Janet Jackson’s team has denied issuing an apology for her remarks claiming Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is “not Black.”
A rep for the “All For You” songstress told People Sunday evening that an earlier statement shared by Mo Elmasri, who claimed to be Jackson’s manager, was unauthorized.
Her rep told the outlet that Elmasri is not the singer’s manager, nor does that person represent her in any capacity. Randy Jackson is her manager.
Elmasri claimed in the unapproved statement that Janet was apologizing for her comments on Harris’ racial identity, which were “based on misinformation.”
The “Feedback” hitmaker, 58, came under scrutiny after questioning Harris’ race during an interview with the Guardian published on Saturday.
When the pop star was asked about her thoughts on Americans voting for the first Black female presidential nominee, Janet said of Harris, “She’s not black. That’s what I heard. That she’s Indian.”
I think you missed my point. She would know firsthand her brother was suffering from vitiligo and thus “looked” white and people started questioning if he was black anymore. And here she goes judging Harris in a similar way to how people judged her brother.
Thats why I was saying that she of all people should know what that’s like.
OK, that’s interesting, I see…!
You could say, though, that Michael Jackson is very undeniably a historic black American who suffered through living in poverty in a poor area and partly lived through the civil rights movement, though he was quite young… He was an ambassador for black Americans even if he did not want to be.
This is a radically different experience than what Kamala had, and who am I to judge black Americans who feel that being a black American person requires some connection to that world…?