Ok, so Im on my lunch break at work today flipping though a Star magazine that I believe on the cover talks about how Jessica Simpson may be pregnant. You know, it's because of the media that she and Nick...well anyway ...I run across this tiny article titled "Out and About..." and it says:

Pint- sized rocker Prince at Hollywood's Spider Club at 1 a.m. on Nov 12. He took one look at all of the blonde women dancing and huffed to a friend, "Where are all the black people?"

How many of ya'll think this is true? Can you imagine? I dunno I kinda believe it!

Let me be the first 2 say I DON'T believe it.

Maybe he was joking! That is kinda funny. Not everything everyone says has some malicious hidden meaning.

I totally believe it. The US is a multi-culti culture. If you're at a big club and you don't see ANY black people, it's like... what's up with that! I know I think that. There are so many of us, why WOULDN'T we be there, in a big ole disco. This is LA in 2005, y'all.

altavista said:

i've often found myself saying this myself..its not to be rude..just an observaton..

fairly interesting if true just 'cos prince is so rarely seen with black women when his tastes tend to be more meditarranean!

softandwet said:

Thats what I was thinking also!! It would be so ironic for him to say something like that!

I wonder what prince will say if was gay night?

so what if its true, big deal. i say that too when i go to fully white clubs. i feel out of place. lol.

altavista said:

The problem is that in the past 20 years or so, we have polarized to the extent where society has nearly auto-segregated. Disco was pan-cultural. Ecveryone danced.
Now we have "white" clubs, "black" clubs, "Latin" clubs, "Korean" clubs, etc., etc., etc...

We need more cross-cultural assimilation. "American" clubs. All invited.

Militant said:

I feel the same way when I go to white clubs and I do feel like going to a foreign land. I don't think Prince said was rude or offensive, he just observing and wondering since after all he so la now.

PurpleJedi said:

I agreed about clubs should be more integrated but that wont happen as long as many people preferred to be segregated by choice like living neighborhoods, separate churches, social events, etc. It seems like the most integrated place is at the workplace and school and as soon as the shift or the class dismissed , it unravels. These experiences I am seeing where I lives and it is very segregated voluntarily as Jim Crow never left. I awared that LA and New York are mult-culture and all but I cannot speak how it is like since I never lived in those places.

At the risk of sounding completely obvious, I think we are obsessing here.

I mean, someone makes a simple statement and we put it in a cultural, historical context.. trying to break it down,

What would y'all say if someone overheard him say, "I feel like having some ice cream."

Would we start a thread about how many black people are lactose intolerant and it's interesting that he is not, or how does this fit into his vegetarian lifestyle.. isn't he a vegan.. i wonder what flavor he likes.. someone who knows him said that he hates strawberry.....

I mean, come on, guys. I can be guilty of it to sometimes, but I think we'll all stop this craziness once we get Te Amo Corazon and the 3121 album comes out.

I think..

CherrieMoonKisses said:

Honestly, I don't care if it is true. Maybe it was just a simple question.

I think the real question here is...did he stay?

altavista said:

This thread was meant to be a funny one not one to be analyzed and broken down...speaking on my original intent.

gyro34 said:

You could've skipped over this thread if you REALLY didnt care.

CherrieMoonKisses said:

Sorry.

I usually say, "Where are all of the clean, attractive, and non-desperate people"?

DarkKnight1 said:

Co-Sign on that DarkKnight1!!!!

Seems to be such a decrease in those kind of people nowadays.
And btw, with regards to comment supposedly said by Prince, I think it was a joke, if he indeed said it, and I have to say that I think it's sad to know that racial issues still occur in the US. VERY VERY SAD INDEED.

Here in Dubai, there are over 133 nationalities living side by side and its all good!
We go clubbing all together, and no one even notices the color issue.
All they ask you is how long you have been living in Dubai cause it's kind of a transit place.....

I don't believe it. What reason would he have to ask such a question? I mean really, what would he do if there were many black woman? It's not like you would walk in the club and see Prince sittin at a corner table with them.
[Edited 12/13/05 3:06am]

TheCatWoman said:

OMG!! thats so funny!!!! It makes sense also!!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Probably!

TheCatWoman said:

I think Prince could be spotted at a table wherever there was beautiful women present regardless of their heritage. Why do people always think Prince hates black women? As long as they are beautiful Prince is willing I think. I think people just assume that Prince ONLY likes white women just because he has dated them in the past. He can like BOTH white women and black women you know. Just because some people limit themelves to only one race doesn't mean everyone does. Besides Prince has to make room for us sexy latinas in there somewhere!!!

sounds like some shit he would say, I've heard many black people comment on the lack of Black faces in certain venues.
[Edited 12/14/05 19:52pm]

Prince is the MOST UNCONVENTIONAL DUDE AROUND..... Sometimes, I think he just wants People's Reactions. So Many people get Mad at him cause of this Behavior. On top of that he is SECRETIVE and Doesn't Really Like all the NOISE I Think. I just read he went to Stevie's Tribute and they were saying Everyone got up to Perform a Song but NOT HIM and also they said he Didn't Jam. Here goes another gossip tidbit Trying to kinda INFLAME. He is VERY UNCONVENTIONAL. I Seriously Doubt he let's ANYBODY Tell Him What to do. TOTALLY INDEPENDENT DUDE!

Zelaira said:

Zelaira, I love your posts.
I'm sorry they don't survive the lock all the time, but they're great!

Thank You..You are so Cute.....

Krystal666 said:

I have never thought Prince "hated" black woman. I could care less WHO Prince sits with out in public And because he has been with so many woman of different races, I am assuming race don't matter to him. I am only saying, it's not like Prince to spot a black woman on the floor and have interest in her as he would or has in woman say, as in Mayte, Manuella, Carmen Electra etc ..... I do see from the talents he has worked with, that he sure does aknowledge and appreciate the gifted black artist.