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Post by MattyJam on Aug 24, 2020 14:25:20 GMT
Yeah there are further comments re the red writting. I think the newer screen shots show its the same. Yeah we are! But you have to be especially when the media will twist the slightest thing. Hes only saying what he said in 2002 in the speech if its legit. Oh definitely. I prefer to think of it as critical thinking rather than suspicious. Either way, we've had to be over the years. |
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Post by respect77 on Aug 24, 2020 17:25:38 GMT
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Post by SmoothGangsta on Aug 24, 2020 19:11:16 GMT
I'm inclined to believe the letter is legit. I know there are some very good fakes out there, but this seems so MJs style, the scatterbrain way in which it's written etc. If it is real: A) he was right about everything and anyone with an IQ of over 16 can see from this that he was proud of his race and wanted to act as a representative for POC and B) he achieved exactly what he set out to do Agreed, seeing some people elsewhere trying to make this seem problematic. The article framing doesn't help. |
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Post by amaya on Aug 25, 2020 0:56:10 GMT
But do we really have to give haters so much power over our thoughts that we are always preoccupied with and worried about what they will or might say? Who cares what those losers say? I mean haters can and will twist ANYTHING, even the lyrics of Man in the Mirror. Only a very dumb or very malicious person can interpret the "white kids" part as pedophilia when there's a very precise context about what he meant and why exactly he emphasized white kids - ie. white kids learn racism from their parents, white kids grow up to be prejudiced and MJ wants to fight against that by being a black hero that they look up to like they look up to Elvis, the Beatles etc. After sleeping on it and seeing more of the letter I can get this part now. And I can assure you I didn't interpret it like that, but I know a lot of people will interpret it like that because a lot of people are very dumb. And sadly, they seem to be the majority.  I know the tabloids can frame shit badly and it shouldn't bother me but goddammit it does. Can we still launch The Sun into the sun? Reading about this on mjjc. Lots of red flags brought up. The red writing isnt from the same hand as the black when compairing the same words. Certain comments which seem thrown in to incite. The taking it before the raid is obvious B.S as respect says. And is prob just thrown in to make the reader go humm what else was taken and hidden. Also implies it was taken because what was said was wrong and needed to be hidden. It pushes the reader a certain way. Imo the writing looks like its trying to be mj but isnt. I dont believe anything like this unless theres proof as we have seen too many fakes over the years. I think it's real, I just think MJ fans are a naturally overly-suspicious bunch. 30+ years of media bullshit will do that to a fanbase. |
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Post by suzie on Aug 25, 2020 4:16:23 GMT
Most of the contents of the letter seem innocuous except the comment about lots of “blacks” being “ugly” to “look at”. MJ probably meant that in the context of racism in the industry at the time - not that he deemed any black people ugly but that they had to work harder to stand out in every regard, including looks, which was true (and may even be true today). Many people who read that are not going to read between the lines, though. They’re going to take it as an indication MJ lamented his race and wanted to be “white”...  MJ could have also meant “ugly to look at” regardless of race (as in beauty is very subjective irrespective of ethnicity). Decontextualized, it doesn’t look good. But these are his own private thoughts where only he knew what he meant. But it (the comment in question) is absolutely inconsistent with just about every public comment MJ has ever made about black people. In the context of the entire letter I get what he means. But people are going to take it at face value. Overall he’s speaking about how hard it it for black artist to reach the same success and receive the same adulation from the media. He feels many black artist are just as good or better. |
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MJ could have also meant “ugly to look at” regardless of race (as in beauty is very subjective irrespective of ethnicity). Decontextualized, it doesn’t look good. But these are his own private thoughts where only he knew what he meant. But it (the comment in question) is absolutely inconsistent with just about every public comment MJ has ever made about black people. 
