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Post by ghost on Jul 29, 2020 5:35:47 GMT
Innuendo, that’s what should really matter, at the end of the day. If Michael said that all three children were his (biologically) —— as their actual father —— and, Paris says that she is not only Michael’s daughter, but chooses to “identify” herself as what their father said her and her brothers were, then, I will gladly take BOTH father AND daughter at their word....as I strongly feel that they told THE TRUTH, as they felt it was to them. Now, this is precisely the kind of ultra-“woke” twaddle that makes me despair for the future of mankind. You do know you could could replace the words “Michael” and “Paris” with “Wade” and you would have exactly the kind of pseudo, “P.C.” babble that he speaks in. Wade “identifies” as a “victim” of MJ, and that was “his truth.” Paris is either bio related or not. Those are the facts and it is irrelevant how she chooses to identify and what she believes her truth to be. RussG, you do make and have a valid point, here, regarding what is believed to be/have been “true,” VS. what is THE absolute, actual 100% TRUTH. Yes, there is a major difference between them, and neither can I stand this so-called “P.C.”/“woke” business, any more so than you can.
But, like I already have said, Michael’s and Paris’ words* regarding his children’s biological parentage and ethnic background (*outward physical appearance and others’ public perceptions of both the father AND the children he helped to genetically reproduce, notwithstanding) —— in my honest opinion —— seem believable and credible; There are mixed-race children who are the offspring of one visibly Black/African-descended parent and one non-African parent (be he or she of Asian/Middle-Eastern/South-Asian, White European/Caucasian, Native-American, Oceanian, or any other ethnicity of non-African descent), who don’t look outwardly, obviously and visibly “Black.”
And, not all Black people look like the assumed stereotype of what most people think either a “Black” or a “mixed” person is “supposed to” look like, physically and “phenotypically” speaking.
But, PLEASE, RussG, don’t you ever compare and equate what the two latest false accusers in that exploitative, downright LYING piece-of-trash of a so-called “documentary” film, “Leaving Neverland,” had said —— (accusations lifted almost verbatim from a purely fictional book that came out in the 1990’s, written by “journalist” Victor Gutiérrez, thus taking advantage of the fact that Michael Jackson hasn’t been with us in over a full decade, now, as that alone no longer puts him in ANY position to be able to defend himself, so greedy people can once again go after his Estate’s money) —— with what members of a family actually know to be true, regarding their background and heritage.I agree it was a stupid comparison. If what Paris believes to be true is based on what her father told her, then who are we to tell her otherwise?
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Post by ggbbggbb4455445544 on Jul 29, 2020 8:27:15 GMT
RussG, you do make and have a valid point, here, regarding what is believed to be/have been “true,” VS. what is THE absolute, actual 100% TRUTH. Yes, there is a major difference between them, and neither can I stand this so-called “P.C.”/“woke” business, any more so than you can.
But, like I already have said, Michael’s and Paris’ words* regarding his children’s biological parentage and ethnic background (*outward physical appearance and others’ public perceptions of both the father AND the children he helped to genetically reproduce, notwithstanding) —— in my honest opinion —— seem believable and credible; There are mixed-race children who are the offspring of one visibly Black/African-descended parent and one non-African parent (be he or she of Asian/Middle-Eastern/South-Asian, White European/Caucasian, Native-American, Oceanian, or any other ethnicity of non-African descent), who don’t look outwardly, obviously and visibly “Black.”
And, not all Black people look like the assumed stereotype of what most people think either a “Black” or a “mixed” person is “supposed to” look like, physically and “phenotypically” speaking.
