[CP19368]

I just watched a movie called A Family Affair where a white man discovers that his mother was black. Is this possible? Can a black parent produce a white, blue-eyed child? I ask this because the black/white couples I have known have children who are somewhat lighter brown than the black parent, but certainly still what you would call black.

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Name : CP19368, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 21, City : Montreal, Quebec, State : NA, Country : Canada, 

[annonymous]

Yes, a black parent can have a “white” child. My aunt was often harrassed because she was a “white” girl on the deep eastside of Detroit (black area). She has naturally blond hair and gray/green/blue eyes. Now in her 40s, she clearly looks black, but growing up, people didn’t think she was mixed; she was white. If you ask most blacks, they can almost always think of someone in their family or friends who has white skin. This isn’t new to us. Haven’t you heard about blacks throughout history who for many reasons chose to “pass” for white? Many African Americans look white. I can think of a local anchorwoman here in Detroit, Amyre Makeupson, and Carribean writer, Michelle Cliff. Silly how much emphasis we place on features and skin color. Last time I checked, we all bled red.

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Name : annonymous, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 34, City : Detroit, State : MI, Country : United States, 

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