A Jeopardy! winner is defending himself from over 400 former participants after he flashed what many perceived to be a white power symbol during his introduction on the game show.
A Jeopardy! winner is defending himself from over 400 former participants after he flashed what many perceived to be a white power symbol during his introduction on the game show.
contestants are calling on the show to take action after a recent winner allegedly flashed a hand gesture that's associated with white supremacist hate groups on air.
Kelly Donohue, the Jeopardy! contestant whose on-air hand signal has been misinterpreted as his endorsement of white supremacy, has posted a lengthy statement on Facebook unequivocally condemning racism and reasserting his explanation that the three-fingered gesture was simply meant to denote his third win.
Antonio Ferme editorA “Jeopardy” contest who used a hand sign allegedly associated with a white power group says the gesture was a “terrible misunderstanding,” as alumni of the game show call on producers to address the controversy.Over 560 (and growing) former “Jeopardy” players published a letter on Medium addressing contestant Kelly Donohue’s three-fingered hand sign, which they allege is associated with the white power group known as the Three Percenters.“A recent contestant has caused
Hundreds of former “Jeopardy!” contestants have signed on to an open letter urging the show’s producers to denounce a hand gesture made by a recent winner that is alleged to be aligned with white supremacist beliefs.
Hundreds of former “Jeopardy!” contestants have signed on to an open letter urging the show’s producers to denounce a hand gesture made by a recent winner that is alleged to be aligned with white supremacist beliefs.
A "Jeopardy!" contestant is fending off accusations after at-home viewers accused the two-time winner of flashing a hand gesture that has become synonymous with white supremacist groups. Returning champion Kelly Donohue appeared on Tuesday’s episode of the competition trivia show and during the show’s introductions, Donohue appeared to hold up the last three fingers on his right hand, forming an "OK" sign touching his forefinger to his thumb and holding it to his chest.
open letter published to Medium on Wednesday condemning incidents on the game show.“A recent contestant has caused concern among ‘Jeopardy!’ viewers for two separate occurrences, and we as former contestants feel the need to speak out against the messaging that these choices communicated — either intentionally or unintentionally — by the contestant Kelly Donohue and, implicitly by association, the producers of ‘Jeopardy!’” they wrote.The “more widely felt” of the two missteps occurred on Tuesday
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