But, PLEASE, RussG, don’t you ever compare and equate what the two latest false accusers in that exploitative, downright LYING piece-of-trash of a so-called “documentary” film, “Leaving Neverland,” had said —— (accusations lifted almost verbatim from a purely fictional book that came out in the 1990’s, written by “journalist” Victor Gutiérrez, thus taking advantage of the fact that Michael Jackson hasn’t been with us in over a full decade, now, as that alone no longer puts him in ANY position to be able to defend himself, so greedy people can once again go after his Estate’s money) —— with what members of a family actually know to be true, regarding their background and heritage. I agree it was a stupid comparison. If what Paris believes to be true is based on what her father told her, then who are we to tell her otherwise? I completely agree with you, Ghost. If Paris Jackson says that she is Michael Jackson’s biological daughter —— not just that, but also considers herself as “Black,” although, obviously passing for “White” and being of mixed-race heritage* (*as her outward physical appearance bears somewhat more of a closer resemblance to her mother, Debbie, than to her father, but I can see some of his “pre-1980’s” facial features in her, the older she gets; And, her body-type is more like father’s than mother’s [basically, her being thin like he was, with long legs for her height], in my opinion) —— then, that’s who she IS, whether we want to believe that or not.
WHY in THE WORLD do some people act as if they NEVER took courses in “Human Biology” —— nor, had they ever learned anything about the science of “Genetics” —— throughout their entire period of education, when it comes to discussing the FACT that not every person of mixed ethnic/racial background who has an African-/African-American-descended parent or grandparent looks visibly “Black”? Mixed-race people with African in their ancestry and lineage —— particularly, through one parent or the other, not necessarily through both parents —— may either outwardly look “Black,” or appear to pass for an entirely different ethnicity altogether.
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Post by Russg on Aug 3, 2020 6:38:20 GMT
RussG, you do make and have a valid point, here, regarding what is believed to be/have been “true,” VS. what is THE absolute, actual 100% TRUTH. Yes, there is a major difference between them, and neither can I stand this so-called “P.C.”/“woke” business, any more so than you can.
But, like I already have said, Michael’s and Paris’ words* regarding his children’s biological parentage and ethnic background (*outward physical appearance and others’ public perceptions of both the father AND the children he helped to genetically reproduce, notwithstanding) —— in my honest opinion —— seem believable and credible; There are mixed-race children who are the offspring of one visibly Black/African-descended parent and one non-African parent (be he or she of Asian/Middle-Eastern/South-Asian, White European/Caucasian, Native-American, Oceanian, or any other ethnicity of non-African descent), who don’t look outwardly, obviously and visibly “Black.”
And, not all Black people look like the assumed stereotype of what most people think either a “Black” or a “mixed” person is “supposed to” look like, physically and “phenotypically” speaking.
But, PLEASE, RussG, don’t you ever compare and equate what the two latest false accusers in that exploitative, downright LYING piece-of-trash of a so-called “documentary” film, “Leaving Neverland,” had said —— (accusations lifted almost verbatim from a purely fictional book that came out in the 1990’s, written by “journalist” Victor Gutiérrez, thus taking advantage of the fact that Michael Jackson hasn’t been with us in over a full decade, now, as that alone no longer puts him in ANY position to be able to defend himself, so greedy people can once again go after his Estate’s money) —— with what members of a family actually know to be true, regarding their background and heritage. I agree it was a stupid comparison. If what Paris believes to be true is based on what her father told her, then who are we to tell her otherwise? This is precisely what's wrong with the libtards today. I identify as a tree and who are you to tell me otherwise? It's madness. Paris may very well identify as black, but even Steven Wonder can see she's as white as they come.
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Post by ggbbggbb4455445544 on Aug 3, 2020 13:42:14 GMT
I agree it was a stupid comparison. If what Paris believes to be true is based on what her father told her, then who are we to tell her otherwise? This is precisely what’s wrong with the ******** today. “I identify as a tree, and who are you to tell me otherwise?” It’s madness.
Paris may very well identify as Black, but even Stevie Wonder can see she’s as White as they come. Again, your complete ignorance of the sciences of “Human Biology” and “Genetics” is showing, RussG, when it comes to any real discussion of innate, inborn physical characteristics and traits (particularly, when the discussion is about people who descend from one visibly “African”-looking parent or grandparent, and another of a totally different race/ethnicity).
