Jemele Hill Doesn't Acknowledge Deadspin Blackface Hoax With Author Responsible For Smearing Child

You probably have not heard the name Carron J. Phillips in over a year.

He lost his job in March when G/O Media sold Deadspin to the European firm Lineup Publishing. A month before, Phillips was named in a lawsuit against Deadspin and G/O Media after he falsely framed a nine-year-old Chiefs boy for wearing blackface.

Let's back up.

On Nov. 27, 2023, Phillips published the following photo of a random kid at a Raiders game with the subsequent headline, "The NFL needs to speak out against the Kansas City Chiefs fan in blackface."

He then accused the child of "hating both black people and Native Americans."

However, as multiple fans at the game quickly pointed out, the other half of the fan's face was painted red. He was not wearing blackface. He was wearing black and red face paint to support his favorite team, the Kansas City Chiefs, who were playing the Raiders that day.

The kid didn't hate Native Americans either. He wore the headdress because he is a Native American.

 Here is the full photo of the fan at that game, a photo Deadspin omitted from its coverage:

On Tuesday, nearly a year later, Phillips re-emerged for his first interview since the lawsuit. He appeared with Jemele Hill on her new podcast, which airs on YouTube. 

What did Phillips have to say about framing a child, the lawsuit, and the damage he caused to the boy and his family? Unfortunately, he didn't address any of those questions. In fact, Jemele Hill never asked about the suit or the piece he published.

Instead, Hill asked Phillips about the "politics of the Super Bowl" and the racism black athletes allegedly face. Riveting.

Now, we understand that Hill is a full-time race grifter who pretends to dislike white people online for trade, despite hanging out