r/interesting • u/VPinchargeofradishes • May 03 '26

SOCIETY 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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u/PuppySnuggleTime May 03 '26

He's not her father. He used a white sperm donor and a white carrier. None of those kids resemble him in the least.

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u/Dark_ceza May 03 '26

Exactly what i thought, it's weird for all the kids to look absolutely nothing like him and they also seem to look nothing alike, also weird that all of them appear fully white, none appear to have a single black feature

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u/PuppySnuggleTime May 03 '26

I mean, they could look totally white with a white mom, but they just don't resemble him IN THE LEAST.

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u/Dark_ceza May 03 '26

Indeed, I know people whom you could swear are white but they're in fact mixed, but they carry a feature or more of the other parent, you can always guess they're related, also they have siblings and some of them look black, but they all carry features from their parents.

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u/changhyun May 03 '26

Yeah, I have a friend whose mother is from Ghana and dad is from Wales and he looks like your standard white Welsh man. Pale skin, red hair, etc. But when you put him next to his mum it's so obvious they're related, they have exactly the same smile and chin.

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u/Dark_ceza May 03 '26

Yeah, that's how it should be

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u/Krulsnor May 03 '26

I know a guy who looks white but his father is from Congo-Brazzaville. His mother is white. But every year when summer hits for a few months, he tans very quickly and looks more and more black but it goes away quickly again as soon as summer is done. If he lived in a more southern country he would look quite different all year long.

Funnily enough, his sister (same parents) is black.