Were Jenny & Alan racially accurate? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

CDThe1 · 02-08-2009, 10:32 PM

Just wonder what everyone else thinks about this.

I live in a racially diverse part of the country and have many friends of different races. I am in an interracial relationship myself for 7 years now. I know many interracial couples who have had kids. In every case I know of, the child is a mixture of both parents. That is, the child is not white and not black. They are a mixture, and more caramel colored than dark.

This made me think about the Jeffersons. Jenny was dark skinned like Helen and Alan was just as white as his father. Does anyone know of this happening in real life? I'm not saying it couldn't happen, I have just never seen it happen.

I'm not trying to start any kind of race discussion here, and hope I don't offend anybody with my post.

ThomasE · 02-09-2009, 02:03 PM

You are not alone. I would like to know the answer to this question as well. I have a friend who is italian but he looks more so black than white but his sisters are lighter and can pass for white. All three kids come from the same set of parents too.

TVFactFan · 02-09-2009, 08:23 PM

Looks like The Jenny Character was Poorly casted

TripperFan · 02-09-2009, 09:55 PM

Actually last season on Big Brother, there was a black gal on there who had twins and their father was white. I've never heard of it happening before that, but apparently one twin is white and the other black.

MickeyMac · 02-09-2009, 10:08 PM

There are some mulattos who look like white people with a tan and have straight hair. In my old neighborhood there were these mulatto kids who were like that and I thought they were white and their black father was their stepfather, but no that was their real dad.

Usually mulattos are pretty light skinned.

TripperFan · 02-09-2009, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MickeyMac

There are some mulattos who look like white people with a tan and have straight hair. In my old neighborhood there were these mulatto kids who were like that and I thought they were white and their black father was their stepfather, but no that was their real dad.

Usually mulattos are pretty light skinned.

I agree that that's the norm. My best friend as a kid was light skinned with reddish hair (her mom was blonde) but the hair texture had a soft kink to it. Her features were more towards black though - heavy lips and wider nose at the base. Actually, I find them to be some of the most beautiful people in the world. I had another buddy from Barbados and he was light skinned, red "patch" in his hair, black features but then green eyes. VERY cool!

Big3sCompanyFan · 02-14-2009, 05:54 AM

No, it was not racially accurate but the characters were cast properly because it's just a TV SHOW and they all have error and inconsistencies in them.

There is a case in England of twins born and one is black and one is white but BOTH parents were partially black so it's not like the Willises where one parent is very white and the other very black.

02-08-2009, 10:32 PM	#1
CDThe1 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 26, 2009 Location: MS Posts: 43	Were Jenny & Alan racially accurate? Just wonder what everyone else thinks about this. I live in a racially diverse part of the country and have many friends of different races. I am in an interracial relationship myself for 7 years now. I know many interracial couples who have had kids. In every case I know of, the child is a mixture of both parents. That is, the child is not white and not black. They are a mixture, and more caramel colored than dark. This made me think about the Jeffersons. Jenny was dark skinned like Helen and Alan was just as white as his father. Does anyone know of this happening in real life? I'm not saying it couldn't happen, I have just never seen it happen. I'm not trying to start any kind of race discussion here, and hope I don't offend anybody with my post.

02-09-2009, 02:03 PM	#2
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	You are not alone. I would like to know the answer to this question as well. I have a friend who is italian but he looks more so black than white but his sisters are lighter and can pass for white. All three kids come from the same set of parents too.
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02-09-2009, 08:23 PM	#3
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,063	Looks like The Jenny Character was Poorly casted

02-09-2009, 10:08 PM	#5
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,006	There are some mulattos who look like white people with a tan and have straight hair. In my old neighborhood there were these mulatto kids who were like that and I thought they were white and their black father was their stepfather, but no that was their real dad. Usually mulattos are pretty light skinned.

02-14-2009, 05:54 AM	#7
Big3sCompanyFan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 16, 2003 Posts: 2,493	No, it was not racially accurate but the characters were cast properly because it's just a TV SHOW and they all have error and inconsistencies in them. There is a case in England of twins born and one is black and one is white but BOTH parents were partially black so it's not like the Willises where one parent is very white and the other very black.