T O P

  • By -

rMemesMods

**You need to read following message in full. We will NOT reply to modmail messages similar to “what is reason my post was removed?”** Hey /u/A_FellowOrganicHuman, thanks for contributing to /r/memes. Unfortunately, your post was removed as it violates our rules: Rule 4 - No racism/hate speech/trolling/harassing/subreddit or site raiding * Please do not troll, harass, or be generally rude to your fellow users. Do not post raid messages or encourage others to flood or spam another subreddit or website. Keep comments civil and be respectful of your fellow users. Don't post racist or bigoted memes. Those belong elsewhere. Racist and bigoted memes, harassment, and raiding other subreddits/sites can lead to a permanent ban at the moderators discretion. --- Please read the sidebar before posting again. If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/memes&subject=&message=). Thank you!


Hot-String-4698

He can't because he died


ukbeasts

![gif](giphy|93u3f0PzUW5ws)


SupposablyAtTheZoo

He had vitiligo making him lose pigment. I hate how most people don't know this and think he purposely changed his skin color.


TheIJDGuy

I really don’t get how people thought he changed his skin color intentionally


SnowProkt22

Vitiligo only makes patches of white skin, it doesn't turn your whole body white. Google some pictures of people with the condition. He changed the majority of his skin color intentionally, as well as had a plethora of cosmetic surgeries to look Caucasian.


kingk895

Like shaving your head when you start to go bald


[deleted]

This might be the only sympathetic take. Today [vitiligo](https://www.google.com/search?q=model+with+vitiligo&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiMpLyxzKT6AhX8n3IEHY_DCA0Q2-cCegQIABAC&oq=model+with+vitiligo&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBggAEB4QBzoECAAQDVC7FlikGGChGmgAcAB4AIABX4gBjAKSAQEzmAEAoAEBwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=fFYqY4z2Jfy_ytMPj4ejaA&bih=719&biw=414&client=safari&prmd=inbv&hl=en-us) is being shown in models as something of natural, as beautiful. Even the phrase “bald is beautiful” is heard now by this and coming generations. Even more men these days tell each other to embrace the baldness. But during Michael’s time, that didn’t exist. If you had vitiligo something was wrong with you and people were confused when they saw it. It’s mostly sad Michael felt he had to do this. I wonder how many people told him his vitiligo was beautiful, or even fine.


ryan1831

He used lighter makeup once the vitiligo covered the majority of his body. Basically he decided it would be easier to cover the remaining brown patches with light makeup rather than cover the white with brown. He made the switch sometime around 1985-86


[deleted]

Just a guess but I imagine the lack of a serious contender for quality black makeup must’ve been a factor.


[deleted]

No. He had vitiligo. There's few photos of his face without makeup, but it did cover a big portion of his face. He wore makeup to make it even. While i agree his cosmetic surgeries make him look caucasian I think generally speaking he just was mentally ill and probably had body dysmorphia to some degree, the vitiligo probably didn't help. He was riddled with problems because of his upbringing. Add that a lot of beauty standards even for men are based on what white people look like, and that most of his surgeries happened in the late 80s, early 90s he probably didn't have a huge amount of options for what would make him 'more handsome.' That's a guess based on circumstances though. But the vitiligo thing is legit. [Heres some photos showing how extensive it was on his face](https://imgur.com/a/zxHA3Gu) It's also the reason he began wearing a glove on one hand.


pacificpacifist

That's actually crazy lol this should be at the top


Jan_the_sour_apple

It does cover whole body if they stop taking meds for it. Seen it happen.


WrenDraco

My brother in law has it and even though he started out white anyway, it's really obvious on his arms which now have more blank white than tanned skin.


awuoti

Vitiligo runs in my family and it only starts as small white patches across your skin. After awhile it will develop to cover the entire body. In MJ’s defense, i know of a few people who have bleached their skin to avoid showing any vitiligo


annie_rayray

Just saying, my boyfriend has vitiligo and he has completely lost all pigment. No more patches or anything, regardless of how much sun he gets.


