Jesse Lee Peterson Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Reverend
Jesse Lee Peterson
Birth Date:22 May 1949
Birth Place:Midway, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation:Radio host, political commentator, minister
Party:Republican
Otherparty:Democratic (formerly)
Children:1[1]

Jesse Lee Peterson (born May 22, 1949) is an American conservative radio host and broadcaster, politician and pastor of Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny (BOND), a Christian ministry. He is the host of The Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show and The Fallen State TV.[2]

Born in Midway, Alabama, and raised by his grandparents in Corner Hill, Peterson has gained notoriety for his political views, which have been described as misogynistic,[3] homophobic,[4] and of a white nationalist nature.[5] [6]

Early life

Peterson was born on May 22, 1949, in Midway, Alabama, and raised in Corner Hill by his grandparents, who worked on the Comer family plantation where his great-grandparents had worked as slaves a century earlier. His mother and father moved to Gary, Indiana, and East Chicago, Indiana, respectively, where they separately started new families of their own. He was born with a cleft palate that was not repaired until his teens. Peterson lived with his mother and stepfather in Gary as a teenager, briefly attending Edison High School. He then returned to Alabama and graduated from high school before moving to Los Angeles.[7] He attended Los Angeles City College for one year. He says that he started his own janitorial service in 1989.

Political involvement

In 1990, Peterson founded BOND (Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny), later registered as a religious non-profit. BOND has close ties to the Tea Party movement. Advisory board members include Sean Hannity[8] and Dennis Prager.[9]

Peterson has participated in activism against illegal immigration, abortion, and gun control, and for traditional family values.[10] [11] [12] [13] He has protested against the NAACP[14] [15] and feminist lawyer Gloria Allred.[16] [17] He has participated in discussions at the annual political convention Politicon.[18] [19] [20]

From 1999 to 2004, Peterson chose Martin Luther King Jr. Day to hold a "National Day of Repudiation of Jesse Jackson" to highlight his opposition to Jackson, who was near King when he was assassinated.[21]

In 2001, while meeting with Toyota executives in Los Angeles, Peterson accused Jackson of threatening him and his son Jonathan Jackson of assaulting him. In 2006, a jury cleared Jesse Jackson of the threat allegation, but was split on his son's assault allegation. Conservative activist organization Judicial Watch provided attorneys for Peterson in the lawsuit.[22]

In 2002, Peterson debated Michael Eric Dyson on "The Case For/Against Reparations for African Americans," hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists.[23] [24] [25]

Conservative talk radio host Dennis Prager wrote the forewords to two of Peterson's books.[26] [27]

Peterson's radio show was simulcast on Newsmax TV in 2017–2018.[28]

In June 2019, video-sharing platform YouTube demonetized Peterson's channel, amongst many others, under an updated hate speech policy.[29] [30]

Peterson appears in the 2020 political documentary Uncle Tom, produced by radio host Larry Elder.[31]

Political views

Peterson has stated that he used to be a Democrat but became a Republican in his late 30s. He attributed the change to his Christian beliefs.

Racism

Peterson opposes allowing Muslims to serve in Western governments, and says that racism does not exist. Instead, he believes that every conflict is a spiritual "battle between good and evil".[32] He has spoken out against Kwanzaa and Black History Month.[33] Peterson's views have been described by some authors as being consistent with white supremacy, and it has been suggested that white nationalists are encouraged by his rhetoric and compelled to promote him, because Peterson's blackness reduces the shock value of opinions that would be considered outrageous if a white person had expressed them.[5]

In 2005, he stated that most African Americans stranded in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were relying on the government to save them.[34] In 2012, Peterson said about black unemployment, "One of the things that I would do is take all black people back to the South and put them on the plantation.... They need a good hard education on what it is to work."[35] [36] He has called Nelson Mandela an "evil man" and said that South Africa was better off under apartheid.[37] In 2020, he called then-U.S. President Donald Trump "the Great White Hope".[38]

In 2013, Peterson called Trayvon Martin a "thug". CNN host Piers Morgan called Peterson's comments "quite offensive".[39] In 2015 on political commentator Sean Hannity's show, Peterson defended Michael Slager, a former North Charleston, South Carolina police officer who killed Walter Lamar Scott, an unarmed black man by shooting him in the back. Peterson criticized "angry black folks in this country" who disobey instructions of police, while Hannity pushed back against Peterson and called the killing "cold-blooded". Upset, fellow panelist Leo Terrell abruptly walked out of the interview prematurely.[40] [41] In 2017, Slager was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the killing.

