It wasn't just the interview. There are numerous other instances of Michael showing his awareness as a black man. If he wanted to be on some Tina Turner shyt, he could have. But he wasn't.
@Ziggiy said it a lot better than I did, but that's the reality.
Your problem is that you have this perception in your head of who Michael was, and that's fine, but like a lot of people, you can't see past that perception. I already said I don't know or care about the situation with his kids. I can't weigh in on that better than I already have. But what you, and a lot of people have to understand, is that Michael Jackson wasn't just one thing. He was a lot of things that contradicted each other, which is why he is such a complex and interesting person. He hated his features, but that's directly related to the abuse he suffered as a kid. That has nothing to do with him being black. He never transferred the hatred of himself to the hatred of his race.
It's like when people talk about him being a pedophile. He wasn't, at least I never thought he was. Someone could look at him hanging out with kids, hear all the jokes, and watch Leaving Neverland and come away thinking he was. Then you look deeper into the case and you realize it's debatable at worst. And that documentary was like a middle finger to journalism.
All I'm saying is, you probably already had your mind made up when it comes to Michael and his kids. But try looking past the perception and think about it deeper than that. You think it's one way, but it could easily be the other way.
about the black community, so I'm not gonna shyt on him for having insecurities and other things
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