*Podcaster and columnist for The Atlantic, Jemele Hill is raising eyebrows over her tweet saying those Asian Americans praising the US Supreme Court for declaring affirmative action to be unconstitutional “carried the water” for white supremacy
As the world knows by now, this past Thursday (06-29-23), the Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision, ruled that using race as a factor in college admissions violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause. A lot of Asian Americans, including Asian Wave Alliance President Yiatin Chu, were thrilled over the decision and called it a step towards equal treatment at major universities.
“I told my daughter that today is a big day. They’ve ended affirmative action. ‘Isn’t it what you’re been fighting for?’ she asked. I said yes,” Chu tweeted.
Well, Jemele Hill didn’t see it that way and spoke out via Twitter, targeting Asian Americans for celebrating it.
“Can’t wait until she reads that you gladly carried the water for white supremacy and stabbed the folks in the back whose people fought diligently for Asian American rights in America,” Hill wrote.
Can’t wait until she reads that you gladly carried the water for white supremacy and stabbed the folks in the back whose people fought diligently for Asian American rights in America. https://t.co/JA1iTp6A6I
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) July 1, 2023
For all those celebrating the Court’s reversal of Affirmative Action as a victory for Asian American students, a lot of progressives ringing the alarm, saying the decision has practically legalized discrimination against black students.
MSNBC contributor Eddie Glaude, who’s also a Princeton professor dismissed the consideration for Asian students by interpreting it as a return to a “segregated” landscape.
“To be honest with you, we will return to elite institutions, more specifically being the space for a particular population, for predominantly white and Asian students. We will begin to see a kind of segregated higher education landscape,” Glaude said. “I’m trying to manage my emotions, but you know, this was just one remedy, affirmative action, the only remedy to the legacy of discrimination in admissions in American higher education.”
If you follow Jemele Hill, you know that this was not the first time she’s spoken her mind about a minority group supporting white supremacy.
It was after the police beating of Tyre Nichols by five black officers came to light in January, she said the incident arose from racism.
“Just as women sometimes carry the water for misogyny and the patriarchy, black people have definitely done the same for white supremacy,” Hill tweeted at the time. She added: “You’re stuck on the faces. I’m looking at the system and why it was created.”
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