Paris, Michael Jackson’s daughter, has explained why she sees herself as a Black lady.
The model and musician is the middle child of the “Thriller” singer. She has an elder brother named Prince and a younger brother named Bigi.
Paris has been in the public eye since she was a child since she is the daughter of the “King of Pop.” She has had a lot of public problems throughout the years.
Paris said that the paparazzi’s obsession with her father gave her post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
According to the Mayo Clinic, PTSD is a mental illness that can happen after a scary occurrence, either by going through it or seeing it happen.
Paris said on an episode of Red Table Talk that she sometimes hears camera clicks and has acute paranoia. She has been going to treatment for a lot of things, including this.
She said that she has been getting eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EDMR) therapy to cope with the PTSD and that it has worked “very well.”
Jackson’s kid has likewise been extremely honest about how she came out. She says she doesn’t label her s**uality.
She said, “I don’t think of myself as bis**ual because I’ve dated more than just men and women.”
Paris has been honest about her s**uality, but she says it’s been hard to talk about with her “religious” family. Her brothers have been supportive, though.
She told Willow Smith on Red Table Talk that her family is quite devout and that things like homos**uality are highly taboo, so they don’t talk about it and it’s not really acceptable.
I love and respect them now. I appreciate what they believe. I appreciate their faith. I can’t expect them to set their culture and religion aside anymore. Expectations make people angry. What other people think of me is none of my concern.
Paris has a music career, just like her dad. In 2020, she put out an album called “Wilted.”
She told L’Officiel Italia, “Music is like the air I breathe. It is awareness, it is being able to make something bigger than me, and it is a way to express myself and let out what I feel inside.”
anti-Jackson Jackson’s celebrity grew’ as a member of The Jackson 5 with his siblings. He then became one of called “the biggest solo artists of all time.”
The “Billie Jean” singer was; nonetheless, he was African-American and had darker skin when he initially became popular.
According to the NHS, Michael had vitiligo, a long-term illness that causes white patches to appear on the skin that are not pigmented. This is why Jackson’s complexion got lighter as he got older.
Jackson had a rare interview with talk show presenter Oprah Winfrey before he died. He talked about his skin issue and stated he was proud of being African-American.
I am an American of African descent. Being a Black American makes me proud. I am proud of who I am and what ethnicity I am. He said, “I have a lot of pride and dignity in who I am.”
This is what happened: I have a skin condition that ruins the color of my skin. I can’t help it, okay?
But it upsets me when people make up stories about me that aren’t true. I can’t help but have this problem.
Paris has now explained why she identifies as a Black lady, taking into account Jackson’s African-American background.
Michael would stare me in the eyes and point his finger at me and say, “You’re Black.” She told Rolling Stone, “Be proud of where you come from.”
And I’d say, “Okay, he’s my dad. Why would he lie to me?” That’s why I believe what he said. Because I know he has never lied to me.
Paris added that a lot of people think she’s white and “from Finland or something” because her skin is lighter.
She said that other persons of mixed race look like her, such as Wentworth Miller from Prison Break, who has a Black father and a white mother.
After these statements, Paris has been criticized, and talk show host Wendy Williams even called her words “cute.”
I get that she thinks she’s Black and all, but I’m just talking about how she looks, you know… She said, “Black is not what you call yourself; it’s what the cops see when they put steel to your neck on the turnpike.”
It’s what they see. That’s sweet, and it’s good for her.