for Vice TV alongside her fellow ESPN alum Cari Champion. The point is, Hill is everywhere, often talking about things before some are ready to hear them. So it only made sense to talk to her about what where we’re at, and where we’re going.JEMELE HILL: I’m in Los Angeles, where I live. I’m at my house and I’ve pretty much been in isolation since about mid-March. I’m trying to remember when the last day was that California was fully open. It was a Sunday, for sure.
Given the overall state of our political landscape, this being an election year, I think it’s confirmed how much we’re really lacking in leadership. Being in this pandemic where we really need guidance and a certain tone to be set for the country, you see the failings. So, at the end of the day, when this story of how America handled the pandemic gets written, we will have lost to it. Not because we were incapable, and not because we didn’t have the medical expertise.
the things that I used to hang my hat on is that every single interview that I did was face-to-face. I’d never done a phone interview because I felt like in face-to-face interaction, you really get the best of people, and people can sense the conversation taking place. But, I must admit, doing them remotely has been just as rewarding, if not more rewarding.
UITTI: Do you think there is hope for true racial equality in the United States? If so, what do you think is the first step toward that goal?It’s possible. There’s a difference between possible and likely, right? It’s certainly possible because we have shown in various periods in our history that we are, at least temporarily, capable of some kind of racial reconciliation.
UITTI: Do you ever feel angry at the state of things? If so, how do you personally channel it? Is anger ever a useful emotion?I think it was the great James Baldwin that said, “To be Black in America is to be in a constant state of rage.
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