Jesse Jackson is an African-American civil rights activist. He appears in the episode "With Apologies to Jesse Jackson" where Randy Marsh "apologized" to him after saying the N-word on national TV, by literally kissing his ass.
Jackson also briefly appears in "Trapper Keeper" to support the African-American students in the kindergarten class during the class vote, however he immediately left after Mr. Garrison told him that there were no black students.
Appearance[]
Jesse Jackson is African-American. He appears to be drawn with a strange eye shape, which are almost circular, as opposed to the elliptical eyes most characters are drawn with. In his first appearance he wore a standard black suit and tie and appeared with normal South Park character eyes. On top of being redesigned with circular eyes in "With Apologies to Jesse Jackson" his face is now shown with more detail added to it and his hair is greying, he also wears a grey suit and pants, with a white shirt and red tie.
Personality[]
Like his true counterpart, Jackson is extremely passionate about civil rights, doing whatever he can to ensure African-Americans are not discriminated against and sufficiently represented. However, he is also implied to be slightly egotistical. Randy literally kissed Jackson's backside to apologise for a racial slur he uttered on live television. Stan Marsh thought this would make everything okay, however Tolkien Black angrily remarked that Jesse Jackson was, "not the emperor of black people!" These events were a tongue-in-cheek reference to the apology Michael Richards made to the real Jesse Jackson for a highly insensitive outburst at the California Laugh Factory in 2006.
Prominence[]
- "Trapper Keeper" - Debut.
- "With Apologies to Jesse Jackson"
- "200" - Seen with the other celebrities suing South Park.
- "City People" - (Cameo) Seen in a photo in the Black Residence.
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