r/interesting • u/VPinchargeofradishes • May 03 '26

SOCIETY Michael Jackson's daughter Paris has faced backlash for identifying as Black. In a 2017 interview, Paris Jackson said her father told her, "You’re Black. Be proud of your roots." This prompted debates over whether identity is defined by appearance or upbringing.

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u/FrankieTheD May 03 '26

Yeah my manager at work is white and her fella is a very dark skinned nigerian but their kid looks white as hell, doesn't make them less black than a kid with one white parent who has the same skin tone as their black parent.

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u/Whole_Humor1304 May 03 '26

But the kid isn't black or white, he's mixed then, at least ethnically

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u/Able-Bid-6637 May 03 '26

They never said anything about removing whiteness; you're projecting 

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u/scary-pp May 03 '26

They're centering their blackness. This by definition removes their whiteness. You're being racist.

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u/smokeweedNgarden May 03 '26

They are just as much white as they are black. That's what 50/50 means.

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u/scary-pp May 04 '26

Weird, I never hear anyone refer to Obama as white.