All due respect, that’s dumb. That absolves the people reacting to her of any responsibility to, you know, police their own actions. That’s the same line of reasoning that people throw at women who get abortions (“choose to have sex, choose to deal with the consequences.”).

Except those “heroes” are skipping ominously close at the moment to electing their own (admitted Trump supporter) demagogue into office:

The facility I worked at a long time ago had a therapist who often worked with sex assault and rape victims and their families. She one day was talking about a mother who was angry that her boyfriend was in jail for attacking her daughter. The mother sat in the office and argued that her daughter had flirted with the…

Except the black-white twins thing is also extremely rare - it’s somewhere in the millions in terms of odds. A lot of “black-white” twins claimed in the media are not really so, IIRC - they’re just similar twins of differing skin tones. A true pair consists of one twin who is overwhelmingly one race (in terms of…

It takes a graduate level course to figure out that the odds of a man with (naturally) very dark skin and strong sub-Saharan features and a white woman have astronomically low odds of producing two(!) children with absolutely stereotypical Caucasian features and absolutely no indication of their 50(!) percentage black…

While African Americans have greater genetic diversity than other races, that is an average you cite - it varies by family. Other people on this thread have pointed out that the Jacksons as a group seem to have pretty strong sub-Saharan African features (at least before they started messing with the surgeries). The…

How so? I think I’ve made pretty clear how I’m thinking, and a basic google search would show that it’s pretty true - those characteristics more common in white people tend to be recessive in nature. That is not the same as saying “white genes” (which do not exist, btw) are recessive or “white people are recessive.”…

Mariah is 25% black. Her father was black and latino and her mother was white.

Except you’re not really saying anything original. You just said “you can’t tell she’s not black just by appearance” and I pointed out that genetically speaking, this is near impossibility given the genetics at play.

Except I did not say “white characteristics” - pay attention. I said those features more common to white people tend to be recessive in nature. And that’s true - things like blue eyes, blonde hair, red hair, etc. - those have all been shown to be recessive in nature (meaning you can only inherit them if both parents…

That guy actually has more features that generally “code” black. His article is related to skin tone alone. You are going off of complexion, whereas I never mentioned that. It is totally possible to be very light and mixed (I am!). But as light as I am, I still have features that are fairly typical of Native American…

Except this is not a case of somebody having features other than black - this is a case of a person who seems to express multiple recessive Caucasian features - blue eyes, light skin, thin, straight hair - without a single instance of a dominant African American expression, despite claiming to be 50% black.. Which…

I’m not denying their experience. I was pointing out that “passing” was normally something done by people who were already of majority Caucasian heritage who were classified as black under a racist system. It was not a case of genetics going haywire.

Except “passing” was a thing that originated with slaves - most of whom were extremely genetically diverse. A large portion of “black” slaves in the South, by the mid-1800s, were actually MAJORITY Caucasian (look it up). A famous example is Sally Hemmings (Jefferson’s slave). While she’s described as black, Hemmings…

Well...that’s not totally true. While it is possible for biracial people to vary, there is an interplay of dominant and recessive genes involved. And scientifically speaking, the genes predominant among Caucasians tend to be more recessive in nature and the genes predominant among Black people tend towards dominance.…

At this point, I have not met anybody who believes it. The rumor for years was that his dermatologist is the bio dad of the oldest two, at least (I believe he is now deceased as well). The speculation to me feels gross because, well, Michael raised them, he’s their dad.

I just feel for Paris - can’t even snark.

But nobody should be above valid criticism, which is what Kara is promoting. I don’t particularly care if its your first time or hundredth time protesting - you still have a responsibility to think before you act and say “Am I doing something that actually helps address the issues I’m protesting about?” If you’re not,…

Um...

People mocked W. when he stated in 2004 that he had been given a “mandate” after narrowly defeating John Kerry. But W. actually DID beat Kerry in the popular vote (not by very much, but he did). Trump couldn’t even do that. He’s always going to be under that cloud, but he can’t accept that.