ESPN's Jemele Hill may find herself in hot water with the network after she went off on Twitter about President Donald Trump.
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It's worth noting that the network does encourage its personalities to have, you know, personality, and many haven't been afraid to give their political opinions. Sports are sports, but they're also part of the culture (protests in the NFL), and ESPN, more than any other sports network, has been a part of the pop-culture of the United States since its inception.
So yeah, it makes sense for its personalities to acknowledge that there's more to life than just sports. With that said, perhaps Hill recently took it to far. Here's her rant, documented, as always, by Twitter:
Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017
The height of white privilege is being able to ✌🏾ignore✌🏾his white supremacy, because it's of no threat to you. Well, it's a threat to me.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017
Trump is the most ignorant, offensive president of my lifetime. His rise is a direct result of white supremacy. Period.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017
He has surrounded himself with white supremacists -- no they are not "alt right" -- and you want me to believe he isn't a white supremacist?
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017
No the media doesn't make it a threat. It IS a threat. He has empowered white supremacists (see: Charlottesville).
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 12, 2017
How is it a "false narrative?" Did he hire and court white supremacists? Answer: YES
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 12, 2017
You just don't want to believe it because it's too unpleasant. But that doesn't change the facts.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 12, 2017
He is unqualified and unfit to be president. He is not a leader. And if he were not white, he never would have been elected
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 12, 2017
Donald Trump is a bigot. Glad you could live with voting for him. I couldn't, because I cared about more than just myself
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 12, 2017
I hate a lot of things but not enough to jeopardize my fellow citizens with an unfit, bigoted, incompetent moron. But hey, that's just me.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 12, 2017
And it's funny how you cling to Benghazi but I bet you didn't give one thought to what Trump said about the Central Park 5
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 12, 2017
That's a pretty big rant from a very well-known personality at ESPN, and it came against one of the most notable people in the world: The President of the United States.
This was not a Twitter rant that could be swept under the rug, and ESPN responded in kind. The Network released an apology for the way Hill went about things, which was passed on by ESPN PR on Twitter.
"The comments on Twitter from Jemele Hill regarding the President do not represent the position of ESPN," the statement read. "We have addressed this with Jemele and she recognizes her actions were inappropriate."
It sounds like this is where ESPN will leave things with Hill, and that's because she is talented and well-liked as an ESPN personality. With that said, the network has let people go over things they've said and done on social media, so she likely wouldn't receive as much grace from her employers in the future if a similar incident takes place.
