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	<title>Comments on: For blacks, Jackson’s struggles mirrored their own</title>
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		<title>By: YVONNE</title>
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		<dc:creator>YVONNE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>IT WAS OBVIOUS MICHAEL HAD A PROBLEM WITH HIS BLACK SKIN WHICH I PERSONALLY NEVER UNDERSTOOD.  MYSELF BEING A BLACK FEMAILE HAVE ALWAYS EMBRACED MY KINKY HAIR AND BLACK SKIN.  I HAVE ALWAYS FELT MICHAEL SHOULD&#039;VE BEEN AROUND MORE BLACK FOLKS ON A DAILY BASIS GO INTO THE HOOD MINGLE WITH BLACK FOLKS KNOW HIS BLACK CULTURE IN A MORE INTIMATE WAY THAN IT APPEARED HE DID.  IT SEEMS HE HAD BLACK FOLKS THAT WORKED FOR HIM BUT FOR OBVIOUS REASON THEY APPARENTLY COULD NOT BE FRANK WITH HIM ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE.  ANYONE THAT WOULD GO FROM A HANDSOME YOUNG BLACK MAN TO WHAT HE ENDED UP LOOKING LIKE HAD SOME DEEP ISSUES ABOUT HIS BLACKNESS.  IT IS SO SAD THAT SOMEONE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFLUENCE ON HIM TO SAY YOU ARE RUINING YOUR APPEARANCE.  I HOPE FOR THOSE BLACK FOLKS THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR BLACKNESS WILL LOOK AT MICHAEL JACKSON AND SAY THIS IS THE WAY GOD SENT ME HERE SO MY LOOKS ARE JUST FINE.  WE COME IN SUCH BEAUTIFUL HUES FROM LIGHT MOCHA TO RICH DARK CHOCOLATE WE NEED TO EMBRACE AND LOVE OUR BLACKNESS NO MATTER WHAT OUR SHADE IS.  WHO KNOWS MICHAEL MAY STILL BE HERE IF NOT FOR ALL HIS SURGERIES.  ANYONE WHO GETS THEIR FACE CUT ON AS MANY TIMES AS HE OBVIOUSLY DID ALONG WITH ALL THAT SKIN BLEACHING HAS TO END UP WITH PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THEIR BODY.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;FOR ME IT WILL ALWAYS BE ABOUT MICHAELS GREAT MUSIC HE LEFT FOR US TO ENJOY.   RIP MJ.  BLACK FOLKS LETS EMBRACE OUR KINKY HAIR AND BLACK SKIN IT&#039;S JUST AS BEAUTIFUL AS BLOND &amp; BLUE.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IT WAS OBVIOUS MICHAEL HAD A PROBLEM WITH HIS BLACK SKIN WHICH I PERSONALLY NEVER UNDERSTOOD.  MYSELF BEING A BLACK FEMAILE HAVE ALWAYS EMBRACED MY KINKY HAIR AND BLACK SKIN.  I HAVE ALWAYS FELT MICHAEL SHOULD&#39;VE BEEN AROUND MORE BLACK FOLKS ON A DAILY BASIS GO INTO THE HOOD MINGLE WITH BLACK FOLKS KNOW HIS BLACK CULTURE IN A MORE INTIMATE WAY THAN IT APPEARED HE DID.  IT SEEMS HE HAD BLACK FOLKS THAT WORKED FOR HIM BUT FOR OBVIOUS REASON THEY APPARENTLY COULD NOT BE FRANK WITH HIM ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE.  ANYONE THAT WOULD GO FROM A HANDSOME YOUNG BLACK MAN TO WHAT HE ENDED UP LOOKING LIKE HAD SOME DEEP ISSUES ABOUT HIS BLACKNESS.  IT IS SO SAD THAT SOMEONE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFLUENCE ON HIM TO SAY YOU ARE RUINING YOUR APPEARANCE.  I HOPE FOR THOSE BLACK FOLKS THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR BLACKNESS WILL LOOK AT MICHAEL JACKSON AND SAY THIS IS THE WAY GOD SENT ME HERE SO MY LOOKS ARE JUST FINE.  WE COME IN SUCH BEAUTIFUL HUES FROM LIGHT MOCHA TO RICH DARK CHOCOLATE WE NEED TO EMBRACE AND LOVE OUR BLACKNESS NO MATTER WHAT OUR SHADE IS.  WHO KNOWS MICHAEL MAY STILL BE HERE IF NOT FOR ALL HIS SURGERIES.  ANYONE WHO GETS THEIR FACE CUT ON AS MANY TIMES AS HE OBVIOUSLY DID ALONG WITH ALL THAT SKIN BLEACHING HAS TO END UP WITH PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THEIR BODY.  </p>
<p>FOR ME IT WILL ALWAYS BE ABOUT MICHAELS GREAT MUSIC HE LEFT FOR US TO ENJOY.   RIP MJ.  BLACK FOLKS LETS EMBRACE OUR KINKY HAIR AND BLACK SKIN IT&#39;S JUST AS BEAUTIFUL AS BLOND &#038; BLUE.</p>
