A year ago, a line in a piece from Saki Benibo—an assertion also articulated a year before in a tweet from Mela…
Well, that didn’t take long. One of the realest to ever talk about sports, a must-follow on Twitter, and newly libera…
Jemele Hill, a black woman who remained so while on television, had a rough go of it at ESPN in the fallout of…
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Jemele Hill was recently named the 2018 Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists, and …
Jemele Hill, senior correspondent and columnist for ESPN’s The Undefeated, has been selected as the 2018 Journalist…
I won’t lie—It didn’t sit well with me when ESPN sports personality Jemele Hill issued a statement saying she “deserv…
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Jemele Hill is switching gears in her career, leaving her position as anchor on ESPN’s SportsCenter to join the…
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Jemele Hill’s name has been hashtagged, dragged and praised heavily this year, and here at The Root, we honor her…

The Root 100 honoree Michael Smith breaks down what people really mean when they tell him and his co-host, Jemele…

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As soon as word came that a black woman would be the presiding judge for the Paul Manafort indictment, I braced…

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Stop. Before you object to my use of the word “slave,” let us be clear: I do not mean “slave” in the way you are…
They are trying to turn black people into the bogeyman. They want everyone else in America to see us as a threat so…