PART TWO
Katie Burrell with her son:
Most of you are guessing that Katie’s ethnic background is Black and White. Keep on guessing. The truth will be revealed in the third and final installment of this series along with an exclusive interview with Katie.
As I stated in the beginning, I am the mother of a “biracial” or “mixed” child. I use parenthesis for these words because I do not think they are appropriate or correct, but because these are the words used to describe my child and others like her, I will go with the flow so that you can understand where I am coming from.
Why don’t I believe in these terms? Race is a made up social construct. We are all once race. We have different ethnic backgrounds but “race” is not real. We are all mixed in one way or another. The whole White and Black thing was made up for oppressive purposes that are still alive and well today. If it wasn’t I would not be writing this blog. We’re all 99.9% alike in every way.
Let’s move on to Michael Jackson‘s babies; I believe they are his biological children. Why? Because he admitted in an interview to using his sperm for their creation. I can also see Michael in their features and mannerisms. You can see a lot of Debbie Rowe in the two oldest children as well, but aren’t children supposed to look like their mama too?
And uh, people act like Michel was dark as hell before vitiligo took over his skin, not that that would make much difference in what his children would look like. You must also realize that the Jackson clan have mixed ancestry just like every other Black family in the United States. Genes do what the hell they want when they collide. We don’t control them. They control us! Two dark skinned people can produce a light skinned child.
I know many of you think that Michael had an issue being Black and that he bleached his skin and other such nonsense, so in turn he wanted White children, but you need to let that theory go.
- Debbie Rowe and Michael Jackson
- Prince, Paris, and “Blanket”
Apparently the youngest, known as Blanket, is half Black and Spanish/Italian. From what I understand, Michael used an anonymous surrogate for him and many people seem to only believe that Blanket is his biological child. Why only Blanket?
If Blanket is indeed half Black and Spanish/Italian he is naturally going to look more ethnic than his older brother and sister because they are half Black, half White. Duh!
- Paris and Prince
Having a very light skin tone does not make a person any less Black than someone who is black as tar. Being Black is not literally about having dark skin, it’s about your heritage and about what you identify as. Really it’s about the ethnic background of your parents.
I was watching an old episode of America’s Next Top Model from back in 2005 when Detroit native, Naima won. Naima is Black, Mexican, and Irish. Another cast mate, Keenyah, a Black woman, stated that she didn’t think Naima was Black because she doesn’t see that in her!
Who the hell is she to define what Black is for someone else and what the hell is she looking for that will make her say , “Ah ha, she is Black!” ? Being a brown skinned Black person does not mean you can define Black for someone else with lighter skin, and being dark also does not mean you can’t be of mixed heritage.
You can be as chocolate as I am and not be of African descent and you can be as light as Michael’s children and have a Black parent. Why is this so hard to understand or accept?
- Naima – Winner of America’s Next Top Model 2005
- Keenya – America’s Next Top Model Contestant 2005
Back in my modeling days I was constantly told and asked, “You’re so pretty, are you mixed?” Of course I took offense to this because the implication is that if you’re a pretty Black women that you MUST be mixed with something else. You can’t just be Black. Give me a damn break!
I recently attended an Undoing Racism Workshop and let me tell you I was blown away by what I learned. Everyone needs to take part in this workshop if it hits your area. I promise, you will be enlightened and a lot less ignorant about race and color issues.
Black people will need to be open to the truth about terms such as, Colorism and Internalized Racism and White people will have to face the fact that they have what is called, Internalized Racial Superiority. I can’t find anything concrete online to directly explain this term, but the truth is out there. Read. There are tons of books that get into these topics.
Start with Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
In the last installment of The Half Series, I will reveal Katie Burrell’s ethnic background and I’m sure you will be shocked. I was!
In the meantime, stop trippin’ about color and love one another.
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Thanks for part two. Too many people are too obsessed with the color of their own and others skin, sadly.
Great article, as always, Lee=)
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it
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You and I both paint, and I’m sure we understand that everyone’s color is as individual as everything else, it’s all just different shades of skin that don’t necessarily identify anything.
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Thanks, glad you found me!
hehe! I miss Michael. He was so cool.
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I encourage you to pass it along. Thanks!
Wow, this blog is very ineresting. I am half black and half white (my dad is the black parent), I am one of those “mixed” people who are in-between. Someone once described me specifically as such. My mom almost never bought me white dolls when I was little unless I asked for one. She always wanted my brothers and sisters and me to embrace our ethnic backround.
Anyway, I have an 8 yr old whose father is white, but she does not look white except for her straight hair. I’m now married to a man who is “mixed” like me and we have a 5 month old baby girl.
“Genes do what the hell they want when they collide. ” That is so true! My older brother has 2 children with a white woman. The eldest is like my daughter and the baby who is 3 has blonde curly hair and gray eyes! He’s so cute, fair skin maye even olive but he looks like his dad! By the way, your daughter does so look like you! Her skin is just lighter. You are both beautiful.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience and for your kind words for me and my daughter
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what gives us a color? melanin.what is melanin?chemical key of life.Study what Melanin is all about Black people you have the most of Melanin internal (organs etc..) and external (skin) Chemical Key of Life.
Melanin is in the cosmos,Vegetation,animals,humans Melanin is needed in order for these to exist.where do melanin come from?From the pineal Gland (Third Eye) located in the forehead area.this gland is very important for inner-vision, spiritual understanding in depth as well other things.when u lay with white people you diminish your powers this is the truth.please read Dr. Richard King book Melanin A key to freedom
Good comments!
internalized racial superiority? wow!?? so basically what youre trying to tell me is that our racial backgrounds dont define who we are and what we look like and to stop trippin about color and love one another….. oh but by the way all you white ppl njust naturally think youre better than the rest of us. youve just basically udermined what you just said and made matters worse. thanks a lot.
Our ethnicity does not define who we are, we are much more than just Black, Asian, Hispanic etc. No one should be defined solely on their “racial” background. The point is, race is made up, we are all one race. Internalized racial superiority is something that White people deal with, whether they know it or not. Also, I am not a White woman. I think you have severely misunderstood some very key points of this series. Read again!