Stephen A. Smith Delivers a Non-Apology to Black Folks [Video]

Stephen A. Smith just gave a master class on how to make a situation worse with an “apology.”

Last week, the “First Take” analyst appeared on conservative firebrand Sean Hannity’s Fox News show and defended Donald Trump’s absurd claim that Black people relate to his legal troubles. The backlash from Black Twitter was quick and brutal.

Smith’s response to that criticism is in the running for the most non-apology apology ever: Instead of remorse and accountability, he went on the defense.

“A lot of folks in Black America seem pretty pissed at me right now, from friends and loved ones to colleagues, contemporaries, and dare I say even the NAACP itself,” Smith said in a viral video posted Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter.

“Quite a few folks were put off, if not flat out offended …