Cari Champion and Jemele Hill mocked my hair in 2020. Six years later, Jemele Hill says the public’s fixation on her blonde hair is “particularly disgraceful.” So what changed?
In this SMH Case Study Coaching episode, we’re pulling the receipts and examining what happens when people suddenly discover a principle only when THEY need its protection.
Back in 2020, after I criticized Black Lives Matter during a speech in Michigan, Jemele Hill and Cari Champion responded by attacking my appearance. They joked about my hair, my edges and even declared, “All edges matter.”
Today, Cari says a Black woman’s hair should not be “discussed, dissected and policed” while defending Jemele from criticism over her blonde hair.
So which is it?
Was policing a Black woman’s hair wrong in 2020, or did it only become wrong when the Black woman was Jemele Hill?
This isn’t really about wigs, blonde hair or edges. It’s about selective empathy, ideological tribalism and the convenient principles we develop when the rules we applied to somebody else finally get applied to us.
A principle that only becomes a principle when YOU need its protection isn’t a principle. It’s self-interest.
???? QUESTION: Is this hypocrisy, growth, or is there a legitimate difference between what they said about me and what’s being said about Jemele Hill today?
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00:00 Jemele Hill Says Black Women’s Hair Is Off Limits
02:20 The 2020 Receipt
05:56 The Hypocrisy Behind The Hair Argument
11:05 Jemele Hill Invokes The CROWN Act
16:15 Why The CROWN Act Doesn’t Save This Argument
19:31 Selective Empathy & Political Tribalism
30:32 The Verdict: You Can’t Have It Both Ways
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