Wow...A woman who preaches so much love in her music disguises it with so much hatred. It's pathetic, really. It's not like SHE was a slave, which so many (like herself) seem 2 frequently and conveniently "hark back to" in order to drive their OWN obvious hatred home. She's obviously racist herself. I never ONCE looked at Jill Scott and "winced" at the sight of a large woman singing some of my favorite songs. I'm not like that. That's the problem with so many. They ARE like that. Furthermore, I'm a white brotha and if for ONE SECOND, I even voiced a similar remark, it would INSTANTLY go down as being racist, so Miss Jilly from Philly (and a whole lotta others like her) need 2 put themselves in "check." My Godmother's a Black woman. Never in my entire life, has she ever loved me less because I'm vanilla. She loves me for ME. I was also raised Jewish. I heard all that crap growin' up about "marrying your own kind," "dating outside your religion," etc...And y'know what? I always knew it was wrong. It's judgmental, it's hateful and it's prejudicial, no matter how you cut it up. Similarly, I wasn't one of those who crossed the River Jordan and/or was persecuted by any adversaries (except maybe in grade school when an occasional penney would be tossed my way as I walked on by.) Love is love no matter how u slice it up and love, has (or SHOULD have) no color. To think otherwise, is conditioning which is handed down and perpetuated throughout the ages. It's ignorant, it's intolerable and it's still here today. Miss Jill needs 2 shut her mouth and keep ugliness like this out of the public sector. It's not like she can afford to voice thoughts like these with her music sales steadily dwindling. I loved her "words and sounds." After reading this, I'm debating whether or not to toss all my CD's (by her) to the used record store for cash or credit. It spells racism and people have the audacity to wonder why it's still here. It's because of attitudes like hers. She wants 2 wince? She should record herself voicing the aformentioned hideousness and wince at that. And they say we're making progress? Where? Show me. I'm still seeing, hearing and reading it to this day. And what's there "to get?" Love has NO COLOR, afterall. Isn't that what I've always heard in MY life? I'll keep on perpetuating that belief, because it's beautiful and it's real and it doesn't reek of judgement. Beautifully Human, huh? Think again, You're showin' your TRUE colors and they ain't so pretty now. "Hate on me" if ya wanna, but you KNOW I'm right. Peace.

The Gumbels. Is anybody supposed to be surprised?


but Keenan Ivory Wayans and Raphael Saadiq with his
muslim bow tie wearing ass, i'm really shocked.

Celebrity Black Men Who Have Upgraded Once They Got Paid - meaning they dated black when they were working their way up the ladder and dated/married non-black once they got to the top (tiger woods and quincey jones are excluded).

Kobe Bryant
Charles Barkley
OJ Simpson
Gregory Hines
Lamar Odom
Taye Diggs
Bryant Gumble (and his brother)
Seal
Don Cornelius
Donald Faison
Keenan Ivory Wayans
Raphael Saadiq
Thurgood Marshall
Frederick Douglas
Scottie Pippin
Terence Howard

Just to name a few.

Furthermore, I'm a white brotha

The Gumbels. Is anybody supposed to be surprised?


but Keenan Ivory Wayans and Raphael Saadiq with his
muslim bow tie wearing ass, i'm really shocked.

That's why I'm dying with laughter cuz everybody is up in arms ASSuming she said something she didn't EVEN say. And nowhere does she question the validity of REAL interracial love nor does she say that there's anything wrong with it. But, as usual, let a black person speak their OWN personal truth and folks who do not have nary a clue about what that truly is are in a hurry to label us as racist. SSDD.

Yeah, the comedy continues. Were you this upset when John Mayer made HIS actually racist and disrespectful comments about black women? Did you post on THAT thread too?

LOL @ the aggressive and vicious tone of your obviously racist outlook. I get upset with ANYTHING that even SMELLS racist, so don't be pullin' no color cards with ME. You sound exTRMELY ignorant and furthermore, it's people like yourself and people like Jill Scott who, rather than END the cycle, perpetuate it. Like I said in my previous post, YOU weren't THERE. You're HERE and it's 2010, so cut the crap. It's phoney. Get a life (AND a grip.) God don't like ugly. And ugly sounds a lot like you.

Well, it didn't seem to do Obama any harm.

These pale-skinned broads aren't hearing you. As Alexxis K. says, they've lost their minds because the mandingo warrior penis "done ejaculated in her brain". Therefore, they are now delusional enough to think that they're experts on the black race.

She'll probably also get pretty mad at all the people calling her a racist.

As far as I can see, she never even mentions love. She never gets that far. She just says that she winces any time she sees a white woman on the arm of a black man she considers to be desirable. Even when she talks about her friend, she never considers whether their love is "real" or not, in fact she never mentions the wife at all, except as a 'caucasian woman'. The true nature of their relationship is never even brought up. She just says that, immediately when she heard what the wife's skin colour was, she felt a pinch. If she'd phrased her article like most people on here are interpreting it (that it bothers her when black men marry white women exclusively for some perceived notion of status), I don't think a single person on here, black or white, would be disagreeing with her.

she should be. I don't see racism here at all. Just irritation which is natural in a thread like this. Anything to do with race is going to ruffle some feathers here and there.

she should be. I don't see racism here at all. Just irritation which is natural in a thread like this. Anything to do with race is going to ruffle some feathers here and there.

wouldn't it be easier to show love to the 90% of brothas that date black women

unfortunately a good portion of those men are either, gay, in jail, dead, dogs, in jail, smoking massive amounts of weed, dogs, gay, married, or dead.

trying to put the shoe on the other foot does not work in this instance because it is black women who are constantly rejected by MOST segments of Western society not white women.

Well, I'll be darned.

Are you a "white brotha" like Justin Timberlake or Jon B? If the latter, I was talking about how rare you all are a few pages ago, lol.

First of all, it's not an article. Second, she does mention love if you actually read her statement. Third, trying to put the shoe on the other foot does not work in this instance because it is black women who are constantly rejected by MOST segments of Western society not white women. Therefore, it ain't the same thing. But, nice try.