how very significant it was way back then for a white middle-class family like mine to be all excited over a black performer.
Right? Folks don't get that today, how amazing it was at the time.
I've made my share of Jackson jokes--that going from dark to white just couldn't be ignored, though in the beginning we tried to give Michael the benefit of the doubt. But now in the end, I can only think what a sad little boy he was, and how bad actions spawn bad actions.
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6/26/09 03:26 am (UTC)Right? Folks don't get that today, how amazing it was at the time.
I've made my share of Jackson jokes--that going from dark to white just couldn't be ignored, though in the beginning we tried to give Michael the benefit of the doubt. But now in the end, I can only think what a sad little boy he was, and how bad actions spawn bad actions.