On Threads over the weekend, Hill answered the question: "Black people, if you woke up white tomorrow, what's the first thing you would do?"Hill replied: "I'm going to apply for a job with a great salary knowing I have no qualifications and will get the job."ZERO BS.JUST DAKICH.
TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD.DOWNLOAD NOW!Oh, really?At this point, you almost have to admire Hill's commitment to the bit.
Even she can't seriously believe her career would be more successful if she were white.In fact, we can say with near certainty that Hill would not have landed most of the opportunities she's received since leaving ESPN if she were White, whether at The Atlantic, Spotify, or CNN+.Call it DEI, corporate cowardice, or simply racial favoritism.Hill continues to find opportunities because she is a black woman who proudly attacks white people, including once declaring white men the "worse [sic] thing in America for decades."Jemele Hill speaks on stage during the 56th NAACP Image Awards Hosts Hollywood House Symposium at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb.
19, 2025.(Monica Schipper/Getty Images)Her career has followed a pattern since 2017.
Her projects underperform, the opportunities disappear, and yet another executive decides she's worth another chance.While figures like Hill, Bomani Jones, and Elle Duncan have leveraged their race to advance their careers, media companies have aggressively cut ties with white employees since 2020.Just look at ESPN's recent rounds of layoffs.
The cuts have fallen overwhelmingly on white talent.The notion that white Americans routinely walk into high-paying jobs for which they are unqualified is fiction.We understand that Hill does not value facts, but multiple studies have found that white applicants are often passed over in favor of less-qualified candidates from preferred demographic groups.JEMELE HILL SAYS SHE FEELS 'TERRIBLY SAD' FOR KARMELO ANTHONY BECAUSE HIS LAWYER WAS WHJemele Hill speaks onstage ...