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Leonard Jeffries

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Educator

The Resume

    (January 19, 1937- )
    Born in Newark, New Jersey
    Former chair of the black studies program at City College of New York
    Was fired from CCNY but rehired as a lecturer following a court order (1992)
    Claims whites are 'Ice People,' who are violent and cruel, while blacks are 'Sun People,' who are compassionate and peaceful
    Claims blacks are superior to whites because of their higher melanin levels

Why he might be annoying:

    He said Jews 'named Greenberg and Weisberg and whatnot' launched a 'conspiracy out of Hollywood' to slander blacks.
    He said 'rich Jews who financed the development of Europe also financed the slave trade.'
    He said the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was 'the best thing to happen to America in a long time' because it would stop whites from 'spreading their filth through the universe.'
    Asked what kind of world he wanted to leave his children, he said 'A world in which there aren't any white people (1995).'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He and his wife did research for Alex Haley's 'Roots.'
    Like Ward Churchill, he inspires debate about the limits of academic freedom.
    Given the long history of pseudo-scientific drivel promoting white supremacy (ie, 'The Bell Curve'), the rise of pseudo-scientific drivel promoting black supremacy was probably inevitable.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 28 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 75 Votes: 70.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 91 Votes: 73.63% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 64 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 72 Votes: 54.17% Annoying