Nobody messed with your color settings on your computer. Kian and Remee are fraternal twin sisters. Kian was born black and Remee was born white. The parents of the girls are each of mixed race with both having a white mother and a black father. Geneticists have concluded that the odds of this type of birth occurring from this type of coupling are a million to one.
I would imagine that sociologists will be keeping a close eye on these little girls. It seems an excellent opportunity to study just what effect peoples view of race mold our personality and life from a young age.
For more on the story, here is a link to Snopes.com.
I am so proud of myself. Not once in the story did I stray from political correctness, and pose the question. Why didn't they name them after the R&B Group, 'Salt n Pepah.'
21 comments:
Interesting article, Fuzz.
I am proud of you too! Life can be amazing...
But you did say salt n pepah. So don't be to proud.
mm: Thanks, I thought so.
green eyes: :)
mimi: I have seen cases like that happen in both directions. Genetics is a strange thing.
big d: It was in small print. Nobody reads small print. I thought your trip started today. You at the airport or what.
I heard this story the other day. Gonna be an interesting life they'll lead, no doubt.
That's VERY interesting!
They're very cute girls - I'll bet they'll be gorgeous women. Yes, it will be interesting.
I'm fascinated by stuff like this. I'm curious how this will affect the girls as they grow up.
bruce: I bet that they will receive quite a bit of media attention throughout their life.
tai: Strange but true.
pfatale: They are cuties.
sherri: It is a wonder. How will the teachers and classmates treat them differently if at all?
I am not an ostrich with his head in the sand. I know that racism is still with us today but it seems the race card is being used more and more. These twins and children in similar situations could teach us a lot about how humanity has grown. Are we still intolerent of those who seem different or are we learning to appreciate our diversity?
Genetics is the most interesting subject. I loved studying it during medical school--I hated being tested on it, but I loved listening to the lectures.
I read abt them Fuzzy...amazing! Almost like they r a msg to all humans - black or white, we r one...
Push it real good...salt n peppa :) Nice one!
Keshi.
That family is going to have to deal with a ton of rude questions for the rest of their lives....which is really sad since the whole different skin tones thing shouldn't matter as much as it does and will later.
A little cream in the coffee ?
Very neat - now ya got me singin Ebony and Ivory Fuxxie :-)
angel jr: It is an interesting subject. But somehow I never could really get past the whole monk and the peas bit.
keshi: You are absolutly right.
clevland: :D
ella: The girls will have to deal with a lot from very early on I'm afraid.
siren: It's a crap shoot.
phred: ? indeed.
pita: Didn't even think of that one.
I wonder if one of the girls will have more issues to deal with than the other. And in some cases, Which one?
Truly amazing--I wonder why this hasn't had wider play in the media.
-- david
I wonder that myself. Perhaps all the speculation regarding why a gay western didn't win an Oscar has pushed it to the back burner.
I knew a brother and sister once (not twins) where the brother looked very Anglo and the sister looked African. My little 4-yr-old nephew is 3/4 hispanic and came out with bright red hair, courtesy of some of our Irish blood. It's always intersting to see how genetics pop up.
I saw that movie back in the 80s. The little blonde girl was played by "Ah-nold" and the little black girl was horribly miscast and was played by Danny DeVito. I thought Carl Weathers would have been a much more suitable choice for that role.
What about Gary Coleman? He would work cheap.
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