You have the mistaken idea, that mixed-race individuals who are the offspring of one Black parent or grandparent should have inherited obviously “African” physical characteristics from their direct biological ancestors/forebears, and very little to no physical characteristics from relatives of other (meaning: “Not of Sub-Saharan African descent”) nationalities or ethnicities, is THAT what I gather you’re saying, here? It really must be. At least, from your comments on this subject matter so far, it’s what you’re saying and how you come across, as though you have never seen or met any mixed people who didn’t visibly look “African” or “Black,” but who outwardly had either European, Asian, Native-American, or some other racial/ethnic physical traits.
Paris Jackson and her older brother, Prince Michael, are of mixed-race heritage and ancestry, even though they don’t obviously have their father’s original Mid- to Late-1970’s-era hair-texture, skin-color and facial features. Prince Michael, as an adult, looks more and more like their great-grandfather, Samuel Jackson, bearing such an uncanny, almost identical resemblance to him in his facial features (who was Joseph’s father and Michael’s grandfather), the older he gets. Paris, even though she looks more like their mother, Debbie Rowe (facially-wise, that is), is also showing some of Michael’s physical traits in some of her features, even being built more like his thin body and long legs. Of course, “Bigi” looks almost exactly like their father, except for his light skin and straight hair. He’s a little taller and heavier than what Michael was at his age, too.
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Post by Russg on Aug 4, 2020 6:09:11 GMT
This is precisely what’s wrong with the ******** today. “I identify as a tree, and who are you to tell me otherwise?” It’s madness.
Paris may very well identify as Black, but even Stevie Wonder can see she’s as White as they come. Again, your complete ignorance of the sciences of “Human Biology” and “Genetics” is showing, RussG, when it comes to any real discussion of innate, inborn physical characteristics and traits (particularly, when the discussion is about people who descend from one visibly “African”-looking parent or grandparent, and another of a totally different race/ethnicity).
You have the mistaken idea, that mixed-race individuals who are the offspring of one Black parent or grandparent should have inherited obviously “African” physical characteristics from their direct biological ancestors/forebears, and very little to no physical characteristics from relatives of other (meaning: “Not of Sub-Saharan African descent”) nationalities or ethnicities, is THAT what I gather you’re saying, here? It really must be. At least, from your comments on this subject matter so far, it’s what you’re saying and how you come across, as though you have never seen or met any mixed people who didn’t visibly look “African” or “Black,” but who outwardly had either European, Asian, Native-American, or some other racial/ethnic physical traits.
Paris Jackson and her older brother, Prince Michael, are of mixed-race heritage and ancestry, even though they don’t obviously have their father’s original Mid- to Late-1970’s-era hair-texture, skin-color and facial features. Prince Michael, as an adult, looks more and more like their great-grandfather, Samuel Jackson, bearing such an uncanny, almost identical resemblance to him in his facial features (who was Joseph’s father and Michael’s grandfather), the older he gets. Paris, even though she looks more like their mother, Debbie Rowe (facially-wise, that is), is also showing some of Michael’s physical traits in some of her features, even being built more like his thin body and long legs. Of course, “Bigi” looks almost exactly like their father, except for his light skin and straight hair. He’s a little taller and heavier than what Michael was at his age, too. Seriously? You're really clutching at straws if you're attributing things like Paris's "thin body and long legs" to MJ. Fans see what they want to see, but it isn't based in reality. I've seen the comparison pictures of Samuel Jackson and Prince, and they look nothing alike. I do not have ignorance of genetics, I just call it as I see it. Prince and Paris do not look like they share a black biological parent and neither of them carry any of the typical traits you find in most mixed race people. I could even understand if perhaps one of them came out looking more white, but both of them? As for Bigi, I think fans only say he looks like MJ because he has long dark hair. I personally don't see any resemblance whatsoever, although he definitely looks darker than the other two.
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Post by ggbbggbb4455445544 on Aug 10, 2020 18:12:45 GMT
Again, your complete ignorance of the sciences of “Human Biology” and “Genetics” is showing, RussG, when it comes to any real discussion of innate, inborn physical characteristics and traits (particularly, when the discussion is about people who descend from one visibly “African”-looking parent or grandparent, and another of a totally different race/ethnicity).
