The “Duck Dynasty” stars Willie and Korie Robertson have been in love with their biracial son, Will, since they adopted him, although they admit to having experienced some external adversity.
Speaking to “Love and Hip Hop” cast members Yandy-Smith Harris and Mendeecees Harris on their new show “At Home with the Robertsons”, Korrie recalled being told that whites should not adopt blacks while Willie listened. that biracial children are “the most difficult to put here in the south”.
“I remember that my grandmother had a black friend who said that she thought whites should not adopt black children. I think she felt that black people should adopt black people and white people should adopt white people, ”said Korie, as reported by Fox News. “But I just don’t think it helps.”
The skin color of their son, Will, did not become a topic of conversation until the start of the A&E program.
“We didn’t think about it until the show took place and people were like, ‘Wait, who’s the Black boy? Who does it belong to? ‘”Korie remembers hearing.
When asked, Will said he didn’t start feeling different from his white colleagues until he was a little older.
“I was one of the only black kids in my series,” said Will. “My friends were white, so I didn’t realize it was [different]. I would look at myself in the mirror and say, ‘Oh, I’m just a little bit more tan.’ My hair was short … I didn’t have all that texture that I have now, so I thought, ‘I’m kind of just one of them.’ As I grew up, I started to realize: ‘My God, I am very different. “
Willie even remembered the “horrible” comments they sometimes received. “It was strange for us because now he can see it,” he said. “We didn’t see that and we had people doing all kinds of ugly things.”
“I remember when the Charlottesville thing happened. It’s so sad for me, and you know, having a child who is black and biracial, just so, you know, having to explain it to him, you mean, ‘Oh, no, no, no, no … this is in the past. ‘ But whenever it’s right in your face, you’re like, ‘No, it’s not in the past,’ ”said Korrie.
When asked if they ever talked to their son about how to find police officers, Willie and Korrie admitted that they were not exactly concerned with this type of situation.
“I never cared about that. I think I taught them to respect any kind of authority, with teachers, with everyone, ”said Willie.
“You didn’t have to think about it, but these are the types of conversations that [Mendeecees] you have to have it with your children, ”replied Yandy. “We can cut the beard. We cannot get tattoos and we can prevent these things from happening, but you cannot wash your skin. “
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