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Post by Neurochick on Jul 31, 2005 16:11:23 GMT -4
I think the reason Jessica Alba mentioned the "exotic" stuff is because in the USA when someone says, "you look exotic," it's like saying you don't look normal, you look like an alien or something.
Vicki Sue Robinson was half black I believe.
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soul
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Post by soul on Aug 1, 2005 3:15:31 GMT -4
Here's another question:
What is "Eva" La Rue's background? She is s a soap star.
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veronicamars
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Post by veronicamars on Aug 1, 2005 11:51:22 GMT -4
Eva is half French Canadian and half Latina. As a black woman whose very light skin and features have caused people to assume I was biracial when I am in fact not, I have nothing against Jessica Alba-who I love-not wanting to be called exotic. I have been called that too and people don't mean it as a compliment.
Also, I have read studies that say that people see blondes as less intimidating & more approachable than brunettes, so I have no issues with Jessica saying that's how she got her man, even if he is ugly. And by the way, what is Cash Warren? Is his dad Micheal Warren, who used to be on Hill Street Blues?
Now, can we get back to Leif Garrett? How does he have black ancestry?
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soul
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Post by soul on Aug 2, 2005 3:53:27 GMT -4
Way back in the day, there was this show called Dance Fever; he was a judge on the show.
As he was critiquing one of the dances, he mentioned that he was part black.
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veronicamars
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Post by veronicamars on Aug 2, 2005 11:38:15 GMT -4
Thanks. I bet he hasn't mentioned it since.
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soul
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Post by soul on Aug 3, 2005 3:34:31 GMT -4
Yeah, I don't follow Leif, but the hair and features, do read black to me. I was surprised he said that, and he did look like he was in control of his faculties, so. . .
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SApril
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Post by SApril on Aug 3, 2005 10:26:26 GMT -4
What about Tatiana Ali, from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air?
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queequeg
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Post by queequeg on Aug 3, 2005 10:31:57 GMT -4
I think both her parents are black but her mother is from Panama so she would most likely have some hispanic-ness I think.
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veronicamars
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Post by veronicamars on Aug 3, 2005 11:51:27 GMT -4
She said she is part latina, which surprised me. It also surprises me that Christina Milian is Cuban, because to me she looks like an average black girl & I am black, so that is not a racist remark.
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Post by proper stranger on Aug 3, 2005 12:39:50 GMT -4
She really said that she got her boyfriend because she's blonde? Personally, I think she looks 1,000 times better with her natural hair color.
That always irritated the crap out of me, too. My mother is mostly Mexican-American, my dad is English/French/pretty white. I remember when I took one of those standardized tests in high school, I wasn't sure what to check off under "race" (since it listed both "White--not of Hispanic orgin" and "Hispanic"). The moderator told me to check off which one "I lived more like". I still don't even know what that means. I found it incredibly offensive.
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