Prince writes on little song and is label as racist. What the hell is wrong with you people? And you call yourselves fans ? Listen Prince is not a racist, if he was I don't think he would be married 2 Mannie... and white folks didn't complain when most of his band members where white, Wendy & Lisa, Dr. Fink, I never knew the drummer guy from the revolution band name... but damn people get a grip, Just like Mj after Prince crossed over 2 pop and rock, a majority of his music was catered to white folks. remember Prince is the who don't date sistahs so to speak... Prince did date Susannah and Kim Basinger yet he's a racist... Y'all just really need to stop being so damn defensive sometimes

why is it everytime a black artist bring up any history about their own people, they're label a racist anyways? I mean You never here black people calling the history channel a racist channel, because most of it's show talk about adolf hilter... if that's the case I guess Nas would be a racist too, for the song I can ... damn Shame :Disbelief:
[This message was edited Thu May 22 10:55:10 PDT 2003 by DigitalLisa]

I can't say if *today* he is racist or not, I don't really care.

I do know that he writes songs about subjects that get people talking, and all sides of the argument are presuming what they think he means in his lyrics which are vague and obscure at the best of times.


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[This message was edited Thu May 22 10:55:47 PDT 2003 by VelvetSplash]

VelvetSplash said:

read above I said why is it that every time a black artist sings anything about history, they're labeled a racist? Yet it's okay to talk about Adolf Hitler

Can we get twelve more threads about this same topic? The first dozen just wasn't enough for me. *burp*

Nooo DiggieLise, it's very much NOT okay to talk about that sick bastard, Hitler.

DigitalLisa said:

There's a lot of 'past-tense' in your post though.Prince should get his ass on to the NPGMC and clear this all up, once and for all.

I've been a never-wavering fan for twenty years, and even i'm having my doubts about the little fella at this moment in time.(since TRC actually)

It would be so easy for him to clear this up.

It's not okay to sing about the past... he didn't make that stuff up, it's the truth... he can't help it if that's the truth dammit ... but y'all making worst

FunkMistress said:

Marrk said:

I don't think Prince has to explain himself at all ... he's a artist who's simply expressing his opinnon on the history that went down in america ... now what y'all want him to deny the history too?

DigitalLisa said:

No, it's his version of the truth.If he's stealthily putting other races down in the process, that is racist, or can be deemed to be.

FunkMistress said:

LMAO! For real!

CherrieMoonKisses said:

Wha? Of course it's OK to talk about Adolf Hitler.

To discuss or account something is not to endorse it.

Marrk said:

How is he putting down other races??? What did Y'all think about James Brown song I'm black and I'm proud, is James Brown a racist too?

DigitalLisa said:

Surely you can't be saying that this this new Prince poem is saying the same thing as "I'm black and I'm proud"?

DigitalLisa said:

James Brown is married to a white woman. And Prince has eaten so much white pussy that there's NO way that he's a racist.

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[This message was edited Thu May 22 11:13:21 PDT 2003 by Starmist7]

VelvetSplash said:

puh-leeze, no...if this were it'd be one heckuva turnaround on that theme.

VelvetSplash said:

I don't think it was offensive either... I just think white folks today can't deal with the history they did in the past, but you can't deny nobody of the truth okay better known calling somebody a racist

VelvetSplash said:

Great tune, but that was recorded last Millenium.This is 2003, time to progress methinks.That includes prince.what happened to "Championing our diversity"?

Sounds full of shit now.

DigitalLisa said:

You do know there were black slavemasters/owners too in Africa? they sold their own people out.

Idi Amin was a cunt too, as is Robert Mugabe.Black Hitlers.

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[This message was edited Thu May 22 11:20:52 PDT 2003 by Marrk]

Marrk said:

not to me, we in the future but at times i feel like we in the past, we still don't understand each other and black people still have long ways to go including in other minorities in this country and it's still not equal...

DigitalLisa said:

I just think white folks today can't deal with the history they did in the past

You do know that people are individuals right, we all have our own identity, even white people!!

"White people" didn't do anything in the past, crimes were committed by people (who were white), but that has doesn't mean "white people" today have anything to feel guilty about, and they sure as shit don't owe anyone a collective apology from the whole white race.

Marrk said:

Huh? Are you about me or Prince?

VelvetSplash said:

Prince.

VelvetSplash said:

Well like my grandmother told me, it's gonna take this generation to help heal the wombs of the last generation, as you can see it still effect us all, because either way it goes ... it was our people, our ancestors, our past and history it is apart of who we are today, that's why it's gonna take us to make it all up, but we would rather go azz backwards,segregate each other while calling each other hypocrites and everything else... just don't make much sense since to me, but hey that's the way it is

Hmmm, well I can see that black people are still hurt over what happened to their ancestors - so I can see your point.

But a rapist's great, great grandchild has no responsiblity to the to victims great, great grandchild.

VelvetSplash said:

I guess the real question is... then who responsibilties is it?

Easy to blame, hard to heal no one takes action and the cycle repeats

The crime was comitted by people long since dead.

So it is the responsibility of ALL of us to make sure it never happens again, and that we stamp out racism whereever we see it.

As for the black people still hurting over past events, I think they would find resolivng the issue within themselves helpful.

VelvetSplash said:

but the thing is... our history was basically stolen from us, they don't teach it to us in school and if we don't know the truth of what really wen't don't how could we even begin to heal? It's if a black person really wants to find out what happened, he has to look for it on his own, cuz otherwise he'd be ignorant, living in the dark not knowing, that's what y'all don't seem to understand...

this is hundreds of yrs of damage and it's gonna take hundreds yrs 2 get it right... but it don't look like it's happening

I'm on my own quest of the truth right now, I read black history books all the time .....
[This message was edited Thu May 22 11:45:46 PDT 2003 by DigitalLisa]

DigitalLisa said:

I agree that is disgusting - but the responsiblity for teaching this doesn't lie with all white people, it lies with the educational bodies and government of your country - which are white men yes, but don't tar all white people with the same brush - taring all black people with the same brush is often referred to as stereotyping and being racist

In a way I'm glad that the issue of Prince's alleged racism is being raised. It brings out a lot of varied opinions from us.We Prince fans are such a diverse folk. The irony is that this issue re Prince won't even get a blip as far as coverage in the national press. Prince alleged sex orgies ? yes. His racism? No.
[This message was edited Thu May 22 12:02:33 PDT 2003 by PhilG]