Word: jeffriesism
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Dates: during 1991-1991
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Shocked, I looked at the tape recorder on the table. "Dr. Jeffries," I asked again, "what do you think of Professor Henry Louis Gates?"
"Skip as well as that fellow in California, Shelby Steele," Jeffries said, refering to a Black professor of English at San Jose State University best known for his opposition to affirmative action. "Steele's mother is a white woman and he married a white woman. He has to talk about...
"If I see this again, I'll kill you," he said. His face was stoic. As he continued to make inflammatory statements about people based on their race, religion and sexual activities, I realized I was meeting a very different Leonard Jeffries from the one he wanted characterized in print...
EVENTUALLY, Jeffries wanted to know the racial makeup of The Crimson. Not wanting to misrepresent the organization, I told him that I was one of few Blacks on the paper.
He asked for the names of the people who "run" the Crimson. I told him the name of the president, Rebecca Walkowitz, and of my direct editor, Steve Newman. After learning these names, Jeffries demanded the interview tapes.