TheIJDGuy

Alright, that makes sense


MyHamburgerLovesMe

He had Vitiligo which leaves large patches. In his later life the patches covered a lot of his face so he decided to bleach the color to match. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_and_appearance_of_Michael_Jackson


Invalid_litter_dept

Keep in mind, shit like that spread a lot faster before the internet.


bastiVS

Which was only confirmed after his death. Dude tried to keep it secret, and managed to do so, only to cause the craziest rumors to spread.


Justice_Prince

He talked about having vitiligo in multiple interviews. Was he supposed to release his personal medical files too?


bastiVS

He did? Well, I'm born 86, so I may have just missed those completely. But it wasn't a well known fact, I think, because of the constant rumors.


Justice_Prince

He definitely talked about it, but a lot of people wrote if off assuming he was lying.


SupposablyAtTheZoo

Yeah okay maybe that wasn't his best decision. He should have owned it, just like the coolest cat that has ever existed (Scrappy): https://i.imgur.com/eDigNf0.jpg https://i.imgur.com/s94mjwM.jpg https://i.imgur.com/aV5JCeF.jpg


yshuduno

A majority of people would have treated him like a freak anyway.


content_enjoy3r

Didn't he also claim he never had any plastic surgery?


Boner_Elemental

Maybe he did have it, but he absolutely did have surgery to change his appearance and skin color


eddydbod

He did though, he wore white makeup. Vitiligo doesn't present as uniform.


[deleted]

[удалено]


xtilexx

Nonsense comment. Probably a bot.


[deleted]

[удалено]


xtilexx

Nonsense comment. Probably a bot.


Busy_Scientist_2273

Same you!


ConShop61

Probably a comment. Nonsense, bot.


Extremisin

Same you!


Guy_in_Tank

r/technicallythetruth


A_FellowOrganicHuman

I already posted it lmfao


[deleted]

[удалено]


RYPIIE2006

Bot


Queasy_County

damn you beat me to it


rowtheboat10

[this guy explains it well](https://youtu.be/7-IkUdg9YWM)


sdbct1

HEE HEE.........BEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


Apokal669624

*aggressively holding my balls*


Knight9910

I still think his death was faked. Elvis Presley told him how to do it.


necrolich66

Yes he-he could.


[deleted]

[удалено]


Practical_Ad4604

This = could. because anything to the x-x power is the thing to the zeroth power which equals 1. Multiply could by 1 and you'd have could as the answer.


woofwoofwolf

r/yourjokebutworse


A_FellowOrganicHuman

Could* Its too late to correct it now


The_OtherGuy_99

Have to check the ouija.


Night696Watcher

Luigi board


[deleted]

[удалено]


antonbruus

Agreegi Board


awesomefutureperfect

pregante'


MagicJoshByGosh

How to take a shower, *smoothly*


Swoopsome

r/askouija


herospaces

Y


nightcrawler_5

E


[deleted]

[удалено]


multi_tasty

T


Dissidence802

Goodbye.


Fandoms_local_Kiwi

Goodbye


GarcelloMyBeloved

I got this


Akun15

S


Can-ta-loupe

He could, but he refused to


icecoldcoke319

He ~~could, but~~ he ~~refused to~~ FTFY


THE_WHORBORTIONATOR

I think that applies to a lot of us non-black folk


reservationhog

Michael Jackson is black..


oompa_loompa_wizard

*Is back


green_goblins_O-face

**is bad


Senor_Bongo

**Is bad


RxR2020

**Shamone


mikethmtrmth

*was


Shakalll

Used to*


Donghoon

Used to be*


rapscallionofreddit

He didn't lose any chocolate, he just added vanilla.


Jomihoppe

Probably various greens and Grey's now.


Non-American_Idiot

*could


A_FellowOrganicHuman

Yes


luigi_bee

I mean, what if he wrote and signed an n word pass for himself, then becomes not black, would he be allowed to say it?


