Janet Jackson has been called “irrelevant” and a “parasite” for questioning Kamala Harris' race. The Guardian interview It was released on Saturday.
“She's not black. What I've heard is she's Indian,” the “That's The Way Love Goes” hitmaker, 58, said during a conversation about “State of the Union.”
“Her father is white, that's what I was told,” she continued.
“I haven't watched the news in days. I heard they found out her father is white.”
Vice President Harris, 59, is the daughter of immigrant parents: her father is Jamaican and her mother is Indian.
Fans were appalled by Jackson's false statements and slammed her for X. write“This is why she is irrelevant and parasitic on her brother's success.”
The singer's brother is, of course, the late Michael Jackson, who was frequently questioned in the 1990s for his skin changing from black to white, and it was known at the time that he had vitiligo, a condition that causes parts of the skin to lose color. From Mayo Clinic.
He brought up the controversy caused by the “Beat It” singer's change in skin color. Another X user wrote“Janet, you know you shouldn't believe that nonsense…especially after the racism controversy Michael went through.”
“'That's what I heard' is the new way of saying 'I believe the stupid, unfounded nonsense people say,'” says a third dismayed person. Tweeted.
Another shocked user Added“I've always been a Janet Jackson fan, but this is no good. Stop it.”
Others compared Janet's comments to those of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Harris changes race While speaking at a conference of black journalists in July.
“I knew her indirectly for a long time and she was always of Indian descent and was just promoting her Indian heritage,” the 78-year-old former president said.
“I didn't know she was black until a few years ago when she happened to be black, and now she wants to be known as black.”
He added: “I respect both people, but she obviously doesn't, because she's been Indian her whole life and then all of a sudden she turns around and… becomes black.”
Page Six reached out to Janet's rep for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
