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biracial jones sisters of no relation to me

May 20, 2009 by tiffdjones

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http://rashidajones.blogspot.com/2009/04/magazines-glamour-scans-2005.html

Big thanks to Karen of Reel Artsy (http://www.reelartsy.com) for bringing this article to my attention! The things discussed in it are some of what I find to be the most fascinating aspects of the biracial experience. As an only child I’m left to imagine what it would have been like to have a biracial sibling. Would he/she have been darker or lighter than me? What would that have been like? I always imagine that no matter the phenotype we’d be really close, but that wasn’t always the case for these Jones girls. Their story reminds me of Danzy Senna’s Caucasia, what with the darker sister living with the black father after the divorce and the lighter sister going with the white mother. Bel-Air to Brentwood is not so drastic a distance though as Boston to Brazil. Anyway, I really enjoyed the interview. It’s so honest, painfully so at times, and I really appreciate that.

My daughters have learned an invaluable lesson from being multiracial: You can’t let an exterior force define you; you have to define yourself. Each did that, in her own way. I’m so proud of them for that.- Quincy Jones

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Posted in biracial, celebrities, race | Tagged kidada jones, peggy lipton, quincy jones, rashida jones | 9 Comments

9 Responses

on May 20, 2009 at 9:01 pm tami

beautiful story
on May 20, 2009 at 10:06 pm alan

Thanks for the article! That was a good read. Interesting how they influenced each others identity. I’m definitely a floater, that I’m sure.
on May 21, 2009 at 9:05 am Shannon

I’m definitely lighter than you.
on May 21, 2009 at 9:26 am tiffdjones

shannon, i’ve always wondered why and i think it’s so unfair
on May 21, 2009 at 9:27 am tiffdjones

alan, i think i’m a floater too.
on May 21, 2009 at 7:33 pm alan

Floating is the word I’ve been looking for. I float everywhere but in water!!
on May 22, 2009 at 11:29 am Rocky

Wow!!! All I can say is wow. I loved the article and it just goes to show that yes you can have the same parents and have two totally different lives. Love every moment of the article and it spoke to me in different ways, and I am a floater too!!:)
on May 22, 2009 at 9:55 pm Karen

It’s one of the best articles I’ve read about the biracial experience among siblings.
on March 1, 2011 at 12:21 am marianne

This was such a nice article and saving it for my nieces and nephew (who are half Hispanic and half white) and my grand nieces (who are half black, part Hispanic and part white) will mean a lot to them because it is important for them to embrace all aspects of their ethnicity and appreciate the blessing of being multi-ethnic, which to me is a beautiful thing.

I’m white and have many white relatives, but also have cousins who are black, Asian, Hispanic and Native American backgrounds and one is married to a Middle Easterner, which means I have a nice mixed family, which I’m proud to be a part of.