A CNN contributor sparked outrage on Thursday after saying that OJ Simpson “represented one thing for the black neighborhood … notably as a result of there have been two white individuals who had been killed.”
Ashley Allison made the remark throughout the community’s protection of the demise of the 76-year-old Simpson, the disgraced NFL legend who was acquitted in 1995 of the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her buddy Ron Goldman.
Allison was weighing in on the racial tensions that pervaded the nation throughout the Simpson trial and its aftermath.
She stated the Simpson case delivered to the fore “simply how black People really feel about policing.”
“He wasn’t a social justice chief, however he represented one thing for the black neighborhood in that second, in that trial, notably as a result of there have been two white individuals who had been killed,” Allison stated.
“And the historical past round how black individuals have been persecuted throughout slavery.”
Allison’s commentary sparked a backlash, with one X consumer remarking: “Completely unhinged racism.”
“They’re persevering with to say the quiet half out loud,” one other X commenter wrote.
An X consumer wrote that in the event that they stated the identical factor about white individuals on Fox Information, “I’d be cancelled so quick.”
The Submit has sought remark from CNN and Allison.
