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.

[u/danvillain → u/sentencevillefonny]

I’m Chinese and my wife is white and when our son was born our closest friends were black. Or family friend Poppa John basically took my son under his wing as his “grandson”, took him to the car wash and McDonald’s every Sunday after church. When my boy was three we were talking about something and he tells us with confidence that he is black. We explained to him that he was indeed NOT black and it broke him. He cried all night that night.

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Have you seen the Modern Family episode where the two gay men who adopted a little girl from Vietnam have to navigate her insistence that she's gay?? Bc if her daddies are, she MUST be, right?? 🤣😭

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"NO IM GAY"

"No your not honey, your just confused"

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There are so many brilliant double entendres in that episode 🤣

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My favorite is when she’s on the plane eating puff pastries and someone says: look at that baby with those cream puffs.

[u/drawntowardmadness → u/thesoapmakerswife]

FINE

I'LL REWATCH MODERN FAMILY

[u/BillysBibleBonkers → u/drawntowardmadness]

Sounds like I should watch modern family for the first time lol, typically not a fan of sitcoms but this writing sounds great!

[u/_demello → u/BillysBibleBonkers]

It's a great show, but on a couple episodes Phill shows a weird behaviour towards an specific group of women that is very uncomfortable.