Article 64ZBX Jemele Hill: ‘I care and I’m passionate, but I’m not bothered by people’s opinions of me’

Jemele Hill: ‘I care and I’m passionate, but I’m not bothered by people’s opinions of me’

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Merlisa Lawrence Corbett
from US news | The Guardian on (#64ZBX)

The Atlantic writer and ESPN alumna who took on Trump opens up about finding her voice and why attempting to keep sports separate from politics and culture is a fool's errand

Jemele Hill knew the moment she hit send to tweet about President Trump, she'd get some backlash.

On 11 September 2017, in the middle of a 12-tweet debate with Twitter followers, Hill posted: Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists."

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