In 2018, Peterson compared the Black Lives Matter movement to the Ku Klux Klan, saying that each could be described as an "agitative organization founded by... black lesbians and homosexuals." In response, Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan accused Peterson of homophobia, and Peterson's microphone was muted before he was kicked off the show.[42] [43]

In 2019, Peterson called activist Andrew Yang a "communist" and "beta male" for his universal basic income proposal. Peterson said Yang, an American born in New York, "should go back to China or wherever he came from."[44]

In 2022, Peterson gave a speech at the third America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC), which was also attended by Nick Fuentes and Marjorie Taylor Greene. AFPAC has been described as a white nationalist political action committee. The Anti-Defamation League described Peterson's speech as the "one of the most racist" of all delivered at the event, in which he described black people as the destroyers of America.[45]

Marriage and women

Peterson opposes premarital sex. During an interview with former SlutWalk organizer Amber Rose, Peterson responded to the question "if women are sluts what does that make you?" by stating men are "slut makers".[46] [47]

Peterson's views on women have been described by some as misogynistic. Peterson stated in a 2012 sermon that "one of the greatest mistakes America made was to allow women the opportunity to vote." He stated that women "can't handle power in the right way", that they "have no patience", and "don't have love". Political analyst Kirsten Powers confronted Peterson on Sean Hannity's program on Fox News, accusing him of using his status as a pastor to preach hatred and fear of women.[48] [49] [50]

In 2019, a person who was considering marrying a woman who had a previous child conceived by rape called Peterson's radio show and was told by Peterson: "Do not marry a woman...who already has children. It's bad enough on kids when they don't have both parents, it's worse when a so-called step-parent steps in ... they want their natural father and natural mother, and especially their natural father."[51]

Personal life

Peterson has one son. He has been engaged twice but never married.

