BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock is tired of the organization's victim mindset poisoning the youth.

“The NAACP has been set up as an institutional leader for black people, and they continue to promote the message that we’re owed something, we’re victims, and that young black people, you need to make these incredible sacrifices," Whitlock tells Virgil Walker.

“The idea that blacks are being marginalized … is absolutely inaccurate and false,” Walker agrees.

“No black person is now not able to vote that was voting. No black person is marginalized. There are no tests that are going to be in place at voting booths. … Nothing is going to change. But they’ve leveraged that to an audience for whom they’ve preached victimology,” he says.



“They want to leverage young black players at the very moment in their lives when they’re actually coming into opportunity, education, and money,” Walker says, pointing out that the organization is “nowhere to be found” when those kids are struggling during their youth.

“And the moment at which these kids are about to walk through a door of opportunity, the NAACP says, ‘Oh, hold up, hold up. Before you go there, we need to take all of that opportunity away from you, because you need to spend that equity, that sweat equity, with us,” he continues.

“That kind of messaging should scream so loud in the ears of parents that they begin to see organizations like the NAACP for the fraudulent organizations that they are,” he adds.

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Jason Whitlock: WNBA is sacrificing Caitlin Clark to protect its ‘black and lesbian’ agenda



Caitlin Clark kicked off her third professional season in the WNBA earlier this month with a mysterious back injury. Both she and Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White have repeatedly insisted that it’s minor and will not impact Clark’s season, but Jason Whitlock is suspicious.

The BlazeTV host believes that Clark’s prowess is on the decline after her body has taken a brutal beating from WNBA bullies who find Clark a threat — not because she’s “the best thing that ever happened to the WNBA,” but because she’s white and heterosexual.

The anti-Clark bias, Whitlock points out, continues off the court. In 2024, despite her dominance in her rookie season, Clark was left off of the U.S. women's basketball team for the 2024 Paris Olympics. WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes also repeatedly criticized Clark in interviews and podcasts, questioning the legitimacy of Clark’s broken records and dismissing her success.

Whitlock can only come to one conclusion: The WNBA prioritizes its “agenda” above athletic success.

“If we have to sacrifice the popularity of women's basketball to stay on message, to stay on agenda that this is a league dominated and controlled by black women and lesbian women and we're hostile to white women and heterosexual women, we will sacrifice popularity, attention, ratings, everything to stay on message,” he laments.

To prove his point, Whitlock runs several clips of Clark getting brutally fouled by opponents, with the physicality so over the top that it looks like they have a personal vendetta.

And yet “no one [spoke] out,” he says, criticizing the media’s silence and, in many cases, defense of Clark’s attackers.

“The mental coupled with the physical attack on Caitlin Clark, we haven't seen anything like it,” he sighs.

The bias against Clark, Whitlock argues, is even apparent on her own team.

“The Indiana Fever [is] not constructing a team around her to protect her,” he says, noting how Erica Wheeler — Clark’s “ride or die” who would “get physical and defend” her — was replaced by Sophie Cunningham, who he says is more effective as “an Instagram model” than “an enforcer.”

On top of that, the Fever head coach during Clark's rookie season, Christie Sides, was replaced by Stephanie White, an “alphabet mafia soldier,” says Whitlock.

Based on his analysis, the team is more committed to “[indoctrinating] Caitlin Clark” into the WNBA’s “black and lesbian” culture than it is “[building] a team” around her.

“They didn't put her in an environment where she can excel,” he says.

To hear more, watch the episode above.

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