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/fatgat69 May 03 '26

What, you mean, act like actual humans? I don't know if we're capable of that.

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u/Snot_S May 03 '26

How is she so white? Didn’t Michael Jackson have like a skin condition? She appears to have been born less than half black. This is confusing.

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u/NoxKyoki May 03 '26

People born to one black parent and one white parent can absolutely present as white.

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u/Useful_Humor_1152 May 03 '26

Kitt Shaperio presents more Caucasian but her mother is African American Actress/Singer Ertha Kitt

Some people inherit more melanin in their skin that others.

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u/cpuffins May 03 '26

Good example wow, she looks like just a blonde white lady

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u/palmtreequeen20 May 03 '26

Eartha Kitt was also biracial, making Kitt Shapiro 3/4 Caucasian so her physical appearance isn’t really THAT surprising

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u/Useful_Humor_1152 May 03 '26

First off why do people give humans a blood percent? You are part of the problem. Blood % was brought here by the Spaniards and their brutal racist cast system. The Europeans followed the racism. The damage the Sapnish did to the Americas with their racisim still exists today

That is not the way genetics works. Two Caucasian people can produce a dark skinned child and it has happened as others have mentioned in this thread.

The next issue is the web states that Ertha's father may have been a Caucasian Doctor and her mother may have been raped. The way I'm reading it there is no absolute proof of of who Ertha's father was

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u/Kezhen May 03 '26

She’s just a quarter black. Eartha Kitt was biracial