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Paris, Lionel Richie, Prince and "Blanket"
Grammys 2010
Commentary: Paris is so beautiful and I believe that "Blanket" looks just like MJ.
Interesting.
Paris and Prince accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys for their father, they really do love and miss their father.
Commentary: So sad. If you watch closely, however, you will notice how Prince stands in the same manner as his father.
Is anyone wrapped up into the controversy over the genetics and ethnicity of MJ's children? I'm not but I do know that for some people this topic is touchy because of the fact that it seems like MJ was ashamed of being a black man.
I feel that instead of being angry, they should feel sad for him; it takes a lot of self-hatred to hate the way you look and your own race.
What I don't understand is why people seem so quick to say that Paris, Prince and "Blanket" are NOT MJ's children. Michael Jackson raised them, loved them and cared for them as a father; his family also accepts them as their blood, refusing to believe anything different.I understand what these children, their race and their father's race may symbolize to different communities. As long as their family embraces them as their own blood, I don't believe that there will be a problem; all it means is that they are more open-minded to diversity and different cultures.
Then again, those children may be his flesh and blood like he has been telling us all this time; only time, magazine interviews done by the children when they hit their 20s and (maybe) DNA tests will reveal the answers.
Until then..... we may never know and for some of us, that is okay.
Michael and his babies, many moons ago
The facebook status discussion that sparked this blog:
Status (not mine): maybe it's just me, but I'm really getting annoyed at the fact people keep calling those random little white kids Michael Jackson's children. Yes Michael had a skin disease, but genetics do not lie. I hate to have my intelligence insulted when the proof is more than obvious, but evident. ><
Me: If he took care of them like a father, then those are his kids. They may not be his genetically but it takes more than sperm to make a father.
6 hours ago ·
Other person:
I'm highly aware of the fact those are not his biological children...duh. That's the point I'm making. And I agree with you that it takes more than just reproducing to make a child but actually carrying out the duties of a parent---hence, the existence of adoption. However, what irritates me is that they're NOT Michael Jackson's biological children and he didn't even bother to 'adopt' a black child. What's up with that!? xD
I can see if his skin disease was not publicized and he wanted to hide it. But his transition was public and we ALL know that he is black---a very cute black man too...aww :( Anyway, my argument is that those aren't his biological children and he didn't even to attempt to lift a finger to make one child remotely look like him in his true state---black.
I can see if his skin disease was not publicized and he wanted to hide it. But his transition was public and we ALL know that he is black---a very cute black man too...aww :( Anyway, my argument is that those aren't his biological children and he didn't even to attempt to lift a finger to make one child remotely look like him in his true state---black.
6 hours ago
Me: The only problem I have with that statement is that there are plenty people that are part black but dont look black, like Jessica Beals(http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
5 hours ago ·
Other person:
Yeah I remember hearing stories of that as well. But in the Access Hollywood interviews with Tito and I think Janet Jackson as well they said that those 3 ARE Michael's BIOLOGICAL children.
Either way it's kind of like a punch in the vagina for me and PERHAPS other blacks that he wouldn't want to have black children because they're "ugly." Regardless of how you put it with his dad putting him down, the fact is he believed that black was 'ugly,' which is sad and somewhat hypocritical for someone who claims to promote peace and unity. I dunno, his intentions confused me after those kids came into the picture. By all means, I respect Michael as an artist and halfheartedly as a universal ambassador---his music broke language barriers and brought people together. But his reasoning behind those children and what he thought of his own kind puzzles me.
As for the two examples of black/white children,yes you would never guess they have African descent. I have a few cousins that are half black & half German and they have green eyes, fair skin, straight hair, etc. But Michael had 3 supposedly biological children, at least one of the 3 would have caught the 'black genes.'
Either way it's kind of like a punch in the vagina for me and PERHAPS other blacks that he wouldn't want to have black children because they're "ugly." Regardless of how you put it with his dad putting him down, the fact is he believed that black was 'ugly,' which is sad and somewhat hypocritical for someone who claims to promote peace and unity. I dunno, his intentions confused me after those kids came into the picture. By all means, I respect Michael as an artist and halfheartedly as a universal ambassador---his music broke language barriers and brought people together. But his reasoning behind those children and what he thought of his own kind puzzles me.
As for the two examples of black/white children,yes you would never guess they have African descent. I have a few cousins that are half black & half German and they have green eyes, fair skin, straight hair, etc. But Michael had 3 supposedly biological children, at least one of the 3 would have caught the 'black genes.'
5 hours ago
Me:
I don't think he was saying that all Black people were ugly, I think he was saying that he were ugly and so were his genetics.I don't know why he didn't use sperm from any of the black men in his life. That's probably an answer we will never have unless Michael has hidden journals.
As for genetics, I think nature isn't always perfect and has some "oopsy daisies." For example, in my uncles's family of 8 children his youngest daughter has cystic fibrosis when genetics would deem that half of those kids should have the disease. I understand, however, that Michael more-than-likely claimed full-blooded white as his blood.
The only reason I am playing devils advocate is because a lot of people do not realize that I am part Filipina and when they find out want to either dismiss that or dismiss my white side.
I think its nice, however, that MJ's family are so insistent to think of those 3 kids as their blood and to raise them in their lives as such.
As for genetics, I think nature isn't always perfect and has some "oopsy daisies." For example, in my uncles's family of 8 children his youngest daughter has cystic fibrosis when genetics would deem that half of those kids should have the disease. I understand, however, that Michael more-than-likely claimed full-blooded white as his blood.
The only reason I am playing devils advocate is because a lot of people do not realize that I am part Filipina and when they find out want to either dismiss that or dismiss my white side.
I think its nice, however, that MJ's family are so insistent to think of those 3 kids as their blood and to raise them in their lives as such.
4 hours ago ·
Other person: Yeah, I guess we'll never know. I just wanted to throw that out there though because it just annoyed me how some people kept claiming that they were his kids, biologically at that.
Meh, whatever. I'll still dance to his music.
Meh, whatever. I'll still dance to his music.
Disclaimer: I am not posting this discussion as a "me vs that person" argument, that person's position is valid and does hold merit. I am hoping to show the difference in our view point and to show the intensity of the argument that this controversy may hold for some people.
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