WHITE AMERICA WANTS TO USE THE N WORD...IS IT FREEDOM OF SPEECH OR RACISM?
2Hill was part of an explosive panel discussion about racism, Karmelo Anthony and Shiloh Hendrix with Myron Gaines, Lilly Gaddis and Rikki Schlott.
On a recent episode of Piers Morgan’s talk show, “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” Marc Lamont Hill had to do what is commonly referred to in the Black community as “the Lord’s work.”
The episode focused on two recent stories in America: that of Shiloh Hendrix, the white woman in Rochester, Minnesota, caught on a viral video referring to a 5-year-old as the N-word who has since raised over $600,000 from supporters through a GiveSendGo fundraiser and Karmelo Anthony, a black teenager who allegedly killed a white teenager in Frisco, Texas, during a confrontation over where Karmelo was standing during a rainstorm. As often happens in many situations where the two involved parties are of different races, race becomes a predominant focus of the national conversation.
To have that conversation, Morgan invited controversial figures Myron Gaines, a Sudanese-American podcaster whose views about women and Black people tend to put him at odds with women and Black people, New York Post columnist Rikki Schlott, self-proclaimed unashamed racist Lilly Gaddis, and professor, podcast host and former anchor at TheGrio, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, who often finds himself in conversations with people that nobody else in the entire Black community is interested in speaking to or with. Again, he’s doing “the Lord’s work.”
Hill later shared the clip on his social media with a message about the discussion and a reason why he had to shut down that ridiculous request by Piers Morgan.
“We must never allow disrespect from anyone, but especially out [sic] open enemies. And we must always affirm our dignity (and) self-worth.”