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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wills and Kate look thrilled...

They both seem to give a bare minimum smile for the pic. I don’t remember seeing with similar expressions in posed photos but who knows.

How can he not bother to crack a smile at his little
Brother’s sons christening? Rude!

Yes, he's terribly rude. Kate is far too good for him.

Anonymous wrote:Where is the queen?

She didn’t attend Louis’ baptism either.

Anonymous wrote:Is Doria 100% AA?

Do you mean is she 100% black?

AA is an ethnicity, not a race. Black is a race. There are black people from Nigeria, Jamaica, England, France, Kenya, Brazil, Canada, and even China. They are not African-American.

Most AAs have some white ancestry. Around 20% is common. Skip Gates says the average is 24% European. https://www.npr.org/2019/01/21/686531998/historian-henry-louis-gates-jr-on-dna-testing-and-finding-his-own-roots
In my family, according to 23andme, there is a range from 10-60%.

People who are 50% or more non-black may still choose to identify as AA and will generally be accepted as such as nearly all AAs. This has its roots in the one drop rule, but don’t assume someone with half or more European ancestry that identifies as AA is a believer in the one drop rule. They may embrace that racial identity out of familial or cultural solidarity. Gates himself is 50/50. It would be hard for anyone to argue convincingly that he isn’t AA.

Phenotype can be misleading when it comes to ancestry. Skip Gates’ series has made it clear that many well-known AA celebrities are 50% or more white despite not appearing “biracial” in terms of skin tone, hair texture, etc. we tend to have a stereotype of what “biracial” looks like. And it doesn’t fit everyone with the ancestry. It leaves out a lot of people who may appear to be mostly African or mostly (or entirely) European. There are commends like black people can’t have naturally blond or red hair, light eyes, or freckles although obviously some do! Then, there are people like my DD. She’s been called racially ambiguous and doesn’t appear to be of African ancestry or so people keep telling her. She’s assumed Latino (though that isn’t a race), Middle Eastern (still not a race, technically), or South Asian. However, she identifies as AA.

“Nearly two-thirds of people with a mixed-race background do not identify as multi- or biracial, according to a Pew Research Center study of Americans with at least two races in their background. There are a variety of factors—skin tone, hair color, eye color, where and how a person was raised—that may influence how a person of dual heritage classifies herself. In the Pew study, 47 percent of multiracial people who do not identify as such say it’s because they look and are perceived as a one race.”
https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a15941992/biracial-in-america/

I don’t know Doria’s ancestry, but she’s likely at least partly European and 100% African-American.

Where is the queen?

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Anonymous wrote:I hope all of the “It’s just a baby” posters respond similarly to the Cambridge kids, but somehow I doubt it.

Well those babies were so cute! Way above average on the baby cuteness scale. This one is...meh, not ugly.

No, they were average. If you saw them on the street and didn’t know who they were you wouldn’t look twice. I nanny two babies, I think both are cute bc I’m just in love with them but one is above average cute. He is cute to the point where we have been stopped by women and men commenting on him even when both babies are together. And here is why he is cute, he is pink (not pale) with very rosy cheeks, a permanent smile/jovial face, light blue eyes and super long eyelashes (not your average long baby eyelashes, think longer, like wearing makeup length). He is chunky and just looks ecstatic about life. No one has ever commented on the other baby. Ever.

I think its beautiful. The British Royal Family is the oldest-and-most influential monarchy in Europe today.

Never before have we seen such a diverse - two women of color (black and biracial), one child of mixed race, and two Americans!

Not to mention the socio-economic change of having the three highest ranking women of the Royal Family (once the Queen passes) being the non-titled daughters of a British officer, the daughter of a business associate, and the daughter of a lighting director.

Anonymous wrote:Agreed Doria looks fantastic

+1!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wills and Kate look thrilled...

They both seem to give a bare minimum smile for the pic. I don’t remember seeing with similar expressions in posed photos but who knows.

How can he not bother to crack a smile at his little
Brother’s sons christening? Rude!

Anonymous wrote:Six pages and no one’s mentioned how grouchy William looks?

Everyone in the back row aside from Charles is barely smiling at all. It's almost like they weren't ready for the picture to be taken.

Anonymous wrote:Wills and Kate look thrilled...

Kate does anyway. I totally believe the infighting was between William and Harry bcs William thinks he knows better.

William looks more delighted to be with the Middletons than his own blood-royal brother and he's not trying to hide it.

Anonymous wrote:Wills and Kate look thrilled...

They both seem to give a bare minimum smile for the pic. I don’t remember seeing with similar expressions in posed photos but who knows.

Wills and Kate look thrilled...

Anonymous wrote:Six pages and no one’s mentioned how grouchy William looks?

His face is the first thing I noticed after Harry/Meghan/Archie. But Will's has had resting grouch face for the last 10 years, so IDK.

Is Doria 100% AA?

Six pages and no one’s mentioned how grouchy William looks?