But black people are more naturally inclined to be rhythmic than white people. It's one of natures given attributes.

Also they're better sprinters (see the Olympics) than white folk. Fortunately for whitey, there is always the swimming pool.

Even the women.

Oh, boy.
And they make better babies, too.

Marrk said:

They have bigger dicks, too.

Even the women.

VelvetSplash said:

Actually,White artists HAVE made such comments in their songs too.Have you ever heard "Some Girls" by the Rolling Stones?

Marrk said:

They have bigger dicks, too.

Even the women.

That's what I heard.
[This message was edited Thu May 22 10:25:45 PDT 2003 by unremarkable]

In America today, many people, especially white people,...

Racism is not mainly race...its about someone having the power over another. Therefore, I believe Black people can never be racists.

Racism is not mainly race...its about someone having the power over another. Therefore, I believe Black people can never be racists.

Racism is not mainly race...its about someone having the power over another. Therefore, I believe Black people can never be racists.

unremarkable said:

it's spelled fallacy, while you're bumpin your lips...

Zazu said:

Then you're an idiot.

In criticizing his right to talk about his feelings although his feelings might not be soothing to you...

Racism is not mainly race...its about someone having the power over another. Therefore, I believe Black people can never be racists.

That is utter bullshit. a black person can be equally as racist as a white person.

Do you not see the irony in saying an individual can be something soley based on the colour of their skin, yet another of different skin tone cannot be that?:

Right JaneyPoos shall say her views...

unremarkable my dear, i understand what you are saying, that it seems that racism can be accepted from one stand-point and not from another. The long and short is that it shouldn't be happening at all, we know this- deep down... we all know this.

It is not our place to judge other people or for them to judge us though I realise there's alot of hate in alot of people. Prince has changed his style for many reasons perhaps (as corny as this is going to sound) he is trying to find himself, scouring religions and scouring the past looking for his place.

I do not believe however this 'racism' is intended, he seems to be mixing past and present as u said.

The concept of it all has been blown out of all proportion! In reality there is little to be offended by... think rationally.

"Dancing like a white girl." I agree with DavidEye who said this shouldn't be taken seriously. i do not think it is intended as racist at all its no worse than stuff you may hear everyday. It is like a general comment

When they call you articulate, that's another way of saying 'He talks good for a black guy' Ice-T '95

That is a reply to a general comment, as styles of talking are picked up on and often commented on .

I think it is Princes humour and his own research, there is no need to feel so angry at him or indeed any1. If you pick up on such little things you can find racism in anything and in any1... please try not to become part of this way of thinking!

I dont if anyone recalls hearing the lyrics of Everlasting Now in TRC, where he talks about a black man who was a pop mega star...but in the end of the verse he says (not in verbatim)"all the money u have and all the women u laid...u change the flag to them u're still a spade."

In America today, many people, especially white people, think that being a successful black person, such as Prince, Oprah, P.Diddy, etc...excludes them from racism. People have to understand that as much money as they make, for every black successful person in this world, there r probably 10 or 20 white ones that makes more than them. And it can be easily be taken away in one big swoop because they essentially dont have that much control over it.

Racism is not mainly race...its about someone having the power over another. Therefore, I believe Black people can never be racists.

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one2three said:


Again, I re-iterate people are individuals, white people do not have a collective consciousness, do not tar all white people with the same brush.

If u r not one of these white people I am talking about, then u have nothing to worry being in the same "brush" as u would say.
one2three said:


That is utter bullshit. a black person can be equally as racist as a white person.

Do you not see the irony in saying an individual can be something soley based on the colour of their skin, yet another of different skin tone cannot be that?

Many of Prince's pre-JW/pre-Larry (what's the difference?) records have lyrics with a healthy and positive outlook towards racial integration. "White, black, puerto-rican..." ...and countless others, we know them all. And, cool, yeah?

Hmmm. In the 90s, we know, Prince was accused by many of selling out, of not being "black enough". He certainly felt this; you can tell by the language of his records, not to mention the introduction of rap (which he'd previously slated), that he really felt the need to prove himself to his black audience, to remain hip. From the "normal" language of the 80s albums, we suddenly get tracks full of "nigga" and "check 1,2", "brothas"...I don't recall a "hood" anywhere, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

And the song, "Dinner With Delores". I was shocked when I heard the line about her "dancing like a white girl". Excuse me?! Stop swearing if you don't like it, Prince, whatever, but you need to learn that offensiveness is in ideas, not in words.

And now we're getting songs about blackness all the time, about afrocentrism, the importance of roots, of history. Songs about the injustice that has been done to Prince, to the black people. Well, hmm, Prince, you haven't technically picked cotton in anyone's fields yourself, have you? In fact, you have quite a luxurious life in America, don't you? Better than the vast majority of America's white citizens. Fair enough if you want to write songs about injustice, but these songs overstep the mark, valuing words over ideas and valuing the past over the present.

Prince. Where people come from, doesn't matter. Where words come from, doesn't matter, either; it's what we mean by them that counts. Stop dredging up ancient history and preaching about which race is more righteous than the next, because, frankly, it's disturbing.

And it wasn't even so long ago you wrote:

"If the air is a little thick in this room 2nite
I reckon it's the result of an onslaught of separatist rookies
Overcome by this colorful sight

Talkin' so fast that even they
Talkin' so fast that even they
Don't know what they mean

Of all the things that base a rhyme
How is it that U everytime
Regurgitate the racist lines that keep us apart?"

unremarkable said:

No, it's offensive when someone who cant dance fucks up the electric slide..get your ass back to holdin up the wall