House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is being referred to as out for a racially-charged faculty newspaper editorial he wrote in 1992 that in contrast Black conservatives to slaves.
In the essay titled “The Black Conservative Phenomenon” within the Binghamton University newspaper, Mr. Jeffries wrote that the rise of the Black conservative “threatens [to] sustain the oppression of the Black masses.”
“The House Negro of the slavery era and the Black conservative of today are both opportunists interested in securing some measure of happiness for themselves within the existing social order. In both cases, the social order has Blacks occupying the lowest societal echelon,” wrote Mr. Jeffries.
Criticism of the newly resurfaced editorial got here from Black conservatives together with Rep. Byron Donalds, Florida Republican.
“Should Hakeem Jeffries apologize? Obviously, for what he wrote in that essay, 100%,” he mentioned on Fox News.
“Here’s the bigger thing. I’m kind of over the phony apologies,” he mentioned. “Let’s have a real debate about Black conservatism versus Black liberalism. Let’s actually have a real, honest conversation about whose policies are actually going to unleash not just Black America but all of America, because I think that’s the debate that the American people need to have right now today.”
The Washington Times reached out to Mr. Jeffries however didn’t hear again.
Mr. Jeffries, New York Democrat, penned the editorial in response to President George H.W. Bush’s nomination of Judge Clarence Thomas, a Black conservative, to the Supreme Court.
He additionally wrote within the essay that the “problem with the Black conservative politician of today” is that their agenda doesn’t embrace “the upliftment of their people.” He accused Black conservatives of being “right-wing opportunists” who spout conservative ideology and in alternate are “elevated to positions historically reserved for whites.”
Days after the editorial ran, his uncle, Black research professor Leonard Jeffries, who had misplaced his job over making antisemitic remarks, spoke on the faculty campus.
The youthful Mr. Jeffries has since claimed to have solely a “vague recollection” concerning the antisemitism controversy surrounding his uncle.
Mr. Jeffries has informed reporters he wasn’t keyed into the information about his uncle, saying that’s comprehensible as a result of there wasn’t continuous Internet information on the time.
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