Black People : Michael Jackson and NOI Article

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Michael Jackson and the Black Nation of Islam

From: Guardian

He has spent years attempting to obliterate any trace of his African-American roots. So why, since his arrest, is Michael Jackson suddenly so keen to embrace the black community? Gary Younge reports on the singer's unexpected racial conversion

When Michael Jackson wrote the lyrics "But if you're thinkin' about my baby/It don't matter if you're black or white" in his hit single Black or White, he could claim significant expertise. Jackson has had a fair crack at being both. First there was the African-American child star from Gary, Indiana - which became the most segregated city in America - who was the ethnic and aesthetic antithesis of the white-skinned, white-bread Osmonds.

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Brother Uzoka ... Thank you for sharing, but posting entire articles without the owner's permission is against our forum rules. I've edited the piece above, leaving a few sentences and links to the sites the article can be found on. It was a little difficult getting to the article on Mathaba.net but i did a search and found it on Guardian's web site, and linked to it also.

Again, thanks for sharing.

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Destee
 

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