i know there is a lot of controversy over him but ppl say he bleaches his skin and its because of his surgeries and crap and the think that why he became white and the think he did want to be black. i think that ignorant of some people. the truth is he has a skin diease that makes him sensitive to the sunlight. thats why you never see him in the open daylight.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson#1986.E2.80.931990:_Tabloids.2C_appearance.2C_Bad.2C_autobiography_and_films