This story has hurt me to my heart so, you just have to read it.
Imagine if this was your child asking YOU, “Mommy, is my skin too dark to swim in this pool?” I literally cried.
My Civil Rights era aunt said two songs came to mind for her:
They Don’t Really Care About Us
AND
What I know for sure, is that it makes me want to SCREAM!!!!
It just occurred to me while watching “Black or White” that the whole reason that the custody of Michael Jackson’s children is even a topic for the media, aside from the money, is the fact that this Black man had the audacity to engineer, birth, and raise these three visibly white or biracial children. It just dawned on me that the fact is one that appalls many and was reason enough for Jackson to shield his children from the public and the media so that they could have childhoods.
All children are beautiful–it doesn’t matter if they’re black or white.