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Yesterday CNN's Ines Ferre reported on Michael Jackson and his self-image. For years Michael only admitted to having nose work, but plastic surgery experts believe he had chin and cheek implants among other adjustments. This blogger and one-time Jackson fanatic believes he had chin and cheek implants, eye transformation, hair implants and, of course, skin bleaching to balance his vitiligo. Michael Jackson's good friend, Dr. Deepak Chopra, admits Michael, for some reason, was ashamed of his physical appearance. For some reason? Chopra is obviously living under some race-free rock. Ferre reports Michael possibly suffered from body dysmorphic disorder—a mental illness where a person tries to repeatedly change a repeated defect. Now you and me, both, know that perceived defect is black.
Let's cut to the chase. Michael Jackson did everything in his power to purge every ounce of his blackness to achieve international whiteness, to sustain worldwide fame and love. We loved his music, we loved his moonwalk, but he mutilated everything except his soul. However, in his pursuit of whiteness and the unconditional love it promised, he morphed into a physical parody of self-hate. Why he did it is no surprise. Why do we straighten our hair? Throw on wigs? Purchase blue contacts? In some cases, couple with light or white partners? Some of us believe it will help pave the road to success and acceptance. And for some black folks, success and acceptance does not come packaged in black. I think it's time we admit Michael Jackson was an extension of our black selves. That he was plagued by the same racial ills. We despised him because he was doing to himself what we could easily do to ourselves. Physically or figuratively. Am I wrong?
Michael certainly took "achieving success by any means necessary" to a new height. But how many of us would do the same if we had Michael's resources? Michael's stress? A colonized mind is capable of anything if given the opportunity.
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It was a severe case of Uncle Tom Syndrome.
Mike jumped off the deep end a long time ago when it came to his blackness. Katt Williams summed it up perfectly in his 2006 HBO comedy rant on Mike. There's gonna be alot of revisionist sentimentality concerning hm. MJ stopped associating with us because he stopped associating with his blackness a long time ago. Plus, he knew that his eccentricities had long separated him from us. It wasn't till he had legal problems that he turned to his 'people'. He's no different than OJ. Just a more drastic case. I wont deify him like so many will.
We need no further proof than his children. He chose to have white kids. That says alot about his world view and character. You got all these celebrities going out of their way to adopt black children from Africa and the one of the richest brothas in the world goes out of his way to have white children. His skin may have been turning white, but his DNA is still African American. So the fact that he didn't want to father his own children is the ultimate indictment of his self loathing, aka Uncle Tom-itis.
I grew up loving Motown and Michael Jackson. I was as disappointed as some of you when he began messing with his God-given good looks which just distracted a bit from his tremendous talent after his surgeries. I'm also very grieved that he didn't pass on that genetic ability to another generation.
Coming from Detroit, I understand where you are coming from in many ways but what I don't understand is how anyone thinks they have to 'become white' to be accepted or mainstreamed. For Michael, I believe it had more to do with his abusive childhood and his fathers mockery of his African-American features. Michael was a victim and he morphed into something other than what he was. Pity, he was a fine-looking black man from the start.
Michael would have broken down barriers no matter what color his skin was. I'll miss him.
What's more self loathing than a black man on a quest to have white children?! Poor Michael hated himself so much that he didn't dare pass on his enormous talent to legitimate offspring for fear they would look African American. How sad.
To the poster who said "a black man can have white children..." that's genetically incorrect.. Black / white offspring are ALWAYS biracial, regardless of whether or not they 'look' white or black. You may, in your narrow definition call a biracial child that looks caucasian 'white' but if they have black parentage, biologically, they are 50% black.
"...saying American blackness is inherently a complicated situation."
You're right, it can be difficult. I see that with my students everyday. But to compare it, rhetorically, with MJs inner demons is quite a stretch isn't it?
My immigrant great-grandmother powered her skin to an unnatural and (frankly) ghastly shade of white, I am here to tell you it was like nothing found in nature. Two dark brown circles around her eyes (because, she could quite cake the powder on as heavily around her eyes) added to the very strange look. She was a lovely woman who was very proud of her heritage, but clearly had issues with her chocolate brown skin.
When my father was little she bathed him in bleach in a futile effort to get him lighter/ When I was young and we visited my folks hometown (I grew up in Air Force so the visits were infrequent) She would try to drape me in gloves and hats when I went out to play (I am pretty fair so I figure she wanted to keep it that way) We all thought it was fairly riduculous, and maybe had something to do with the culture she was raised in. But, on reflection, it may have had more to do with the fact that she came from a French colony.
My point is, this stuff can be pretty insidious.
But isn't "blackness" itself a complicated identity? In other words, I'm not saying anyone has to be ashamed; I'm saying American blackness is inherently a complicated situation. It comes with the good and the bad.
"You mean to say there's no way in hell that MJ is a magnified result of what black people struggle with everyday?"