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Although Jackson was a public figure, musician and a performer, used to living his life under the microscope. When it came to his children Jackson tried to shelter his three kids from the media maelstrom that surrounded him wherever he went – even making them wear masks and scarves in public. Some media sources speculated that the secrecy surrounding Jackson’s children was due to the fact that they were clearly of Caucasian descent, and were not his biological children. Others suggested that Jackson was simply trying to protect his children from the media circus that surrounded him and raise them as close to normal, giving the circumstances.