'People, uncomfortable with a black woman in a power position': Texas A&M basketball coach defends her outfit choice after being criticized 4 wearing tight pink leather pants & high heels to a game

On Instagram, her team even posted photos of Carter walking onto the court in a white leather skirt and matching white heels with players in tow, captioned 'Let them talk. We got your back.'

Carter, who said she 'literally posts every outfit,' said her looks, outfits and abilities,  have been discussed ad nauseam throughout her career.

The longtime Texas A&M player turned WNBA basketballer, has worked professionally with her alma mater since 2020.

Carter played for the Aggies between 2008 and 2012 and was a three-time team captain. She ranks 10th of all time in steals (206) and 18th in points (1,176), according to the Texas A&M website. She was selected 27th overall in the WNBA draft to the Chicago Sky, where she played for four years. 

For seven years subsequently, she played countries such as Latvia and Israel internationally, becoming a three-time Latvian/Estonian Champion and winning an Eastern European League Championship in 2016.     

Unlike basketball, she said it's impossible for a woman to ever win over the court of public opinion entirely.  

'You hear so many times that people don't want to watch women play basketball, because there's too many that look manly, or they play like a guy or don't play enough like guys,' she said. 

'Women can never satisfy anybody in any aspect of life. Just as a woman, it's hard enough. It's hard enough that we're not paid the same or that people think that we can't do some of the same things or something as well as men in a male-dominated industry.' 

Carter, pictured, played for the Aggies between 2008 and 2012 and was a three-time team captain. She was selected 27th overall in the WNBA draft to the Chicago Sky, where she played for four years. For seven years subsequently, she played countries such as Latvia and Israel internationally, becoming a three-time Latvian/Estonian Champion and winning an Eastern European League Championship in 2016

Carter said it's impossible for a woman to ever win over the court of public opinion entirely. 'You hear so many times that people don't want to watch women play basketball, because there's too many that look manly, or they play like a guy or don't play enough like guys'

Carter said she's 'not gonna turn [her] light off because somebody else is offended or intimidated by the fact that [she] embraces herself'

While she said she was accustomed to this sort of reaction to her attire, she said  she wasn't trying to 'kick down any barriers' or to 'set a trend' with the ensemble. 

She added that the positive feedback she's received on last Sunday's fashion choice has made her 'heart smile.' 

Above all else, Carter wants to be a positive influence on the women she coaches - and feels that the leather pants controversy has ultimately served as a lesson.  

'I think a lot of college kids these days struggle with being confident and embracing who they really are because they are afraid of what the world will say. And I hope that I am a living example of who cares what they say.'