You have the mistaken idea, that mixed-race individuals who are the biological offspring of one Black parent —— or, those who directly descend from a Black grandparent, great-grandparent or even earlier ancestor on one or BOTH sides of the family, regardless of the percentage, the degree or the extent to which they may be mixed with any other non-Sub-Saharan African races/ethnicities/nationalities —— should have inherited obviously “African” physical characteristics from their direct biological ancestors/forebears, and very little to no physical characteristics from relatives of other (meaning: “Not of Sub-Saharan African descent”) nationalities or ethnicities, is THAT what I gather you’re saying, here? It really must be.
At least, from your comments on this subject matter so far, it’s what you’re saying and how you come across, as though you have never seen or met any mixed people who didn’t visibly look “African” or “Black,” but who outwardly had either European, Asian, Native-American, or some other racial/ethnic physical traits.
Paris Jackson and her older brother, Prince Michael, are of mixed-race heritage and ancestry, even though they don’t obviously have their father’s original Mid- to Late-1970’s-era hair-texture, skin-color and facial features. Prince Michael, as an adult, looks more and more like their great-grandfather, Samuel Jackson, bearing such an uncanny, almost identical resemblance to him in his facial features (who was Joseph’s father and Michael’s grandfather), the older he gets.
Paris, even though she looks more like their mother, Debbie Rowe (facially-wise, that is), is also showing some of Michael’s physical traits in some of her features, even being built more like his thin body and long legs. Of course, “Bigi” looks almost exactly like their father, except for his light skin and straight hair. He’s a little taller and heavier than what Michael was at his age, too. Seriously? You’re really clutching at straws, if you’re attributing things like Paris’s “thin body and long legs” to MJ. Fans see what they want to see, but it isn’t based in reality. I’ve seen the comparison pictures of Samuel Jackson and Prince, and they look nothing alike.
I do not have ignorance of genetics, I just call it as I see it. Prince and Paris do not look like they share a Black biological parent and neither of them carry any of the typical traits you find in most mixed-race people. I could even understand if perhaps one of them came out looking more “White,” but both of them?
As for “Bigi,” I think fans only say he looks like MJ because he has long dark hair. I personally don’t see any resemblance whatsoever, although he definitely looks darker than the other two.
Apparently, RussG, from what you’re saying, you still have this old idea stuck in your head, that every mixed-race offspring of one Black parent MUST have some degree of obviously visible Sub-Saharan African genetic traits as would show up in their body-type/-build, skin-color, eye-color, hair-color and -texture, natural facial features, and other aspects of their so-called “phenotype,” or else, most people would (incorrectly) perceive them as being any other race/ethnicity but what they ACTUALLY are, and erroneously view them as NOT having any African/African-American lineage on either side of their families at all, an idea that is TRULY ridiculous, indeed!!!
What about mixed people who visibly appear completely “African,” yet have a parent or grandparent of another race? Would you call them “Black,” just simply because they so happened to have “looked that way” to you, even if you would have seen pictures of their parents or had seen them in public? Yes, you certainly would, based on their skin-color alone, from what your ridiculous, silly comments and remarks about Michael’s own biological children point out, here.
You probably have never even seen children of mixed ancestry who directly descend from one visibly “African”/“African-American”-looking parent —— or, who have such ancestry and heritage somewhere down the line —— who obviously look totally like either one parent or the other, instead of like an “even 50-50 percentage” of a mixture of both their parents’ outward physical characteristics, have you? I really don’t want to negatively pass judgment on you, nor wrongly assume anything about you. But, yet, your responses to me have done absolutely NOTHING but give me the opposite impression of how you consider yourself trying to come across!!!
Rather than the outward appearance of someone who has an even “50-50 split” in the percentage of his or her physical, genetic and bodily traits/characteristics of racial/ethnic heritage, what would you say a person of a “60-40” or “10-20-70” percentage of at least two, three or more different ethnic backgrounds/races would look like? What if both parents descended from a number of multiple races, ethnicities and nationalities? Could you give a sensible, reasonable and accurate answer to any of these questions?
