Louis Farrakhan sparked debate at UC Berkeley with his his visit on March 10. The Black Student Union invited the leader of the Nation of Islam to appear as part of its ninth annual Afrikan Black Coalition Conference.
As expected, there were some controversial moments. It was reported that, at one point, he “briefly adopted a faux Asian accent and used gibberish after asking the audience if they had ever seen the Chinese picketing, drawing a gasp from some in the crowd.”
Farrakhan is an outspoken racial separatist, an his politics have long been considered controversial. He once called president Barack Obama “an assassin,” and has a long history of making inflammatory statements tinged with racism and bigotry.
