Chicago attorney Christian A. Conway, better known as C-Way to her fans, recently took to Instagram to expose the racist slurs she endures as a Black woman who creates content about Black female athletes.
On her Instagram account, the WNBA commentator lamented that lately, “being called a chimp seems to be part of this whole role.”
“The point of this video is to make an example out of all of the people who think this is a good idea.”
In her Aug. 11 post, she called out a white man from Plano, Texas, who recently took a jab at her. She claimed that Justin Edward targeted her race. He wrote, “Y’all are chimps,” ending his thought with a trash can emoji. It was underneath her post about WNBA player DiJonai Carrington posting “white privilege.”Carrington made a post after being ejected for a hard foul in a game on Aug. 8.
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According to Conway, she wasn’t his only target. She claims he posts things “saying he don’t like Black people, he agrees with segregation, the works.”
She decided enough was enough, and exposed the man hiding behind the keyboard to his employer. “That’s where this story gets crazy,” she said.
After Conway sent evidence of his “chimp” remark to his workplace, Roof Experts, the unthinkable happened. The company shared her phone number with her harasser, unbeknownst to her.
“Not only do I not know if he’s going to suffer any consequences… for calling me a chimpanzee for no reason, they gave this man my phone number and he called me!” she said. “I’m thinking it’s them who called me back to let me know what they did about this. No, it’s him, calling to apologize.”
She said Edward brushed off the remarks as something he says when he’s mad and denied being a racist. Before Conway blocked him, she shot back, “I can’t relate to what you’re talking about,” adding “I don’t say those things when I get mad.”
Conway wasn’t interested in an apology to begin with. Rather than have Edward say sorry, she wanted the company to sever ties with him completely. In her words, an apology was “bullcrap.”
Roof Experts did not respond to a request for comment.
Her frustration extended beyond one man or one company. She’s warned other online lurkers that she has the legal background and tools to trace anonymous harassers back to their real identities. “I will find you,” she said — not just for herself and for the other Black female athletes who receive the same treatment.
