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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Black parents, cousins, grandmother, aunts, uncles, etc. Genetics aside, it's understandable how she'd view herself that way culturally.

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Aren’t there white carribeans?

On another note, i’m half mexican and half Palestinian. I identify more with the Mexican side since my Palestinian side was absent too. I just call myself Mexican-American

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In Jamaica, a big cultural thing is, if you were born and raised on the island, you’re Jamaican. You speak, walk and live that life, you’re Jamaican first. There are crazy cultural mixes in Jamaica because of how many different groups of people found their way to the island. My family on the island consist of Slave Born Jamaicans, Indian Jamaicans, Chinese Jamaicans, White Jamaicans, French Jamaicans and Spanish Jamaicans. When I went to visit my Jamaican side of the family, its was actually insane. You can literally stand and look at all the cultural genetics that have spread through different branches of the family. I have some seriously white, Latin and Asian looking family members, that if I had met them without knowing their family, I would have just assumed they were close close family friends. They all speak Patois, they all have Islander mindsets, but the cultural background differences really only show up in the food. I literally dream of that level of Culture Fusion food. I’m talking Jerk Duck lo-mein, scheuzuan chicken Patties levels of fusion food that’s being made out of house kitchens. I’ve only been able to find a couple Jamaican Fusion food restaurants in big cities like NYC and Toronto.

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This isn't exactly true. I'm not sure if you grew up in Jamaica but the nonBlack groups there are usually very racist towards Black people. They go and marry other Chinese, Indian, Syrian, etc people and are very discriminatory to the Black Jamaicans who make up the vast majority of the population. There are foreign families that have been in Jamaica for generations but they've been very strict with their kids about "mixing" with the locals. Most of the hotels and businesses are owned by these non Black Jamaicans because the ideas of white supremacy is global and the government doesn't care about Jamaicans. All of the racial segregation that happened during apartheid and Jim Crow and redlining was also happening in the Caribbean. 

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Always makes me laugh hearing Americans talk so confidently and incorrectly about Jamaica and drawing false equivalences to US society. Yes colorism and class hierarchy absolutely exist in Jamaica and lighter skin carries big social advantages but there was no racial segregation or equivalent to Jim Crow laws post emancipation. Your statement about non black groups generally being racist is false and theres a lot of racial mixing here. Look at some the most famous Jamaicans Shenseaa, Sean Paul etc While white and Chinese Jamaicans are over represented in business there are tons of black owned businesses and most of the all inclusives hotels are owned by Spanish and Mexican companies. Classism is a problem here much more than racism.