Racial Tension anyone?

If you haven’t yet seen this, please do.

Now my thoughts. Michael Jackson was black. Okay.  But he bleached his skin.  Okay.  Why are they debating?

Yes, black people are holding him to be “an African American icon”.

That’s okay by me.

But I have a very serious question here.

And let me make it very clear before I ask it, I am in no way a racist.

What about the African American people that think I’m a racist because I called them an African American?  I’ve had some people get angry and tell me to call them black.  But then when I’ve called some people black, they get angry and tell me they are African American.

I’m so confused.

So what in the heck is appropriate?  Are we calling him African American now?  Or black?  Or white?

And what happens if white people start calling every white person that dies a great white American icon? Would anyone get angry if I say Billy Mays was TV’s Greatest Commericial WHITE icon?

Seriously, the one man who brought us all together to love one another, regardless of what color we are…do we have to fight over him?  White people are saying “He’s more white so that makes it okay to own most of his records and practice the moonwalk”.  Black people are saying “He was born black, so he’s OUR great African American idol”.  Can’t he be both?

I am sick of the debates.  Let me tell you about MJ…

Michael Jackson is an icon.

Period.

Doesn’t matter if he was black or white.