bellanoche said:

I understand you, I think Americans white & black have a very narrow view/understanding of 'racial' mixture even though it's all around us, because in America 1 Drop of black blood makes u black

So we may be used to people who look like Susan Vanity & Prince who say they are black or African-American,

Susans hair(cluster of grapes curls) is not a reflection of her African ancestry. W Africans Central African (which where Transatlantic slaves mostly come from) don't have loose wavy curly hair. Her look is mixed facial features. Trinidad (as others have educated us on)has certain ethnic mixes.

I have aunts and female cousins dark(er) skinned with very straight or curly hair. My aunt margaret(dads sister) has very fine wavy long hair and facial features that a lot of people always thought were Asian, she & my dad were always called the Black Chinese because of their hair and facial features. But their father is 1/2Native American1/2S.French and 1/2 Black-American

Susan reminds me of Irene Cara

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Spike Lee should make a movie about this.

DesireeNevermind said:

What about blacks in the Caribbean and how they came to be? It will be no different than how Black Africans got into North America, same story, different destinations and it sure wasn't a vacation cruise.

It's just that folks seem to forget about the Africans brought to the Caribbean, and focus more on the Africans brought to North America. You never really see any documentary on the Africans shipped to the Caribbean. Only when Columbus is mentioned. They also forget about the Native Americans from North America, that were shipped to the Caribbean too, to work as slaves on the sugar plantations. Oh and let's not forget about the Irish that were forced on those same ships, to work as slaves on those Caribbean plantations, alongside the Black Africans, as well. There is sooooo much people don't know about this topic sadly.
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DesireeNevermind said:

I thought he did? School Days... Redbones and Jigaboos

OldFriends4Sale said:

Dean Big Brotha Almighty: "Yo Dap, you thinkin' what i'm thinkin?"

Dap: "Yeah...I'm glad that aint Bria!"

OldFriends4Sale said:

Susan was the hottest of the group, IMO.

uPtoWnNY said:

Most definitely, and by FAR. She smokes Vanity.

she was alright

bellanoche said:

It makes me laugh to this day how people still think Vanity is Hispanic. They also feel Prince is Bi racial LOLOLOLOLOL

uPtoWnNY said:

Yes sir.....

Who is the chick that flips out on Morris then Jerome throws in the dumpster?

OldFriends4Sale said:

Cinnie said:

bingo

Jill is my fav
Susan and Vanity tied
Then Nona, Mayte. Tamar and Robin.

wasn't really diggin' them other heffers.

DesireeNevermind said:

same chick?

Cinnie said:

nope, different chick. man that scene was bad she could have gotten hurt the way he slammed her in that dumpster.

Jill was great, her album is amazing, probably up there with Vanity as the best of the protege albums (Bria dosen't hold a candle to her), and you know Jill Jones was half Italian and half Black (Although she looks really light)
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Huggiebear said:

when she has her blonde hair she looks more white to me. she looks more black when she wears her curly dark hair. both her parents on the light side anyways. she was blogging on behalf of obama during the election too.


i really wish she would have done more acting. there is a hidden talent there. she just needs the right vehicle.

dollwoman said:

Did anyone ever find out if Moonsie was an Indian last name?

For a while there I thought I needed a Globe to follow this thread. My mother is Italian and VERY dark so that she looks more like a woman of Indian heritage (asia) verses Italian heritage (europe). Given the migration of the human race there are not too many clear distinctions between one race or ethnic origin and another.

Anyway Moonsie sounds Indian to my uneducated ear so that's why I ask.

dollwoman said:

me too for the simple fact it's so unusual.

DesireeNevermind said:

LMAO!!!

So, no recent pics, eh?

Adisa said:

I posted a facebook-link in this thread though i'm not shure if it's her. The lady on the pic somewhat could be her imho.

Shango said:

Well, at least she's not doing the old chicks who are no longer hot trying to be hot thing (Cat Glover),


I'd hate to see her all saggy titted in some camasole with a pathetic little teddy bear.

Besides, Madonna's already cornered the tragically-too-old-for-lingerie-yet-insisting-to-rock-it-anyway market.

BriaVelveeta said:

Hey I love seeing you again Bria V, I hadn't seen a post from you in a while and I was worried you got over this place.

About saggy older women. Funny but Sophia Loren looks great in lingerie even well past 60 and I bet that Tina T does too. But they are sensual as well as sexual. Us older women have to hang up the overly raunchy look if we don't want to come across as gross. Lingerie is sort of like make-up, a little goes a long way. Even plastic surgery to lift a womens breasts up to her collar bone don't help much.

European women seem more capable than U.S. women of staying "sexy" without looking like a fool as they age.