In a Q&A with Ebony.com, Khloe Kardashian, the reality star and NBA wife discusses the widely discussed link the Kardashian family seem to have with Black folks. Khloe is married to Lamar Odum, her godfather is Sugar Ray Leonard, and her sister, Kim…well, you know. For Khloe it’s not a matter of wanting to be down, it’s simply keeping an open mind.

Here are a few excerpts:

EBONY.com: So there’s this connection with the Kardashians and the Black community, what do you attribute that to?

KK: My father raised us like … we were not allowed to see people in any sort of colors, but also we were not allowed to call people fat. If ever we were to say, ‘Oh that fat person, or this person,’ he would make us put a bar of soap in our mouth and count to 10. We weren’t allowed to look at people like that. For us, it’s always been people are people, we never really think twice. My dad went to Dorsey High in Inglewood. We come from a very mixed family. We’re a bunch of different races, my family. So it’s very normal for us. I don’t know why we’re accepted. Are all of us accepted or just me?

EBONY.com: I think you’re the most African-Americanest of the Kardashian clan.

KK: My husband tells me that all the time.

EBONY.com: Does he really?

KK: Well him and Malika [Haqq] will talk and they’ll just say something and … they’re like, ‘we think of you as being Black.’

EBONY.com: Your husband is Black, your best friends are Black women …

KK: A lot of my friends are Black and I used to get … (people calling me) ‘an N-lover.’ People would write on my locker and … they’d call me the white devil. I used to have five girls that I used to all run with, and all of them were either bi-racial or Black and then there was me. I’m Armenian, but I’m very fair and I look white … (and) I would always get such hate about it. Black people (would say) ‘you know you’re never gonna be Black,’ and people would always tell me stuff like that. I don’t think because I hang out with enough Black people, I’m gonna turn Black. What kind of rationalization is that? I’m just friends with people that I like. I don’t care what skin color you are.

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