Old heads how did y'all react to MICHAEL JACKSON TURNING WHITE?

[humminbird]

I remember my mom telling me she felt betrayed because he thought he was trying to switch teams
Dad thought it was from the racism he faced up top
It’s still mike king of pop/music all day though

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

I can say one thing though. We certainly didn't react the way we did to Sammy Sosa.

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

I grew up with white wacko jacko so I didn’t see the change.

But then going back and watching Billie Jean and beat it like

Then realizing he was that same kid that was singing on the records when we cleaned the house

Then around invincible I was like yo my mans is looking crazy

 

[Hey_zeus]

I saw him white first like others have said. I need to ask my OGs what they thought about it at the time.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Honestly the heads around me didn't say much .I don't remember Mike before "Way you make me feel". You heard a joke or two but you didn't really notice until Mike was looking like a white woman in the "You are not Alone" video. I was 10-11 at time like yooo dude looking crazy. So as a kid I saw Jeri curl Mike and white woman Mike .

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

to this day people still deny that he had vitiligo and assume that he hated being black and thats why he got his skin bleached and got all the work done.

it was proven he had vitiligo as far as i know but i always noticed in personal conversations and people would constantly deny that he had it.

here is a parody from around that time for more idea of how people took it

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

This is the Micheal Jackson I knew growing up........​

Hell, even his cartoon version didn't look like what he became .....



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[ultraflexed]

I was 8 year's old in 1985 and Michael Jackson was Magic to us Black Kid's, He Scared us with The Jackson's in their "Can You Feel It" video, that beat with Giant Ass Negro's walking around dancing and shyt spreading gold dust on people, that shyt scared the fukk outta me


The nikka was dancing in Space in the Rock With You Video

Then Mike was walking and the ground lit up, he disappearing and shyt, turning into Baby Tiger's in Billie Jean Video

The nikka turned to a Zombie in Thriller

Michael Jackson was Magic in the flesh to us so when he turned white as a kid he was just doing some Magic shyt

He did it gradually. It wasn't too shocking by the time he reached the end product. From the early nose changes circa thriller 82-83 to becoming lightskinned around 86 to 88, to damn near white 90-93 to white by the late 90's. Most people accepted that he was eccentric and fukked up from Joe being hard on them and him being teased about his nose and still fukked with the music. I don't remember any big discussion about a black icon's transformation like that influencing black youth to do the same. Obviously a big line from the time Black or White came out was "if it don't matter how come your white now?" but people still fukked with his music and didn't judge him too harshly from what I remember. I once heard Rev. Phil Valentine say he wanted to look like Rob Lowe with the chin dimple. Most people thought he was handsome to begin with but fukked himself up with the nose jobs by the end. If R. Kelly's music can still be played despite that tape and controversy when it was first out there that should tell you Mike's transformation wasn't taken too hard. Lil Kim is another good example. People agree she looked good already but has fukked herself up but still fukk with her.

This

 

[darryl]

This was a great thread

 

[calixprynce]

Adding a visual

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

What's interesting also is I cant find any comedians going in on his skin color /surgery during that time.

Even Eddie Murphy stayed clear of the skin and plastic surgery jokes.

 

[darryl]

What's interesting also is I cant find any comedians going in on his skin color /surgery during that time.

Even Eddie Murphy stayed clear of the skin and plastic surgery jokes.

Me too. We black people just had so much love for Michael going all the way back to the j5 days. I guess we just gave him a pass. I mean its Michael Jackson bruh. The goat of all goats

 

[ThrobbingHood]

Even Eddie Murphy stayed clear of the skin and plastic surgery jokes.

5:00 onwards

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Didnt really care honestly...... he made classics that slapped

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

5:00 onwards

Larry Holmes catching strays too