r/MariahCarey • u/-catharina • Aug 10 '26
Discussion Even at her palest, I never understood how anybody thought Mariah was a fully white woman.
I feel like people were, and still are, blinded by the pale skin color because when she gets a tan, I can see her Black features clear as day. Maybe it's because I know plenty mixed and even monoracial folk DOWN who look like her, but even while she's paler than a sheet I can still tell she's Black.
She's been saying she's part-Black since 1990 and people STILL refuse to believe her or even spread the falsehood that she's 25% black when in actuality she's HALF; she's triethnic and biracial, not a quadroon. Venezuelan is not a race. I also think she looks nothing like her mom and every bit like her dad and paternal grandmother. And also the last photo is of her as a kid; in what universe is that a white child???
Sorry, it just grates on my nerves to see people still erasing Mariah's Blackness in almost 2027. Especially considering what she went through in her childhood despite being "passing."
EDIT 8/16/26: Jesus fucking Christ y’all have become so fucking annoying underneath this post. And so many of y’all have revealed yourselves to be racist as fuck. And why does this post have 200k views and nearly 600 comments? I wish the mods would just goddamn lock it because I’m tired.