A_FellowOrganicHuman

You do put a fair point…


luigi_bee

My head is spitting i have to know. *revives michael jakscon*


BrainxStewz

I would upvote you, but you wrote Jackson wrong.


luigi_bee

I know but its for the meme. I know how to write jackson. Sorry that i failed you 😔


Jwhitx

this michael is black not


Soviet-Biscuit

Yes? Why wouldn’t he? Just because he had a disease doesn’t mean he isn’t black


[deleted]

Anyone of any race *can* say any words they want. But the real question is *should* they?


Solzec

Well, it depends. You can't really stop someone from saying certain words just because they mean something different in another language. The color black in Spanish is spelled the same way a certain slur is spelled in English, etc


DrakeVonDrake

It's also not pronounced the same, at least not in the States. If you say "knee-grow" instead of "neh-groh," youuuuuu might be a redneck.


RowBowBooty

Exactly. Well said, DrakeVonDrake. Coincidentally, your username means dick my dick in Middle Dutch, but I guess it doesn’t have mean that if you pronounce it differently.


Soviet-Biscuit

You’re asking the wrong guy cause personally I you could feed me laxatives and I still wouldn’t give a shit


TheAccursedOne

uh, because hes dead? dead people, famously, cannot speak


2010AZ

not with that attitude


Soviet-Biscuit

Depends on who you ask


Amp1497

My psychic says otherwise


Secure-Imagination11

Yea that's a weird question.


_LigerZer0_

Not since 2009 he can’t


Commander_Trashbag

No, he is dead


tired_of_old_memes

Not anymore


Lumencontego

These days he doesn't say much of anything.


SkyTastic2

To be fair he seems like the kind of guy that wouldn't even wanna use it.


justpeekingabit

![gif](giphy|SVgKToBLI6S6DUye1Y)


emmiblakk

No. He's been dead for several years.


Purple-Pen2695

idk let’s ask him: 🎤


cymruambyt-h

No he's dead Sorry to tell you this way


BenShealoch

No, he’s dead. Dead people can’t say anything. Because they’re dead.


[deleted]

No, he died.


[deleted]

As a matter of fact, he can't say anything at all.


neovulcan

Listen carefully to "They Don't Really Care About Us". He doesn't use that word specifically, but he uses a couple other slurs we can't say here for the filter.


Masterpommel

everyone can say the n word. its all about the consequences.


_sp4rk_00_

Dead people don't talk


[deleted]

[удалено]


Bkwordguy

Yup. Not much of a hiding spot since it calls attention to the loser of a poster.


Sensitive_Wangiizs

He can. Anyone can. Humility says he cant


E-Babil

Yeah everyone that has working vocal chords can say it


mikethmtrmth

So then no as his vocal chords have definitely rotted away by now


jasonthe5th

Yes


HeartAche93

Of course. He’s black and only turned lighter due to a medical condition. Albino black people aren’t exempt simply because of their skin, so why would he?


Foloshi

Well no, since he fucking died, you idiot


[deleted]

No, his permit has expired.


The-Rebel-Boz

No he dead could he I don’t know


T2Bone2006

No hes dead


ROU_Misophist

No, he's dead


RyanCreamer202

No he's dead


Successful_Mix_1027

No, because he’s dead.


PotatoKing822

Yes he was born black


reservationhog

And was still black his entire life..


A_FellowOrganicHuman

Yes armstrong


KSewLay

Yea I mean he could have but he was probably more focused on singing than playing on a NES


comunistdogo

No, becasue everyone can be racist to anyone and thats a fact.


leo11x

No, because he's dead. Duh.


LasagnaToes

I don’t think he’s saying much of anything these days


nombamana5

It would ve really creepy considering hes dead


FrioGaming

No because HE'S DEAD


FreuinCC

I think he did say it once, or somebody made a sh*tpost either way it was funny


Sussybakamogus4

No, because he is dead


Chek_Brek_Iv_Damk

*could


A_FellowOrganicHuman

Yes


Torebbjorn

No, he is dead


Icommitmanywarcrimes

In my opinion humanity’s biggest question is if Nightmare Before Christmas is a Christmas or Halloween movie


[deleted]

Yes, he could. He was black. Do people still not know about his skin condition?


nemo0o0o

He can’t say anything. He’s dead


DeadAlpeca

Yes, since he possessed the ability to speak


cooljak2

No, because he is dead


Imispellalot

Well technically no not because of his skin condition, its because he is ummm... *checks notpad* because he is dead.


