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Jemele Hill Explains ‘Racist’ Question to Jake Paul

Jemele Hill is never one to back down from a controversy, especially one she creates for herself. The former ESPN SportsCenter host is now hosting a show with Cari Champion on Vice, and they were interviewing youtube sensation turned boxer Jake Paul.  The controversy erupted when they asked Paul if it was racist to knock out a black man.

The clip immediately went viral.

Now Jemele is doing her best to explain what they were thinking by asking the question.


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Totally get that it’s a late night show, but the question didn’t completely come off as a joke. And Jake Paul certainly didn’t feel that way, he answered as seriously and earnestly as possible.

Jemele Hill has a history of race baiting, so naturally people weren’t totally sold on it being a joke question.  Maybe joking about race just isn’t all that funny, at any time of the day.


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