Daughter of Malcolm
X, writer, and public speaker. Ilyasah is known for being a vocal
activist against
anti-Blackness. However, she is also known for her controversial support for the
racist conspiracy theory that non-Black racial groups such as Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Asian people are "whited-out" versions of Black people. According to a post she
made on Instagram, these racial/ethnic groups were originally Black, and all culture, language, and inventions credited to them should be credited to Black people - not the fake "whited-out" versions we recognize today. As a theory rooted in eugenics and white supremacy, it is
false.
Ilyasah also posted an image on Instagram referring to Asian people as "Mongoloids" which is a term created by European eugenicists who sought to commit
genocide against 'inferior races' such as Asian people. In the image she posted, a dark-skinned pacific islander was holding a surfboard. She expressed in the caption that Black people invented surfing and are the real pacific islanders.