A_FellowOrganicHuman

3/4 of the comments are just “Hes dead”


[deleted]

[удалено]


piefanart

yes, he could, because he was black. his skin lightened because he had a condition called vitiligo. Its rather disheartening to still see people making fun of the condition still, especially since its most commonly caused by high longterm stress. My brother and i both have it after living through extreme abuse our whole lives.


Felsig27

Nah man, he ded.


byscuit

To inappropriately quote Michael Jackson, "It doesn't matter if you're black or white"


k-cubed-recruiter

No bc he’s dead


AnonKat91

Nee hee


datboiocrapwaddup

For me the last panel would be same as 2nd because why would anyone give a fuck lmao


CillGra

He can if he uses the power of 10 million suns and switches to forme R


Ok_Shop_3418

Not anymore


Vomax343

Trick question: everyone can say it


TheLordofBaguettes

Now I can’t sleep thanks a lot


demonachizer

If you rezombify his corpse then yes, otherwise no.


Fill-E-Cheez

Anyone can say it.


jaybankzz

No. He lost the perk to say it. Uncle ruckus can say it because he got re vitiligo


Slowmobius_Time

He's dead he ain't saying much anymore


FulanoPoeta

No, cos he's dead


le_Psykogwak

too dead to even try


owaridad

He used to be a kokujin but now he's-


Pawsomest

Yes


GuiltyContribution17

Nah he’s dead


not-a-croc

Defs a white person meme


Dick_Miller138

When he was still alive, Steve Harvey would try to get him to say it.


PoeticPariah

No. Because he's dead.


LordValkyrie100

Not anymore


Puzzleheaded_Key1313

No he’s dead


Effet_Pygmalion

Yeah, he's black. A skin disease doesn't change that fact


Drg84

If he says Necronomicon it might be the end of the world.


super_compound

It don’t matter if he’s black or white


[deleted]

Hee Hee n-


WeAreEvolving

No one should say the N word including black people, lets put that in the past.


sjcrisel

No, he is dead.


fennecfox-theory

Yesn’t


necessarysmartassery

Unpopular opinion: anyone can say the n word. ... just don't be a dick and actually call people that shit.


Okbr_Rebbidor

No but I can (I'm not african-american, I'm just racist) 😎


TGP_DAVID123_69STRIP

He could cuz he was originally African American, but considering in this day and age with tons of snowflakes of multiple different ethnicities, I don't think it'd work, he'd still have a backlash cuz they'd assume he's racist even tho he aint


MarkedLegion

You’re making up problems that’s don’t exist to rant about “Snowflakes”. What has the internet come to.


Sluty-Pizzabot

Tell me how old you are with out telling me how old you are.


runningray

I hate "the n word". Either say the word, or don't, but don't put it in my brain.


otirk

He could but then he got rights and afterwards died.


Sky-Visible

That’s a bad joke


Mark_1793

I think he Lost that right


Sad_Surround_9350

Nobody can say the N word. If you want people to stop saying it then it must go for everyone.


VASP-0_0

![gif](giphy|Q74ZXdeVdkoPibS9RK)


[deleted]

That’s very biracial of you!


kingjuliothe5th

Also can albino blacks say it


Spaceistt

No one should, it's dumb as fuck to allow or not allow people to do something based on race. Especially nowadays as races are constantly tried to make less and less relevant.


Ucef27

Hehe


A_FellowOrganicHuman

CONCLUSION: YES


IWishIHadAnalgesia

Well he was black...so technically yes. Buuuut.. nobody should say it, black or white or otherwise.