Ryan Clark Slams Andrew Schulz And ‘ShxtsNGigs’ Hosts

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Former NFL star Ryan Clark condemned Andrew Schulz and the hosts of the ShxtsNGigs podcast for their disparaging remarks about Black women during a viral interview on the latter’s Flagrant show released in July.

Clark, who hosts The Pivot podcast, shared a clip from an upcoming episode on X (formerly Twitter) on Sept. 19, where he criticized ShxtsNGigs hosts James Duncan and Fuhad Dawodu for laughing at Schulz’s offensive joke about the so-called “Black girlfriend effect.” In the clip, Duncan suggested that  white men dating Black women tend to transform their appearance, like getting a “clean shape up.” However, Schulz added to the discussion with a troubling remark, claiming that men shave their heads out of stress from being around a Black girlfriend who complains “all the time f*cking time,” which prompted laughs from the duo.

Clark breaks down his “powerful” experiences with Black women.

Ryan Clark stepped in to shut down the divisive remark in his video posted Thursday. The former New York Giants star expressed disappointment with Duncan and Dawodu for failing to stand up for Black women on the show, noting how they let Schulz get too “comfortable” with disrespecting their community. The NFL alum shared that his encounters with Black women have always been “powerful, beautiful, strong and supportive,” beginning with his mother, who worked her way up from being a bank teller to running “her own collateral department.” Sadly, when the bank ended up selling to another financial institution, she endured mistreatment and never received praise for her hard work.

“To see her go to that same job 8 to 5 to be treated anyway that she had to be treated because she only had a high school diploma, and then find ways to not only feed me but do homework with me and my brother, take us to practice because my dad worked three jobs,” Clark said. “That was the first black woman experience that I had.”

Schulz further escalated the situation by implying that Black women are violent, stating that white men “grow a beard for more cushion when they get slapped” by their Black partners. In contrast, Clark said his interaction with his wife, a Black woman, was far from violent. He praised his wife for being a beacon of support and guidance throughout his various health struggles and hardships. 

“For her to hold my family together, so I could be in the household with my children when I was doing things, and I wasn’t shit— that’s the Black woman experience,” he continued. “The Black woman experience is Black women caring so much about the nuclear Black family, Black women taking care of young Black men to teach them how to be leaders, to teach them how to be strong, to teach them how to care about God, about their family, and it’s about their communities and to raise their young Black women to be independent enough to take care of themselves, but to understand how to support a family, how to support a man, while also understanding how to get it on your own. That’s the Black woman’s experience that I know. The reason that Black women are tough is because when you’re mistreated in a way that Black women are, if you’re not tough, you just die off. You don’t survive. That’s the Black woman’s experience.”

In his caption, Clark added, “I’m not sure what Black woman experience @andrewschulz has had, but it hasn’t been the real ‘Black girlfriend effect.’ To insult Black women and describe them as complainers & abusive isn’t just untrue. It’s disrespectful. Even worse, James Duncan & Fuhad Dawodu allowing him to say…it is more insulting. “

Fans praise Clark for standing up for Black women.

Fans on X praised Clark for his well-spoken clapback, although some users claimed he was being “soft” with his response.

Duncan and Dawodu have since apologized for their behavior on the show, admitting that Schulz’s joke was “frankly a racist joke” and that they were indeed “laughing at it.” Still, some netizens believe they should do more to rectify the situation. 

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