Oh boy.
Marc Lamont Hill was on CNN Monday night when the subject of Steve Harvey came up. Hill first criticized Trump for surrounding himself with African-American athletes and entertainers and then dropped his bombshell, accusing Trump’s “Diversity Coalition” of being filled with “mediocre Negroes … dragged in front of TV as a photo-op.” From Mediaite:
“You weren’t even there…” responded Bruce LeVell, a member of Trump’s diversity team. “Pastor Darryl Scott, Mike Cohen, they are in the process of bringing all types of people from all over the country, from all different backgrounds. Remember the diversity coalition where we reached out to all different types of people?”
“Yeah, it was a bunch of mediocre Negroes being dragged in front of TV as a photo-op for Donald Trump’s exploitative campaign against black people. And you are an example of that,” Hill shot back.
Video here:
https://twitter.com/viralbreaking/status/821223331240284161
So, these are the mediocre Negroes Hill speaks of?
so @marclamonthill thinks @raylewis, @JimBrownNFL32 & @kanyewest are "mediocre negroes" being exploited by Trump? https://t.co/EjosnJuJ07
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) January 17, 2017
Hill later posted on Twitter that those weren’t the folks he was referring to:
I didn't call Jim Brown mediocre. Nor Steve Harvey. Neither are. I specifically referred to the Trump Diversity Council. Neither are on it. https://t.co/b9dQYEss2E
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) January 17, 2017
And Dr. Ben Carson is somehow both mediocre and extraordinary:
Carson is a mediocre choice for HUD. as a human, he's extraordinary. https://t.co/7AK7nDlcv2
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) January 17, 2017
Exit question: What about Martin Luther King III?
Martin Luther King III says he had "very constructive meeting" with Donald Trump addressing "broken voting system" https://t.co/5AMDNEbl0S pic.twitter.com/hjwPqStYE9
— ABC News (@ABC) January 16, 2017
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