Very, very rarely is any mixed/multi-racial person looking like an even mixture of both his or her parents’ physical characteristics and appearance; Just about everyone bears more of a resemblance to one parent than the other* (*whether more like either the father OR like the mother, and vice-versa), ALL people on this planet, whether any one of us are directly mixed or not. Almost NO ONE is “pure” anything.
If you closely, carefully look at pictures of Joseph Jackson’s father, Samuel —— as he appeared when he was younger —— and then, look at the most recent pictures of Prince Michael as an adult, you will see how their facial features look very much alike, if not exactly identical. Children can end up closely resembling other biological relatives in the family (such as their grandparents or even great-grandparents, uncles, aunts, first cousins, etc.) as well, not just what percentage of which parent’s characteristics.
As for “Bigi,” he definitely has his father Michael’s original “pre-surgery” facial features, the ones BEFORE he ever had any “work” done on his nose, and had the dimple in his chin enhanced. There are major, obvious differences in the natural skin-color and hair-texture between father and son, even some differences in height and weight (with Michael having been somewhat of a bit shorter and smaller as what he once was, at the same age of 18 back in 1976, than what his youngest son, “Bigi,” is now in 2020).
Paris mostly looks like her mother, Debbie, in her facial features, but has big eyes like Michael, even though they are of a totally different color than his were. Michael had dark-brown eyes, while Paris’ eyes either look a lighter-colored blue, green, or some shade of blue-green, depending upon the lighting in a particular room or surroundings and the way her face is photographed. Her hair is naturally dark-brown and somewhat wavy/curly, rather than completely straight. She has it lightened and straightened. Like I pointed out to you before, RussG, she’s long-legged and thin like he was, too. As with her older brother, Prince Michael, the older she gets and the more “mature” her facial features become, the more their “Jackson-esque” aspects are noticeable in them, though not anywhere nearly as much like their father’s “pre-‘Off the Wall’ ”-era features as their younger brother, “Bigi,” does.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2020 9:10:29 GMT
Black in not one race and Michael's heritage is also mixed with Native American and don't forget slaves raped by white men must have gotten in the mix. Multiracial children have no determined characteristics, MJ's kids all look different from on another but are strikingly resembling Michael IMO. I am just as astonished there are still fans out there who doubt this. At the end of the day, those kids grew up in a black family!!! You think them not having "black characteristics" denies them of feeling the black man's pain or pride? And that bul**rap about dying Prince's hair is soooo ignorant... MJ would NEVER do that to his kid - the process of bleaching hair is very unpleasant. Please educate yourself, many babies, especially mixed race, are with blonde hair at infancy and it darkens with time.
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Post by Russg on Aug 13, 2020 20:46:17 GMT
Black in not one race and Michael's heritage is also mixed with Native American and don't forget slaves raped by white men must have gotten in the mix. Multiracial children have no determined characteristics, MJ's kids all look different from on another but are strikingly resembling Michael IMO. I am just as astonished there are still fans out there who doubt this. At the end of the day, those kids grew up in a black family!!! You think them not having "black characteristics" denies them of feeling the black man's pain or pride? And that bul**rap about dying Prince's hair is soooo ignorant... MJ would NEVER do that to his kid - the process of bleaching hair is very unpleasant. Please educate yourself, many babies, especially mixed race, are with blonde hair at infancy and it darkens with time. Ummm.... last time I checked people with natural blonde hair don't have dark roots. Prince's hair was bleached as you could see the roots.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2020 5:02:55 GMT
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Post by Russg on Aug 14, 2020 6:18:09 GMT
Prince's hair as a toddler looked nothing like that. It looked bleached. AND it had dark roots. I'm not judging MJ, he can do what the hell he wants with his own kids and I've never had a problem with him dying Prince's hair like some people. But to say that his hair was naturally that way is just being wilfully ignorant.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2020 8:16:16 GMT
Prince's hair as a toddler looked nothing like that. It looked bleached. AND it had dark roots. I'm not judging MJ, he can do what the hell he wants with his own kids and I've never had a problem with him dying Prince's hair like some people. But to say that his hair was naturally that way is just being wilfully ignorant. Willfully ignorant? No Ma'am, just accepting things are not always what they appear to be. But anyway, going back to your original question: youtu.be/H9mtCLL8rI0 . Obviously the children experience a confusion but it is originating in society and not in the personal identity. This is something children need to be taught - you will be told many things but you have to stay true - It's like questioning MJ's call to Heal The World while showing guns, window breaking and bar fights in his short films - you have to look beyond the image for the real expression in its true context to find the value. Very basic lesson I am glad MJ taught his kids.
