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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Chris Rock has it right, that was just inlaws being inlaws.

I mean, it's probably considered okay to wonder if the baby will get dad's curly hair or mom's blue eyes or grandmas lovely complexion or grandpas athletic build, etc etc, so why is it racist for anyone anticipating the arrival of a baby in the family to wonder what the skin might look like?  In a mixed couple there are many possibilities and no way to know until the baby emerges.

I don't recall either M or H saying whoever speculated about that was implying that darker would be a problem, seems like they just assumed that was the intent.  Maybe that's racist.[/quote]

You don’t get it. That’s ok. Not everyone has the experience or the understanding to grasp subtleties when it comes to racism and colorism and even the influences of colonialism that color (ha!) quite a few things, often in deeply disturbing ways.

Chris, who has bolstered his career denigrating Black women does get it. He makes his paycheck catering to people who like applauding what he has to say.  Obviously I’m not one of them.  His movie “Good Hair” was more than enough.

What do you know about what Meghan and Harry “assumed”?  If you want to take the comments about the baby on face value, why change up and assume that you know what “they just assumed” when it comes to Meghan and Harry?

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