> Allen Davis wrote: > >> * Can you remember when Michael Jackson was still black??? I thought >> not!!! :-) >
I hate to point this out, but Michael Jackson is still black, at least insofar as he is of African American descent. How light or dark someone is only partially influenced by that. We have a news anchorwoman in Detroit who is supposedly through-and-through an African American, but her skin is lighter than mine, and she's got golden-brown hair. The shade of skin M.J. has is a result of a genetic flaw which afflicts a great number of people throughout the U.S. and which causes the unfortunate victim to be the butt of a great deal of teasing and ridicule throughout elementary and middle school. I knew a couple of kids in middle school like that, and if you don't use liberal amounts of makeup to even the skin shade out - as M.J. has in the past - the person's raw skin looks, well... just plain weird. There's no better way to describe it. For those of you who are over 25 and might not remember so well, 12 year olds hate Weird. In fact, they tend to take Weird out back and beat the crap out of him. Of course, a middle school boy wearing large amounts of makeup to make his skin look uniform has an entire other set of potential problems. As for his other problems, well, my grandmother told me once, "Eccentric is what we call crazy people who have money." But any psychological oddities are independent of his skin disorder, and it's grossly unfair to pick on him for that. -David -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