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		<title>By: YVONNE</title>
		<link>http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2009/06/28/for-blacks-jackson%e2%80%99s-struggles-mirrored-their-own/comment-page-1/#comment-11663</link>
		<dc:creator>YVONNE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>IT WAS OBVIOUS MICHAEL HAD A PROBLEM WITH HIS BLACK SKIN WHICH I PERSONALLY NEVER UNDERSTOOD.  MYSELF BEING A BLACK FEMAILE HAVE ALWAYS EMBRACED MY KINKY HAIR AND BLACK SKIN.  I HAVE ALWAYS FELT MICHAEL SHOULD&#039;VE BEEN AROUND MORE BLACK FOLKS ON A DAILY BASIS GO INTO THE HOOD MINGLE WITH BLACK FOLKS KNOW HIS BLACK CULTURE IN A MORE INTIMATE WAY THAN IT APPEARED HE DID.  IT SEEMS HE HAD BLACK FOLKS THAT WORKED FOR HIM BUT FOR OBVIOUS REASON THEY APPARENTLY COULD NOT BE FRANK WITH HIM ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE.  ANYONE THAT WOULD GO FROM A HANDSOME YOUNG BLACK MAN TO WHAT HE ENDED UP LOOKING LIKE HAD SOME DEEP ISSUES ABOUT HIS BLACKNESS.  IT IS SO SAD THAT SOMEONE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFLUENCE ON HIM TO SAY YOU ARE RUINING YOUR APPEARANCE.  I HOPE FOR THOSE BLACK FOLKS THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR BLACKNESS WILL LOOK AT MICHAEL JACKSON AND SAY THIS IS THE WAY GOD SENT ME HERE SO MY LOOKS ARE JUST FINE.  WE COME IN SUCH BEAUTIFUL HUES FROM LIGHT MOCHA TO RICH DARK CHOCOLATE WE NEED TO EMBRACE AND LOVE OUR BLACKNESS NO MATTER WHAT OUR SHADE IS.  WHO KNOWS MICHAEL MAY STILL BE HERE IF NOT FOR ALL HIS SURGERIES.  ANYONE WHO GETS THEIR FACE CUT ON AS MANY TIMES AS HE OBVIOUSLY DID ALONG WITH ALL THAT SKIN BLEACHING HAS TO END UP WITH PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THEIR BODY.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;FOR ME IT WILL ALWAYS BE ABOUT MICHAELS GREAT MUSIC HE LEFT FOR US TO ENJOY.   RIP MJ.  BLACK FOLKS LETS EMBRACE OUR KINKY HAIR AND BLACK SKIN IT&#039;S JUST AS BEAUTIFUL AS BLOND &amp; BLUE.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IT WAS OBVIOUS MICHAEL HAD A PROBLEM WITH HIS BLACK SKIN WHICH I PERSONALLY NEVER UNDERSTOOD.  MYSELF BEING A BLACK FEMAILE HAVE ALWAYS EMBRACED MY KINKY HAIR AND BLACK SKIN.  I HAVE ALWAYS FELT MICHAEL SHOULD&#39;VE BEEN AROUND MORE BLACK FOLKS ON A DAILY BASIS GO INTO THE HOOD MINGLE WITH BLACK FOLKS KNOW HIS BLACK CULTURE IN A MORE INTIMATE WAY THAN IT APPEARED HE DID.  IT SEEMS HE HAD BLACK FOLKS THAT WORKED FOR HIM BUT FOR OBVIOUS REASON THEY APPARENTLY COULD NOT BE FRANK WITH HIM ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE.  ANYONE THAT WOULD GO FROM A HANDSOME YOUNG BLACK MAN TO WHAT HE ENDED UP LOOKING LIKE HAD SOME DEEP ISSUES ABOUT HIS BLACKNESS.  IT IS SO SAD THAT SOMEONE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFLUENCE ON HIM TO SAY YOU ARE RUINING YOUR APPEARANCE.  I HOPE FOR THOSE BLACK FOLKS THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR BLACKNESS WILL LOOK AT MICHAEL JACKSON AND SAY THIS IS THE WAY GOD SENT ME HERE SO MY LOOKS ARE JUST FINE.  WE COME IN SUCH BEAUTIFUL HUES FROM LIGHT MOCHA TO RICH DARK CHOCOLATE WE NEED TO EMBRACE AND LOVE OUR BLACKNESS NO MATTER WHAT OUR SHADE IS.  WHO KNOWS MICHAEL MAY STILL BE HERE IF NOT FOR ALL HIS SURGERIES.  ANYONE WHO GETS THEIR FACE CUT ON AS MANY TIMES AS HE OBVIOUSLY DID ALONG WITH ALL THAT SKIN BLEACHING HAS TO END UP WITH PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THEIR BODY.  </p>
<p>FOR ME IT WILL ALWAYS BE ABOUT MICHAELS GREAT MUSIC HE LEFT FOR US TO ENJOY.   RIP MJ.  BLACK FOLKS LETS EMBRACE OUR KINKY HAIR AND BLACK SKIN IT&#39;S JUST AS BEAUTIFUL AS BLOND &#038; BLUE.</p>
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