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Jesse Lee Peterson
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Peterson at BOND in 2015
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| Born | May 22, 1949 Midway, Alabama, U.S.
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| Occupation | Radio host, political commentator, minister |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | 1 |
Jesse Lee Peterson was born on May 22, 1949. He is an American talk show host, political writer, and Christian minister.
As an African American, Peterson grew up during the time of Jim Crow laws. These laws enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. He is known for his strong traditional views on politics and religion.
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Early Life and Education
Jesse Lee Peterson was born in Midway, Alabama, on May 22, 1949. He was raised in Corner Hill by his grandparents. They worked on the Comer family plantation. His great-grandparents had been enslaved there about a hundred years earlier.
His mother and father moved to Gary, Indiana, and East Chicago, Indiana, separately. They each started new families there. Jesse was born with a cleft palate, which is a gap in the roof of the mouth. This was not fixed until he was a teenager.
As a teenager, Peterson lived with his mother and stepfather in Gary. He briefly went to Edison High School. Later, he returned to Alabama and finished high school. After that, he moved to Los Angeles. He attended Los Angeles City College for one year. In 1989, he started his own cleaning business.
Political Work and Activism
In 1990, Peterson started an organization called BOND. This stands for Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny. It was later registered as a religious non-profit group. BOND had close connections with the Tea Party movement, a political movement in the United States. Famous people like Sean Hannity and Dennis Prager have been on its advisory board.
Peterson has been involved in several political activities. He has spoken out against illegal immigration and gun control. He also supports traditional family values. He has protested against the NAACP, which is a civil rights organization. He has also protested against feminist lawyer Gloria Allred. Peterson has taken part in discussions at Politicon, an annual political convention.
From 1999 to 2004, Peterson held a "National Day of Repudiation of Jesse Jackson" on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He did this to show his disagreement with Jesse Jackson.
In 2002, Peterson debated Michael Eric Dyson about whether there should be reparations for African Americans. This debate was hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists.
Conservative talk radio host Dennis Prager wrote the introductions for two of Peterson's books. From 2017 to 2018, Peterson's radio show was also shown on Newsmax TV. In June 2019, YouTube removed the ability for Peterson's channel to earn money. This was part of an update to their hate speech policy.
Peterson appears in the 2020 political documentary Uncle Tom. This film was produced by radio host Larry Elder.
Political Beliefs
Jesse Lee Peterson has strong political beliefs. He criticizes the Democratic Party. He also believes that Muslims should not serve in government. Peterson says that racism does not exist. Instead, he thinks that all conflicts are a "battle between good and evil." He has spoken against Kwanzaa and Black History Month.
Some people have described Peterson's views as similar to white supremacy. They suggest that white nationalists promote him because his race makes his opinions seem less shocking.
In 2005, he suggested that many African Americans stuck in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were waiting for the government to save them. In 2012, Peterson commented on black unemployment. He said, "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."
He has called Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela an "evil man." He also said that South Africa was better off under apartheid, which was a system of racial segregation. In 2020, he called then-U.S. President Donald Trump "the Great White Hope."
In a 2012 sermon, Peterson stated that "one of the greatest mistakes America made was to allow women the opportunity to vote." He said that women "can't handle power in the right way," "have no patience," and "don't have love." Political analyst Kirsten Powers challenged Peterson on Fox News. She accused him of using his role as a pastor to spread hatred and fear of women.
In 2018, Peterson compared the Black Lives Matter movement to the Ku Klux Klan.
Personal Life
Jesse Lee Peterson has one son. He has been engaged two times but has never married.
Published Works
- From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson and America Today, with Dennis Prager and Brad Stetson. Paragon House, 2000, ISBN: 1-55778-788-3
- SCAM: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America, WND Books, ISBN: 0-7852-6331-4. Reprinted, Thomas Nelson, 2005, ISBN: 978-1595550453
- The Seven Guaranteed Steps to Spiritual, Family and Financial Success, 2007.
- The ANTIDOTE: Healing America from the Poison of Hate, Blame and Victimhood, WND Books, ISBN: 978-1-942475-00-2 (hardcover), 2015.
See also
In Spanish: Jesse Lee Peterson para niños
