Word: jeffriesism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Harvard Extension School student Jonathan Eliot Morgan '92 has become the subject of widespread national media attention since alleging this week that City University of New York (CUNY) professor Leonard Jeffries threatened his life.
Morgan, a staff writer at The Harvard Crimson, said that the threat came during an interview for the What Is to Be Done?, The Crimson's weekly magazine. According to Morgan, Jeffries--who has been charged with making anti-semitic remarks in the past--demanded Morgan's tapes and issued...
Morgan is Jewish, but said that Jeffries did not know his religious affiliation during the interview.
Following condemnation of Jeffries' anti-Semitic remarks, an alarming outpouring of support welcomed the outspoken teacher. On August 15, 2000 people crowded into a Brooklyn church to show solidarity with the irresponsible leader.
Meanwhile, Black leaders shamelessly manipulated their constituents to incite hatred and violence. Al Sharpton, Sonny Carson and others have pandered to latent anti-Semitism in the Black community, producing what New York Mayor David Dinkins labeled an "absence of responsible leadership". Like Jeffries, Sharpton and his demagogic buddies sold the...