http://uptownnotes.com/more-than-just-the-man-in-the-mirror-mj-race-and-social-justice/ Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://uptownnotes.com/more-than-just-the-man-in-the-mirror-mj-race-and-social-justice/#comment-2181 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:21:33 +0000 http://www.uptownnotes.com/?p=1098#comment-2181 […] L’Heureux Lewis, a CUNY colleague and fellow blogger, has a heartfelt memorial post to Jackson and his legacy of social justice at his blog Uptown […]

]]> http://uptownnotes.com/more-than-just-the-man-in-the-mirror-mj-race-and-social-justice/#comment-2182 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:11:44 +0000 http://www.uptownnotes.com/?p=1098#comment-2182 Agree completely with this post. MJ was also revolutionary in his gender presentation and challenges to heteronormativity. Having a vocal range that most women would find unattainable, wearing heavy makeup and sculpted eyebrows, at once appearing slender and lithe and simultaneously strong and dominant in his performances, he (along with Prince, although now he's another story) seriously flipped the switch on what popular audiences were willing to accept from their Black pop stars in the '80s. He will be emulated and revered by queens, kings, and all other queer royalty for decades to come!

]]> http://uptownnotes.com/more-than-just-the-man-in-the-mirror-mj-race-and-social-justice/#comment-4129 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:11:00 +0000 http://www.uptownnotes.com/?p=1098#comment-4129 Agree completely with this post. MJ was also revolutionary in his gender presentation and challenges to heteronormativity. Having a vocal range that most women would find unattainable, wearing heavy makeup and sculpted eyebrows, at once appearing slender and lithe and simultaneously strong and dominant in his performances, he (along with Prince, although now he’s another story) seriously flipped the switch on what popular audiences were willing to accept from their Black pop stars in the ’80s. He will be emulated and revered by queens, kings, and all other queer royalty for decades to come!

]]> http://uptownnotes.com/more-than-just-the-man-in-the-mirror-mj-race-and-social-justice/#comment-2180 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:11:44 +0000 http://www.uptownnotes.com/?p=1098#comment-2180 Agree completely with this post. MJ was also revolutionary in his gender presentation and challenges to heteronormativity. Having a vocal range that most women would find unattainable, wearing heavy makeup and sculpted eyebrows, at once appearing slender and lithe and simultaneously strong and dominant in his performances, he (along with Prince, although now he's another story) seriously flipped the switch on what popular audiences were willing to accept from their Black pop stars in the '80s. He will be emulated and revered by queens, kings, and all other queer royalty for decades to come!

]]> http://uptownnotes.com/more-than-just-the-man-in-the-mirror-mj-race-and-social-justice/#comment-4128 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:43:00 +0000 http://www.uptownnotes.com/?p=1098#comment-4128 I think Michael Jackson wanted Whiteness and White Privilege so badly that he tried to buy it for him self. He did it with Science and Medicine. He recreated his Image. It’s no accident that his 3 kids were not made the natural way but engineered and have no connection to his own DNA. He loved Blacks only in the sense of them promoting his career (he never showed up at BET Awards night). It’s said that when he spoke of Blacks in private it was as an insult.

]]> http://uptownnotes.com/more-than-just-the-man-in-the-mirror-mj-race-and-social-justice/#comment-2179 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:43:35 +0000 http://www.uptownnotes.com/?p=1098#comment-2179 I think Michael Jackson wanted Whiteness and White Privilege so badly that he tried to buy it for him self. He did it with Science and Medicine. He recreated his Image. It's no accident that his 3 kids were not made the natural way but engineered and have no connection to his own DNA. He loved Blacks only in the sense of them promoting his career (he never showed up at BET Awards night). It's said that when he spoke of Blacks in private it was as an insult.

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