The Study of Racialism

Salsassin · Suspended Joined: 04 Apr 2005 {Posts: 3508 }

More like highly unlikely

Furienna · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 {Posts: 35 }

Not necessarily. The black father, who was accused of having kidnapped his white-looking son, probably didn't have a white parent either. There's always a grey zone in "statistics".

Salsassin · Suspended Joined: 04 Apr 2005 {Posts: 3508 }

pianoplayer111 · Mentor Joined: 16 May 2007 {Posts: 384 }

I don't know. It is fine to give somebody the benefit of the doubt. I do like Michael and I'm not basing my comments on his lifestyle or anything that's been said about him. However, I'm looking at this from a logical perspective. He was brown-skinned with black features and hair in his youth. No one in his immediate family looks white or mixed, IMO. His parents might have some non-black ancestry as many black people do...but it isn't that obvious. It doesn't add up. Confused

Furienna · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 {Posts: 35 }

I think it's possible, that Michael got even more white genes than his siblings. Thus, he could get white-looking children with a white woman. And there was also a picture of one of Michael's nieces or nephews, who looked white.

Furienna · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 {Posts: 35 }

Look at the kids in the grandparents laps.

pianoplayer111 · Mentor Joined: 16 May 2007 {Posts: 384 }

Hmm...Jaime, I don't know much about statistics but I kind of see your point. I'm not looking at color here...like you, I don't see a resemblance. Not even a subtle hint of Michael in the children.

Furienna · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 {Posts: 35 }

I see resemblance. Especially in some pictures.

pianoplayer111 · Mentor Joined: 16 May 2007 {Posts: 384 }

The baby on Katherine's lap is very fair, but that still doesn't mean anything. Whose little one is that? How is it that Michael happened to get more "white genes" than his other siblings?

Furienna · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 {Posts: 35 }

Salsassin · Suspended Joined: 04 Apr 2005 {Posts: 3508 }

LOL. Furienna needs to take a course in statistics and then on Mendelian genetics.

Here is Frank discussing a similar subject, on just skin color.

pianoplayer111 · Mentor Joined: 16 May 2007 {Posts: 384 }

Yes, you said that. I know it's one of her grandkids. Whose child is that?

I know it's a theory you stated and it's worth considering, but you do see why it wouldn't make sense to most other people, don't you? That doesn't mean your theory doesn't hold water...it simply isn't logical.

Furienna · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 {Posts: 35 }

pianoplayer111 · Mentor Joined: 16 May 2007 {Posts: 384 }

The one on Michael's lap looks like she could be his daughter. That sounds more realistic if we were to say that he had a kid with Debbie Rowe. That little girl appears to be biracial or multiracial. She looks neither black nor white but perfectly mixed.

Furienna · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 {Posts: 35 }

pianoplayer111 · Mentor Joined: 16 May 2007 {Posts: 384 }

OK, there's a difference between being fair to him and being sound in your observations. Clearly your opinions/perception of this differs from many people here, myself included. I'm willing to give Michael the benefit of the doubt with most situations but this is one which seems very unlikely. You can believe in a person but you should allow room for logic, too.

pianoplayer111 · Mentor Joined: 16 May 2007 {Posts: 384 }

I agree on that...my father is an identical twin.

Furienna · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 {Posts: 35 }

But I'm not being illogical. Genes can go either way. Michael has just enough white ancestry to make it just as possible for him to have white children with a white woman as it would have been for him to have black children with a black woman.

pianoplayer111 · Mentor Joined: 16 May 2007 {Posts: 384 }

Certainly, genes can be complicated that way. However, this is not a person who is biracial...that along with a white partner would most likely result in white-looking children. I'm sure the odd exceptions to that occurs now and then, but that seems very rare.

When I said your logic is somewhat skewed, I meant that your perception seems to be clouded by your need to defend MJ's character. I'm not saying your opinion is incorrect but you don't seem to be looking at this objectively. As a fan, you surely remember how he looked as a little boy and then later in his youth? One photo of a few biracial children doesn't indicate anything, IMO. And bear in mind that as children grow older, physical characteristics often change.

pianoplayer111 · Mentor Joined: 16 May 2007 {Posts: 384 }

Is anyone willing to shed light on this? Confused