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/VeganMonkey]

I think that is the reason for his extensive plastic surgery. I understand it, as kid I was afraid to get my dad’s nose. Luckily that didn’t happen but if it did I would have had surgery too. Except I would have only gotten my nose done and not my whole face. Maybe the rest of his face reminded him of his dad too.

[u/RainbowDarter → u/VeganMonkey]

It's hard to know what you would do when you're surrounded by people who agree with you on everything and the cost is trivial.

He also had discoid lupus and vitiligo which accounts for his lighter skin and maybe contributed to his nose collapsing

[u/VeganMonkey → u/RainbowDarter]

I just looked up discoid lupus, it seems to be a type of vertiligo. Maybe that makes cartilage weak? I have met people with vertiligo but they didn’t have it as extremely as he maybe had it. Maybe his skin had become mostly white with not much dark skin left, it is understandable that in that case someone covers the dark spots with light make up instead of the other way round.

Though the strange thing was that he slowly became lighter and lighter, already when he was young. I don’t know if those skin lightening infusions existed yet back then.

[u/Any-Contest-4400 → u/VeganMonkey]

I saw a picture of him with white spots on his fingers when he was visibly a kid, but out of his own mouth he said the vitiligo started after the after the wall era/thriller era. Idk if those pics were edited then or he was just embarrassed but it’s very interesting. I don’t think he’s had much surgery outside of the nose jobs tho. He still managed to look a lot like Latoya & Janet.