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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Robyn and Gizelle both look black to me, I wouldn't look at either of them and assume that they are biracial. Their features are very strong and very black. Can't just go by skin color, which is why Katie gets so upset about the whole dang thing. [/quote]

Lol--There are people (ESPECIALLY Black people) who will say that about anyone once they discover that person has any traceable African ancestry.  If Robyn chose to identify as a white person of mixed race ancestry, and had married a white man and had (I assume) "white looking" children, she would be assumed to be white by nearly everyone she encountered.  If Anatole Broyard could successfully pass as white for his entire life (when being discovered as "Black" would have had very negative consequences), Robyn would have no trouble passing now (if she hadn't married Juan and had children with him).  Heck, I have encountered several people who STILL can't believe that Soledad O'Brien is biracial, despite the fact that she'll tell anyone who asks.  She even hosted a show called "Black in America."

Katie's father looks "blacker" than Robyn.[/quote]

+100.  Confirmation bias, people!  It's a powerful thing![/quote]

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