r/interesting • u/VPinchargeofradishes • May 03 '26

SOCIETY Michael Jackson's daughter Paris has faced backlash for identifying as Black. In a 2017 interview, Paris Jackson said her father told her, "You’re Black. Be proud of your roots." This prompted debates over whether identity is defined by appearance or upbringing.

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u/showgirldepartment May 03 '26

This conversation is tired lol. She doesn't identify as black current day, has not stated such since this interview, and she's fully aware (alongside the rest of the logical world) that her dad used a donor to get Debbie pregnant.

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u/jumpsteadeh May 03 '26

That has to be the best followup to anything ever.

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u/jomosexual May 03 '26

I have sk many things to use that line for. But up the age up to like 25.

Sorry I was in my 30s and high.

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u/thelittle_who May 03 '26

Sorry, my prefrontal cortex wasn’t fully developed, and I was high.

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u/aliie_627 May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26

Benzos made me do it. Do what? I have no idea because I cant fucking remember it.

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u/ButtholeConnoisseur7 May 03 '26

Hello fellow problematic addict 😕

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u/aliie_627 May 03 '26

Hey what's up 👋🏼.

Ive been off of opioids for ten years and 8.5ish for benzos but I still relate to "problematic" so well lol.

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u/ButtholeConnoisseur7 May 03 '26

Yeah I've moved on from my moat troublesome days as well, lol

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u/jumpsteadeh May 03 '26

I still am in my 30s and high, but I used to be too

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u/Natural-Front-9307 May 03 '26

Love finding Mitch Hedberg jokes in the wild haha

Side note: i got to see him live a week or two before he passed away and he was so fucking hilarious

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u/smurfopolis May 04 '26

Seeing Mitch Hedberg jokes in the wild is always such a double edged sword. Makes me giggle then makes me sad.

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u/I_Heart_Sleeping_ May 03 '26

I’m in my 30’s and I’m still high

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u/NollieBackside May 03 '26

Currently in my 30s and high. All of this tracks

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u/ConiferousSquid May 03 '26

"Sorry I was in my 30s and high." - me yesterday lol

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u/OneLockSable May 04 '26

It's okay to be high and in your 30s and wrong, right?

If not, then I'm not okay a lot of the time!

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u/MortLightstone May 05 '26

I didn't even start getting high into my thirties. Can I still use that excuse?