Published works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peterson . Jesse Lee . October 5, 2020 . I never married... I was engaged twice... . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/A0sz0-nbi1I . December 12, 2021 . live . October 20, 2020 . YouTube . Time stamp 30:41 . Video.
  2. Web site: Prowse-Gany . Brian . September 12, 2018 . Unfiltered: 'The democratic plantation really is worse than the plantation I grew up on' . https://archive.today/20180913053717/https://www.yahoo.com/news/unfiltered-democratic-plantation-really-worse-plantation-grew-003637996.html?guccounter=1 . September 13, 2018 . October 14, 2020.
  3. Web site: Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson says women getting the vote "one of the greatest mistakes America made" . New York Daily News . May 9, 2012.
  4. Web site: Palmer . Ewan . May 2, 2018 . Piers Morgan cuts off interview with guest who claimed "evil" BLM was founded by "lesbians and homosexuals" . October 14, 2020 . Newsweek . en.
  5. "For white nationalists determined to intimidate and marginalize aspirant ethnic minorities, Peterson could embolden their crusade. It's no wonder both factions have promoted him so aggressively"
  6. Book: Starkey . Brando . In Defense of Uncle Tom: Why Blacks Must Police Racial Loyalty . January 12, 2015 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-316-21408-4 . 325 . en . And equally important, Peterson's presence establishes that white faces wishing to do blacks harm still appreciate the benefits of a black mask..
  7. A Man Alone: Jesse Lee Peterson versus the "black experience" . Klavan . Andrew . Andrew Klavan . City Journal . Winter 2010 . January 24, 2015 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200850/http://www.city-journal.org/2010/20_1_jesse-lee-peterson.html . dead.
  8. Web site: FOX's Hannity finally disclosed ties to Rev. Peterson . Media Matters for America . February 2, 2005 . en.
  9. Book: Alter . Jonathan . The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies . June 4, 2013 . Simon and Schuster . 978-1-4516-4610-8 . 68 . en.
  10. Web site: August 12, 2000 . Jesse Lee Peterson at Reform Party National Convention, Day 3, Session 2, 2000 C-SPAN.org . October 19, 2020 . www.c-span.org . en-us.
  11. Web site: Johnston . Patrick . August 10, 2010 . Barbour native has strong words for Obama, Dems . live . https://archive.today/20201018151829/https://dothaneagle.com/eufaula_tribune/news/barbour-native-has-strong-words-for-obama-dems/article_9ee6fd14-5cae-54ab-b4a4-439b70b0b4c5.html . October 18, 2020 . October 18, 2020 . Dothan Eagle . en.
  12. Web site: June 1, 2010 . LA County to boycott Arizona over immigration law . live . https://archive.today/20201017175355/https://www.scpr.org/news/2010/06/01/15728/la-county-boycott-arizona-over-immigration-law/ . October 17, 2020 . October 18, 2020 . SCPR / AP.
  13. Web site: Levine . Brittany . March 12, 2013 . Glendale council moves to ban gun show . October 16, 2020 . Glendale News-Press . en-US.
  14. Web site: Neiwert . David . Jesse Lee Peterson Leads Tea Partiers' Protest Of NAACP Convention -- With A Side Order Of Nativism . October 16, 2020 . Crooks and Liars . en.
  15. Web site: July 21, 2011 . Black Tea Party group to rally against the NAACP . October 16, 2020 . TheGrio . en-US.
  16. Web site: Hayes . Rob . October 19, 2016 . Trump supporters protest Gloria Allred role in sexual assault allegations . October 16, 2020 . ABC7 Los Angeles . en.
  17. Web site: Bennett . Anita . October 18, 2016 . Donald Trump supporters protest outside lawyer Gloria Allred's office . October 18, 2020 . Los Angeles Daily News . en-US.
  18. Web site: Rene . Gross . July 31, 2017 . Politicon debate on immigration and the wall turns heated . October 18, 2020 . SCPR.
  19. Web site: Blanchard . Joshua . July 29, 2017 . Photo: Jesse Lee Peterson at 'No One's Above the Law' Panel at Politicon . live . https://archive.today/20201020041235/https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/jesse-lee-peterson-at-no-ones-above-the-law-panel-during-news-photo/824369186 . October 20, 2020 . October 20, 2020 . Getty Images . en-us.
  20. Web site: Politicon Speakers Bio Page: Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson . October 20, 2020 . Politicon.
  21. The Minister of Minstrelsy . The Nation . March 24, 2005 . Max . Blumenthal . August 1, 2013.
  22. Web site: Richardson . Lisa . January 28, 2006 . Jury Clears Jesse Jackson of Threatening Adversary . October 15, 2020 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  23. Web site: August 8, 2002 . Black Journalists Jeer Peer . live . https://archive.today/20201022021642/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2002/aug/8/20020808-035827-1503r/ . October 22, 2020 . October 17, 2020 . The Washington Times . en-US.
  24. Web site: Mac Donald . Heather . Spring 2005 . Heralds of a Brighter Black Future . live . https://archive.today/20201020235534/https://www.city-journal.org/html/heralds-brighter-black-future-12864.html . October 20, 2020 . October 17, 2020 . City Journal . en.
  25. Web site: August 12, 2002 . FOXNews.com: Partial transcript from Hannity & Colmes . . https://web.archive.org/web/20021010170708/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,60284,00.html . October 10, 2002 . October 17, 2020.
