Michael Jackson’s only daughter Paris proud of African-American roots, identifies as black

Yet Prince says his little sister is more like their father. “Basically, as a person, she is who my dad is. The only thing that’s different would be her age and her gender.”

He adds that his little sister is similar to her father “in all of her strengths, and almost all of her weaknesses as well. She’s very passionate.”

In addition to being hyper passionate about her career – she’s walked the runway for major fashion brands like Chanel and is also the lead vocalist and guitarist for the band The Soundflowers – she’s also committed to honoring her father’s legacy.

“Everyone in my family does music. I mean, I’m a Jackson,” she said in 2020. “It makes sense that I’m a musician but like, a Jackson doing folk indie?”

All about the race
She also connects with her late father on race.

While the Beat It singer had fair skin later in his life, the hitmaker – reported to have Vitiligo, a condition that changes the pigmentation of his skin – was African-American who had a darker complexion in his earlier years.

Jackson faced a lot of speculation over his changing appearance over the course of his career and always denied bleaching his skin.

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 1993, the Thriller star insisted his nose job was the only cosmetic procedure he had and that the depigmentation of his skin was due to his Vitiligo.

“I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am,” Jackson told Winfrey at the time.

With her dad’s African-American heritage in mind, Paris says she identifies as black.

Discussing the situation with Rolling Stone magazine in 2017, Paris said that she “considers [herself] black,” and that “[Michael] would look me in the eyes and he’d point his finger at me and he’d be like, ‘You’re black. Be proud of your roots.’”

Addressing her lighter skin and noting that many people – because of her dyed blonde hair and striking blue eyes – assume she’s from “Finland or something,” she adds, “And I’d be like, ‘okay, he’s my dad, why would he lie to me?’ So I just believe what he told me. [Because], to my knowledge, he’s never lied to me.”