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Post by ggbbggbb4455445544 on Aug 15, 2020 7:05:04 GMT
“Black” is not one race, and Michael’s heritage is also mixed with Native American, and don’t forget slaves raped by White men must have gotten in the mix. Multi-racial children have no determined characteristics, MJ’s kids all look different from one another but are strikingly resembling Michael, IMO. I am just as astonished there are still fans out there who doubt this. At the end of the day, those kids grew up in a Black family!!! You think them not having “ ‘Black’ characteristics” denies them of feeling the Black man’s pain or pride? And that bul**rap about dying Prince’s hair is soooo ignorant... MJ would NEVER do that to his kid - the process of bleaching hair is very unpleasant. Please educate yourself, many babies, especially mixed-race, are with blonde hair at infancy and it darkens with time.
^^^ THIS, absolutely, MJMagicfan!!! These posters —— including one I keep having to constantly argue back-and-forth with, over this subject matter, THE main one who even started this thread, in the first place* (*And, I’m getting SO tired of it....Goodness gracious!!!) —— really need to STOP making such dumb, stupid and just plain ignorant comments and remarks about Michael and his children, because of their outward physical appearance.
No (or, very few, if any) mixed-race biological offspring of one visibly-“Black”/African-descended parent would look as though he or she has an “even” mixture/percentage of both his or her parents’ outward physical characteristics; Most people, whether or not they’re directly mixed with two or more different, distinct and separate ethnic backgrounds/races/nationalities, look more like one parent than the other, regardless of their genetic heritage.
Anyone who has ever read any of the FACTS regarding who dyed Prince Michael’s hair blonde when he was a young child, and why, would know that it wasn’t his father who wanted to do that, but at his mother’s suggestion, to protect his identity. Same reason for all three children having been covered with face-masks out in public when they were younger, too (though the children’s faces and identities were eventually revealed, when they got older).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2020 5:43:11 GMT
I think the main issue is fans not letting this to rest. Even dealing with such an aspect, as color, is embarrassing to me, especially as it is OBVIOUS the naysayers are bat blind. I sometimes wonder what is the real purpose of these queries. They say they don't care if MJ dyed Prince's hair and that it is his right on one hand and on the other they question him telling the kids they were black. So what is it then Apparently it was important for MJ that his kids identified as black and that is the end of it! Btw, Debbie is Jewish. Imagine the complexity... But no one ever talks about that. At the end of the day, Michael was all they had and Michael.
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Post by ggbbggbb4455445544 on Aug 17, 2020 17:23:45 GMT
I think the main issue is fans not letting this to rest. Even dealing with such an aspect as color, is embarrassing to me, especially as it is OBVIOUS the naysayers are bat blind. I sometimes wonder what is the real purpose of these queries. They say they don’t care if MJ dyed Prince’s hair and that it is his right, on one hand, and on the other, they question him telling the kids they were Black. So, what is it, then? Apparently, it was important for MJ that his kids identified as Black and that is the end of it! B.T.W., Debbie is Jewish. Imagine the complexity....But, no one ever talks about that. At the end of the day, Michael was all they had, and Michael. You’re absolutely right, that Michael was his first two children’s biological father, no matter what the children themselves look like. Mixed-race people are many variations of different physical characteristics —— such as skin-tone/-color, eye color, hair-color and -texture, height, weight, structure, figure/physique, and so forth —— physical genetic traits inherited down the line from both sides of the family, just as what would be the case with ALL of us living on this planet.
