Jemele Hill advocated for more conversations with young black boys regarding regulating their emotions and making decisions in a recent podcast episode.
Hill, a former ESPN commentator and current contributor for The Atlantic, spoke on her podcast “SPOLITICS Live!” on Wednesday regarding the Karmelo Anthony verdict.
“Let this be a lesson to us, especially to teach our young black boys,” she said.
“We need to be having conversations with our young black boys regarding emotional regulation, and decision making and discernment and wisdom,” she added. (RELATED: INGERSOLL: What Do We Do About All These Rapists, Racists, And Filthy, Thieving Liars?)
“I do believe that Karmelo Anthony should have been convicted of a crime,” she said. “I don’t think it should have been first-degree murder. I think he should have been convicted of a lesser crime because of the unequal and imbalance in the level of force that was applied.”
“We have to have [these conversations],” she concluded. “To save them.”
Karmelo Anthony was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet.
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Hill left ESPN in 2018 after an “amicable” buyout of her contract, author James Miller and the New York Post reported at the time. ESPN suspended Hill in 2017 for violating the network’s social media rules. After Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones stated that players who don’t respect the flag will not play for the Cowboys, Hill tweeted that fans who disagree should boycott the football team’s advertisers, ESPN reported.
A month prior to her suspension, Hill had also tweeted about President Donald Trump.
“Trump is the most ignorant, offensive president of my lifetime. His rise is a direct result of white supremacy. Period,” she said.
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
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— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 14, 2017
This is not the first time that Hill has made comments regarding race.
“A lot of y’all voted for what you voted for because of who they were keeping out the country. Some of y’all don’t want the country to look a certain way,” Hill said during a March 2026 episode of her show regarding middle Americans who voted for Trump in the 2024 election.
“Some of y’all think this country is getting a little too brown, little too dark for your taste. And so you voted to deport and to terrorize certain members of the community because you don’t want the community of America to look a certain way. And just admit it!”