Quoting Quincy: MJ 'Didn't Want To Be Black'

31. sad to see such a gifted man pass on, but would have rather have heard that Quincy Jones, his back stabbing friend was in the box instead.

Posted at 2:16PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by TREETIPPER

32. I suppose it may have had something to do with the recording industry. When Michael was a kid, it was dominated by white faces, and still is today. There has been an increase in black artists, but other than in very specific fields, there are still more white faces than black in music and probably will be for a very very long time.

That said, I still think Michael's changing skin colour was because he desperately didn't want to be like his father in any way (and who can blame him? Joe Jackson is scum and a child abuser). Perhaps that did extend to a dislike of his colour in general, I don't know. The evidence is there, two white wives, other white girlfriends, three white kids. Who knows?

Posted at 2:17PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by Alex

33. I found Quincy’s comments tacky. I have issues with my family members whom love dearly but at no time would I ever put them out there publicly to be ridiculed.

Michael Jackson’s dermatologist Dr.Arnold Klein testified that MJ was diagnosed with vitiligo and lupus in 1984.
On February 10, 1993 Michael Jackson revealed on the Oprah show that his skin had turned white due to vitiligo and he had to depigment the skin to even out his skin color. He dismissed the allegations that he had bleached his skin to ‘become white’.

“I’m a black American, I am proud to be a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity,” were his words. This did put some brake on the racist attacks on him, but unfortunately there are still many people out there who refuse to accept that Michael Jackson turned white due to the skin disease vitiligo.

http://skindisease.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_did_michael_jackson_skin_turn_white

Posted at 2:19PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by Seriously

34. Considering that is father and brothers tormented him about his nose and looks its no wonder he didn't want to be black. He wanted to be accepted

Posted at 2:18PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by M.A.D. Agent

35. ok well it's quite obvious why michael hated being black. instead of bashing him after he's dead quincy, how about asking his father joe jackson why he hated being black. the man wanted nothing to do with his father and was disgusted when he looked in the mirror and saw his father in him. people need to be asking joe why michael hated his color so much. it's obvious he was tramatized as a boy.

Posted at 2:18PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by B Steezy

36. I hope this isn't true. How can you deceive someone like this. Even if the statements are true, it's just not right. Besides, the man hasn't been funeralized yet and everyone is adding their two cents. Getting their 5 minutes of fame on Michael's dime. I hope that the Jackson family will shut him up, or at least let him know they don't appreciate his candor or lies.

Posted at 2:19PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by I no longer support Quincy Fake-ass Jones

37. I wonder who told him that. All the WHITE women that he married? Shut up "Q", you'll be next as soon as that aneurysm finally pops in your head. Hopefully, Joe Jackson won't be far behind either.

Posted at 2:28PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by thai

38. Jones should talk...he can't keep his hands off the blondes which are the weekest on the white scale. He is jealous that Michael had the never to go where he only tasted.

Posted at 2:24PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by drop dead

39. People seem to forget that MJ had vitilligo. A pigmentation condition that causes the gradual loss of skin pigmentation over a number of years. It would be difficult to be a public figure and have to cover up with make-up every day in an attempt to not look like a dalmation. Thus, a common treatment is skin bleaching to "get the process over with". It wasn't an issue of black or white, it was an issue of public acceptance and disease. Quincy Jones is no scholar and shouldn't throw around these wild accusations with his 'limited' medical knowledge. Give him a break, he will always be remembered for being the greatets popstar of all time. People will still talk about him 100 years from now, and as for Quincy... well you get the idea...

Posted at 2:22PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by Remotely Uninterested

40. Have any of you doubters thought that maybe Michael didn't want to be black because of the way blacks were treated when he was young and because of where he grew up? Why didn't Michael want any black children to raise? Or take kiddies out of poverty like Madonna & Angelina Jolie? I loved Michael for who he was and his amazing talent, but I'm not blinded by that love. Mr Jones does have a point.

Posted at 2:22PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by Michelle D. Lee

41. It's hard to tell which interviews are real and which are complete fabrications. I doubt this one is real. Read the whole interview, it sounds contrived.

Posted at 2:23PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by disgusted

42. God, another friend? let's see how many more 'friends' will jump out and make statement.
shame on you!

Posted at 2:24PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by mirror

43. Hello TMZ? I reported this to you yesterday in my comments and you are now validating it with Quincy Jones. If any of MJ's so called fans (I'm a real fan) TRULY followed MJ over the years, then all of you would realize the man spent his entire life and lots of damn money to try to become WHITE. Idiots! That's why I've been saying J. Foxx is a moron and that MJ and OBAMA have nothing to do with the other. Stupid people. Why is anyone acting like this is just coming out? And to answer your question, Quincy Jones is just now telling it because of the stupid comment J. Foxx made at the BET awards - MJ is not "their" people. He wanted to be WHITE. Morons.

Posted at 2:25PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by harley

44. Maybe he thought little boys would find him more attractive if he was pasty?

Posted at 2:25PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by Cleveland-West_Side

45. Obviously Quincy knows nothing about vitilligo... How could you stand to be a public icon with a skin condition that renders your skin similar to that of a dalmation? Putting on makeup every day to cover the pigmentation loss is not really an option as the disease is progressive and will eventually remove all of the pigment (in MJ's case). There is no treatment to 'dye' yourself black so this was his only option. Quincy is just grasping at remote strings of fame via interviews brought on by an icon's passing. Everyone has to get paid though, right Quincy? So just how much more did they offer you when you dangled this tiddley little bit of FALSE info infront of the Detail's face?

Posted at 2:28PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by Annoyed