The vast majority of human beings are at least ethnically mixed, anyway (if not between two or more different and separate races, directly through one’s parentage), technically speaking (if one’s ancestry goes back far enough), unless one’s direct line of descent comes from a group that’s completely isolated and cut off from the rest of society and the entire world; Very, very few of such isolated populations exist, since almost no one is “purely” of any single race, ethnicity or nationality.
I’m not even going to delve into and discuss that whole “Jewish” subject matter —— especially, since that particular designation has mainly to do with the practice of a certain religious faith, rather than with anything specifically “racial” or “ethnic”* (*like the designations of people of other faiths/belief systems as “Christian,” “Muslim,” “Hindu,” “Buddhist,” etc., that anyone of any race/nationality whose family has traditionally raised him or her in, or one’s particular set of values [as well as one’s faith/belief system, or non-belief, if you will] that he or she can and does individually choose to follow, and practice, according to his or her own personal decision) —— but Debbie Rowe, Prince Michael’s and Paris’ biological mother, is White. Michael, as we well know, was a BLACK MAN. He was these children’s father not just genetically and biologically (in the obvious fleshly, and literal, sense), but much more significantly, in THE MOST important way that really and truly mattered, because, he raised them and LOVED them.
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Post by Russg on Aug 22, 2020 9:52:37 GMT
I think the main issue is fans not letting this to rest. Even dealing with such an aspect as color, is embarrassing to me, especially as it is OBVIOUS the naysayers are bat blind. I sometimes wonder what is the real purpose of these queries. They say they don’t care if MJ dyed Prince’s hair and that it is his right, on one hand, and on the other, they question him telling the kids they were Black. So, what is it, then? Apparently, it was important for MJ that his kids identified as Black and that is the end of it! B.T.W., Debbie is Jewish. Imagine the complexity....But, no one ever talks about that. At the end of the day, Michael was all they had, and Michael. You’re absolutely right, that Michael was his first two children’s biological father, no matter what the children themselves look like. Mixed-race people are many variations of different physical characteristics —— such as skin-tone/-color, eye color, hair-color and -texture, height, weight, structure, figure/physique, and so forth —— physical genetic traits inherited down the line from both sides of the family, just as what would be the case with ALL of us living on this planet.
The vast majority of human beings are at least ethnically mixed, anyway (if not between two or more different and separate races, directly through one’s parentage), technically speaking (if one’s ancestry goes back far enough), unless one’s direct line of descent comes from a group that’s completely isolated and cut off from the rest of society and the entire world; Very, very few of such isolated populations exist, since almost no one is “purely” of any single race, ethnicity or nationality.
I’m not even going to delve into and discuss that whole “Jewish” subject matter —— especially, since that particular designation has mainly to do with the practice of a certain religious faith, rather than with anything specifically “racial” or “ethnic”* (*like the designations of people of other faiths/belief systems as “Christian,” “Muslim,” “Hindu,” “Buddhist,” etc., that anyone of any race/nationality whose family has traditionally raised him or her in, or one’s particular set of values [as well as one’s faith/belief system, or non-belief, if you will] that he or she can and does individually choose to follow, and practice, according to his or her own personal decision) —— but Debbie Rowe, Prince Michael’s and Paris’ biological mother, is White. Michael, as we well know, was a BLACK MAN. He was these children’s father not just genetically and biologically (in the obvious fleshly, and literal, sense), but much more significantly, in THE MOST important way that really and truly mattered, because, he raised them and LOVED them.
So can you explain to me how it is that every single member of the third generation Jackson family (Prince and Paris's cousins) look like they have some Jackson-esque features, but none of MJ's 3 kids do? I believe a few of the cousins have mixed raced heritage, and yet none of them look as caucasian as Prince and Paris do. As for Bigi, although he has some dark features, he looks more Puerto Rican to me than anything else. He doesn't look like he has a black parent.
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