Mixed Babies Take on Jet's Readership

This past week, Jet readers were tested... well sort of. (FYI Jet is a weekly magazine that predominantly focuses on the black community) The gorgeous Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon graced the cover of Jet with her two beautiful baby boys... but not without some controversy. Garcelle appeared in the magazine with her husband, and it is clear the fraternal twins are MIXED!



Personally, I'm excited. More mixed people. (my army is growing... soon we will take over!)

But seriously... can we talk about how racist the responses are to this cover? Take a look at some of these comments that appeared after the article on Bossip.

to black people, specifically those who think they have the liberty to say whatever they want about white people: white people aren't the only ones who can be racist. RACISM DOESNT DISCRIMINATE. Being a person of color does not give u the right to call white people names based on their race. on a practical note, stop giving ignorant white people evidence for their arguments about how people of color hate all white people.


My personal favorite comment because it provided something for conversation and wasn't straight up ignorance:

"thank you man, this is a f***ing a joke! Could you imagine the outrage if a brother appeared on this “BLACK” magazine with two white as snow babies and a picture of him and his white wife chuckling it up….That nigga would be lynched by the “mad-black women” mafia so quik"

I think he's right. And it's something that the black community needs to have a conversation about it. There are HUGE differences in the acceptable dating practices for black men and black women. Secondly, I'm thinking... its time we get over our fear of interracial dating... it's not getting us anywhere. Hate begets hate. Why do some people think that interracial dating is a demonstration of some type of conspiracy to break down the "blackness"?

Fact: Interracial dating and multiracial children won't destroy the traditions of the black community. It may make a few lighter skinned babies... but it will also open up the traditions of the black community to more people. My life is proof. I'm mixed (a bi-product of an interracial relationship) and I still know about black history and what it means to be black (and a person of color) in America.

I hope Garcelle's twins get to grow up in a world that was a little more welcoming for mixed kids than the one I grew in. They're people. not racial objects.