Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries came under fire this week after it was revealed he once penned a college editorial defending his uncle from incendiary comments made against Jewish people — and compared Clarence Thomas to a “house negro,” RadarOnline.com has learned.
The shocking revelation came after Jeffries initially claimed he had “vague recollections” about the controversy that took place roughly 30 years ago.
According to CNN, the controversy started after the Democratic congressman’s uncle – Black studies professor Leonard Jeffries – lost his teaching job in the early 1990s after claiming “rich Jews” were to blame for the African slave trade.
Jeffries’ uncle also faced backlash for claiming Jewish executives were responsible for “denigrating” Black Americas in movies by way of a “conspiracy, planned and plotted and programmed out of Hollywood.”
Although Congressman Jeffries has denounced the dangerous views shared by his uncle more than 30 years ago, he also claimed to only have “vague recollections” regarding the controversy.
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