Janet Jackson Repeats False Claim On Kamala Harris’ Race

Janet Jackson entertained a false declare about Kamala Harris’ racial id in an interview revealed by The Guardian on Saturday.

“Effectively, what they supposedly mentioned? She’s not Black. That’s what I heard. That she’s Indian,” the music icon advised The Guardian’s Nosheen Iqbal.

Iqbal, in her piece on the singer, referred to Jackson’s 1989 hit “Rhythm Nation” the place she sings of becoming a member of voices “in protest to social injustice” and pushing towards “a world rid of colour traces” earlier than mentioning the election and the vice chairman.

Jackson, after Iqbal precisely famous that Harris is each Black and Indian, continued to name Harris’ id into query and mentioned she “was advised” the vice chairman’s father, Donald J. Harris, is white. (He isn’t.)

“I imply, I haven’t watched the information in a couple of days. I used to be advised that they found her father was white,” mentioned Jackson, whose remarks left the reporter floored.

Jackson’s feedback arrive after former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Kamala Harris “occurred to show Black” as he questioned the vice chairman’s id on the Nationwide Affiliation of Black Journalists conference in July.

The previous president notably attacked then-President Barack Obama by pushing the “birther” conspiracy principle over a decade in the past.

Harris, when requested concerning the “flip Black” remarks, advised CNN’s Dana Bash that it’s the “standard, drained playbook” from the GOP nominee.

Iqbal, later in her interview with Jackson, knowledgeable the singer that Harris “has twin heritage” and requested if America is prepared for her ought to she turn out to be president.

“I don’t know,” mentioned Jackson, who’s gearing up for extra stops on her Collectively Once more Tour.

“Truthfully, I don’t wish to reply that as a result of I actually, in truth, don’t know. I believe both manner it goes goes to be mayhem.”