{"id":1481,"date":"2025-08-22T13:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2025-08-22T13:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:49:07","slug":"white-couple-welcomes-black-baby-sparking-online-curiosity-and-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=1481","title":{"rendered":"White Couple Welcomes Black Baby, Sparking Online Curiosity and Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rachel, a young mom from Tennessee, gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Cash Jamal Buckman, on February 17. She works as a cashier at the Celina 52 Truck Stop, which shared a photo of Rachel and her fianc\u00e9 Paul Buckman with the announcement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/353.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/353.png 606w, https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/353-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Congratulations to our cashier Rachel and her fianc\u00e9 Paul Buckman on welcoming their baby Cash Jamal Buckman on Saturday at 6:18 pm.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What drew attention online was that both Rachel and Paul are white, while their newborn son has dark skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As expected, some social media users left cruel comments, questioning the paternity of the child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the store posted a clarification:<br><em>&#8220;Yes, Paul is the father. Rachel carries African American ancestry, which can skip generations and result in a child born with darker skin. There\u2019s also a chance of jaundice affecting skin tone. Please be kind.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the explanation, trolls continued to make jokes and accusations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cCongratulations! He must look just like his dad\u2026 where is he?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cDefinitely needs a DNA test. Did they mix up the babies in the nursery?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPoor Paul\u2026 hopefully he realizes the truth soon.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Fed up with the ongoing attacks, Rachel shared her ancestry test results to prove her African heritage. She wrote:<br><em>&#8220;For those claiming I don\u2019t have Black ancestry, here are my DNA results! Paul IS the father of Lil Cash. Stop spreading lies about us.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her post served as both clarification and a defense against the online harassment the couple faced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel, a young mom from Tennessee, gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Cash Jamal Buckman, on February 17. She works as a cashier at the Celina 52 Truck Stop, which shared a photo of Rachel and her fianc\u00e9 Paul Buckman with the announcement: &#8220;Congratulations to our cashier Rachel and her fianc\u00e9 Paul Buckman on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=1481\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;White Couple Welcomes Black Baby, Sparking Online Curiosity and Controversy&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1483,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions\/1483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}