‘She’s not Black. That’s what I heard. That she’s Indian’
Janet Jackson is claiming she did not authorize an apology after she made comments about Vice-President Kamala Harris’ racial identity in a new interview.
“Well, you know what they supposedly said?” Jackson told the news outlet. “She’s not Black. That’s what I heard. That she’s Indian.”
When the interviewer said Harris is both Black and Indian, Jackson claimed her father is actually White.
“Her father’s White. That’s what I was told. I mean, I haven’t watched the news in a few days,” she said. “I was told that they discovered her father was White.”
Harris’ father is Jamaican and her mother, who died in 2009, was born in India.
Jackson’s comments sparked immediate backlash on social media, with many of the five-time Grammy winner’s fans accusing her of spreading “damaging disinformation.”
Jackson’s opinions echoed one Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made in July.
Variety noted that the Miss You Much singer has been managed by her brother Randy for a number of years.
“I no longer work for her. I was fired by Janet and Randy, after attempts to improve her image in front of public opinion and her fans, and this is something I do not deserve,” he told the outlet.