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'I know I'm black'
10/07/2002 07:05 - (SA)
New York - Self-styled "King of Pop" Michael Jackson lashed out on Tuesday at a "conspiracy" between the media and a "racist" recording industry to label him a deranged child-molester and wreck his career.
Jackson, who is currently mired in a bitter public dispute with
his recording company Sony Music and its CEO Tommy Mottola, claimed he had been increasingly targeted as his fame grew.
"The minute I started breaking the all-time record sales ...
overnight they called me a freak, they called me a homosexual, they called me a child molester," Jackson told a "music summit" arranged by civil rights leader Al Sharpton to fight the power of the world's top five recording majors.
"They said I bleached my skin. They did everything to turn the public against me," he said.
"It is all a big conspiracy. I know my race. I just look in the mirror, I know I'm black."
Jackson has accused Sony of not fully promoting his most recent
album, Invincible which has posted disappointing sales and been critically panned. - Sapa/AFP
- SAPA
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