  26. Book: Peterson, Jesse Lee . From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson and America Today . Paragon House . Stetson, Brad. . 2000 . 1-55778-788-3 . 1st . St. Paul, Minn. . 6, 9 . 43333533.
  27. Book: Peterson, Jesse Lee . The Antidote: Healing America from the Poison of Hate, Blame and Victimhood . WND . 2015 . 978-1-942475-01-9 . Washington, D.C. . 930707600.
  28. Web site: Holt . Jared . January 17, 2019 . Newsmax TV Drops Jesse Lee Peterson's Show, But Keeps Him As Contributor . October 18, 2020 . Right Wing Watch.
  29. Web site: YouTube Will Now Block Discriminatory Content, Just A Day After Saying It Doesn't Violate Its Policies . October 29, 2020 . BuzzFeed News . June 5, 2019 . en.
  30. Web site: Re . Gregg . June 5, 2019 . YouTube ends monetization of conservative commentator Steven Crowder's channel, several others after left-wing outrage . October 29, 2020 . Fox News . en-US.
  31. Web site: Bond . Paul . March 20, 2020 . 'Uncle Tom' documentary explores what it's like to be a minority within a minority group, a black conservative . October 15, 2020 . Newsweek . en.
  32. Web site: Fearnow . Benjamin . March 17, 2019 . Right-wing radio host says election of Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib proves "Muslims treated better than whites' . October 15, 2020 . Newsweek . en.
  33. Web site: Brown . Ann . February 21, 2020 . Jesse Lee Peterson Says It's Time to Bury Black History Month. . October 16, 2020 . Moguldom . en-US.
  34. Web site: Mickelson . David . September 30, 2005 . Fact Check: Moral Poverty: E-mail reproduces Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson's editorial critical of New Orleans blacks and their 'moral poverty.' . October 22, 2020 . Snopes.
  35. Web site: Lee . Trymaine . January 17, 2012 . He Said What? Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Says Blacks Should Be Sent 'Back To Plantation' To Boost Work Ethic . October 16, 2020 . HuffPost . en.
  36. Web site: Wilson . Simone . January 23, 2012 . South L.A. Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Wants to Send Black Youth Back to Plantation . October 18, 2020 . LA Weekly . en-US.
  37. Web site: Holt . Jared . July 11, 2018 . Jesse Lee Peterson & Lauren Southern: Nelson Mandela Was Evil, South Africa Better Under Apartheid . October 20, 2020 . Right Wing Watch.
  38. Sharlet . Jeff . June 18, 2020 . 'He's the Chosen One to Run America': Inside the Cult of Trump, His Rallies Are Church and He Is the Gospel . live . https://archive.today/20200618180803/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/06/inside-the-cult-of-trump-his-rallies-are-church-and-he-is-the-gospel . June 18, 2020 . October 19, 2020 . Vanity Fair . en-us.
  39. Web site: Feldman . Josh . July 19, 2013 . Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson To Piers: Trayvon Was 'Thug,' Not 'Innocent Little Kid, Tip-Toeing Through The Tulips' . October 14, 2020 . Mediaite . en.
  40. Web site: Avalos . Regina . April 12, 2015 . 'Hannity' Guest Storms Off: Heated Walter Scott Shooting Debate Leads To Exit . October 21, 2020 . The Inquisitr . en-US.
  41. Web site: Champion . Matthew . April 10, 2015 . Guest storms off Sean Hannity show during Walter Scott shooting . October 21, 2020 . indy100 . en . October 27, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201027001730/https://www.indy100.com/article/guest-storms-off-sean-hannity-show-during-walter-scott-shooting-segment--ekcBsTerkb . dead.
  42. Web site: Starkey . Adam . May 2, 2018 . Piers Morgan cuts off guest defending Kanye West after homophobic comments . October 18, 2020 . Metro . en.
  43. Web site: Sporn . Natasha . May 2, 2018 . Piers Morgan cuts off controversial guest during Good Morning Britain debate . October 18, 2020 . Evening Standard . en.
  44. Web site: Cole . Brendan . September 6, 2019 . Right-wing radio host says New York-born Andrew Yang "should go back to China": "Why is he coming here to turn America into the place that he left?" . October 15, 2020 . Newsweek . en.
  45. Web site: AFPAC III: Elected Officials Support White Supremacist Event . "Jesse Lee Peterson, a Black pastor and radio show host, ended up giving one of the most racist speeches of the evening, talking about how whites built the country and that Blacks are destroying what whites have created.".
  46. Web site: May 18, 2018 . Amber Rose Gets Candid About Kanye vs. Trump, Rape Culture, SlutWalk and 21 Savage . October 14, 2020 . Toofab . en.
  47. Web site: Riley . Ricky . May 20, 2018 . Amber Rose Calls Trump 'Kanye In A White Man's Body,' Calls Out Hypocrisy Of Men Sleeping With Multiple Women . October 22, 2020 . Blavity News & Politics . en.
  48. News: Kleinman . Jacob . Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Sexist Sermon: 'Greatest Mistake America Made Was Allowing Women To Vote' [VIDEO] ]. International Business Times . May 9, 2012.
  49. News: Demby . Gene . May 8, 2012 . Pastor: Women's Voting Rights 'One Of America's Greatest Mistakes' . HuffPost . April 9, 2015.
  50. Web site: Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson says women getting the vote "one of the greatest mistakes America made" . Neal, Maeghan . . New York . May 9, 2012 . July 7, 2018.
  51. Web site: Mantyla . Kyle . January 10, 2019 . Jesse Lee Peterson: A Child Conceived in Rape Should Be Raised by the Rapist . October 21, 2020 . Right Wing Watch . en-US.

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