To not get why Whitney Houston was berated for not being black enough, but Prince and MJ weren't?

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Went to see the recent film about Whitney Houston last week ( which I really enjoyed ) and it struck me how much she was criticised for selling out to a white audience, but both Prince, who purposefully wrote Purple Rain to appeal to a white audience, and Michael Jackson, who actually altered his skin colour to look more white, weren't? Makes no sense to me...

I believe MJ had vitiligo . Which may of been why he bleached his skin to cover the patches

Because she was a woman.

Huh? MJ was totally called out for his skin and plastic surgery, though that was overshadowed by later allegations.

Michael Jackson definitely got criticised for looking too white.

What makes you think they weren't?

Michael Jackson, who actually altered his skin colour to look more white, weren't?

He was, wasn't he? Fuck knows he got called out - deservedly - for everything else.

Is such a shame because music shouldn't have "colour."

George Michael named his album "listen without prejudice" for this very reason.

Yup

I went to see it and enjoyed it as well. The only reason I can think is because she was a successful black woman and they had to find any way to try and bring her down.

Having had a massive crush on MJ back then (not after about 1988) id say he was constantly criticised for it!

Her sex: she was a woman. How dare a woman step out of line from her prescribed role!

Yup, they are men. Men are allowed to break 'the rules'.

She was a cokehead worth millions, I doubt she cared what anyone thought.

She wasnt Aretha or Dionne or Anita Baker. She was the dream of a record company. young, beautiful, not too black and could be marketed across all platforms. Stunning voice. Prince? You wouldnt take him on, his credentials were golden as was MJ. Whitney was the forerunner for Beyonce and she has prob learnt from Whitneys mistakes. Get the power and the rights and you hold the key. Madonna was similar. once you have the power you can win everything. TaylorSwift is the latest one and she has control over everything (except Ticketmaster)

Prince was absolutely criticised for a lot but Whitney was a woman and when she was deep into drugs she became an unreliable woman not the cash cow they wanted Michael Jackson had vitiligo its well documented his brother has it too and he was ALWAYS being dragged for his plastic surgery remember wacko jacko? The oxygen tent the weird obsessed behaviour with things like the elephant man's bones and the animals the chimpanzee bubbles? He was resoundingly ridiculed

Michael Jackson not being called out for being too white? What planet are you on?

Whitney Houston didn’t write or produce her own music and she was very carefully managed from a very young age. Management even rewrote her life to make her more marketable

she had an amazing voice and the looks too and perfectly packaged to a wide audience.

Prince and MJ were certainly criticised but always had more control over their music and both hugely talented writers, producers and performers completely different type of artist to WH

you really can’t work out why this WOMAN was criticised while those MEN weren’t? really?!

MJ was constantly dragged over the plastic surgery (nose) and skin. He was called Wacko Jacko and teased for plenty like Bubbles the Monkey.

I think you need to clear your cache and re-google about MJ. He was ripped apart for bleaching his skin (and his plastic surgery) over many, many years.

I can't believe there's still controversy about colour. In any shape or form. It's 2023. :-(

she's a woman

What a load of BS