American sportswriter Jemele Hill draws backlash after likening the USA to Nazi Germany

American sports journalist Jemele Hill caused quite a ruckus on social media over weekend with her controversial tweet that compared current climate in US to that of Nazi Germany. On Sunday, Jemele Hill took to Twitter to claim that she's been reing a new book by Isabel Wilkerson titled, “Caste: Origins of Our Discontents".  44-year-old's controversial tweet went viral with many public figures, regardless of ideology or ethnicity, replying with outrage over her analogy. 

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Sports journalist Jemele Hill tweets about US situation and compares it to Nazi Germany

Jemele Hill caused a stir on Twitter when she tweeted about current situation in US, comparing it to Nazi Germany under olf Hitler's rule. Atlantic sportswriter used her Twitter page to inform her 1.9 million followers to give Isabel Wilkerson's “Caste: Origins of Our Discontents" a re while comparing current state of affairs in US to that of Nazi Germany. She wrote, "If you were of opinion that United States wasn’t nearly as b as Nazi Germany, how wrong you are" and referred to book as a "masterpiece". Although Jemele Hill's tweet received over 36,000 likes in 24 hours, she came under heavy criticism in comments section. 

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David Hookste of Daily Caller replied to Hill's tweet and wrote, “Imagine living in this kind of delusional fantasyland where you think US and Nazi Germany are similar.” Inez Stepman of Independent Women's Forum replied to Hill's tweet and claimed that she lived in both countries, labelling sportswriter's comments as 'disgusting'. One user wrote, "Re a book. American's didn't kill six million Jews" while anor replied with entire list of what took place at Nazi extermination camps.

Jemele Hill comments on Donald Trump

Back in 2017, Jemele Hill me helines for her comments on Donald Trump when she labelled US President a “white supremacist" on Twitter. She was a host on ESPN at time and  company initially refused to punish Hill but n suspended her for two weeks in October 2017 after she violated company’s social media guidelines again. Hill left her job at ESPN in February 2018 and started working for Atlantic later that year in October. She currently covers race, sports including NFL and NBA, politics and culture. Last year, Hill deleted a tweet that jokingly referenced assassination of President Donald Trump while 74-year-old spoke at a press conference.

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