Comment on Janet Jackson’s ‘apology’ for questioning Kamala Harris’ race was unauthorized: report

ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  … To be completely fair… She had no say over her brother’s situation, and I have even heard it said that Michael was suffering from vitiligo, which spurred his skin bleaching because it was producing a very mottled effect… But yeah, IDK, I do not follow Janet closely or anything.

  I just do not see her as responsible for what her brother did, and do not think I can really have an opinion on what her brother did because the motive may have been completely benign. There is even something to be said about Michael Jackson eventually coming to terms with his own relationship with his race and what that may have meant for him.

  A mega-rich popstar not even being satisfied with being black and later understanding his internalized racism is quite a story, if true.

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  • ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I think you missed my point. She would know firsthand her brother was suffering from vitiligo and thus “looked” white and people started questioning if he was black anymore. And here she goes judging Harris in a similar way to how people judged her brother.

    Thats why I was saying that she of all people should know what that’s like.

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    • Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      OK, that’s interesting, I see…!

      You could say, though, that Michael Jackson is very undeniably a historic black American who suffered through living in poverty in a poor area and partly lived through the civil rights movement, though he was quite young… He was an ambassador for black Americans even if he did not want to be.

      This is a radically different experience than what Kamala had, and who am I to judge black Americans who feel that being a black American person requires some connection to that world…?

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