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1o Celebs you didn't know were black
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| Aug. 19, 2014
Posted on 08/19/2014 5:42:20 PM PDT by lulu16
Did you know that these pop stars had black heritage?
Pete Wentz musician
Troian Bellisario (Pretty Little Liars)
Wentworth Miller actor
Nicole Richie fashion designer
Slash musician
Rashida Jones actress
Adriana Lima model
Maya Rudolph
Carol Channing
Mariah Carey singer
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: black; celebrities
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To: smalltownslick
I always heard whispers about Dinah Shore. No, Dinah Shore's parents were Jewish. They were shopkeepers in Tennessee, where Dinah was born and raised.
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posted on
08/20/2014 7:14:31 AM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
To: Vendome
My name was taken from me...Try VendomeX
To: jocon307
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posted on
08/20/2014 7:20:24 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
To: lulu16
I dont spend enough time in my dentist office reading People
magazine either.I've always referred to it as "Peephole."
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posted on
08/20/2014 7:23:34 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
To: lulu16
Such a poignant scene.I know, right? Here's Navin with the family:
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posted on
08/20/2014 7:26:35 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
To: lulu16
And let's not forget Earl Pllcher, brilliantly written and played by Robert Duvall:
"Earl" is in the center, back row.
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posted on
08/20/2014 7:32:05 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
To: dfwgator
Maya Rudolph was Smokin' in Idiocracy.Maya more resembles her Jewish father, Richard Rudolph, than her mom, Minnie Riperton, who looks mixed as well.
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posted on
08/20/2014 7:43:52 AM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
To: Albion Wilde
What a great voice Minnie had. Tragic to die so young like that.
To: lulu16
Since we're on the topic, here are a few historic persons of mixed race and distinguished accomplishment:
Alexandre Dumas, the famed French novelist and author of Three Musketeers
Booker T. Washington, born a slave and rose to become an educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States
Patrick Francis Healy, born in slavery, 29th President of Georgetown University, known for expanding the school following the American Civil War.
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posted on
08/20/2014 8:01:59 AM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
To: Albion Wilde
There was a classic Peanuts cartoon with Schroeder at his piano with Lucy.
Lucy tells Schroeder that some scholars think that Beethoven was black.
To which Schroeder replied, “You mean all this time, I’ve been playing SOUL music?”
To: lulu16
The last thing you want to hear while trapped in an elevator:
"Could you sing us another one, Miss Channing?"
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posted on
08/20/2014 8:06:03 AM PDT
by
daler
To: lulu16
I wish I was raised on your soul food.It's not there any more, but anyone who lived in Philly in the 60s-70s-80s may remember the famed Bea Bea's Lawnside BBQ on South Street. Carolina barbecue arrived in Philadelphia via Lawnside, NJ, which had been a stop on the Underground Railroad. Great soul food and plenty of it.
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posted on
08/20/2014 8:09:53 AM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
To: lulu16
We cant all be black. Whos going to pay for our grievances? I'm English and Irish. So I sent myself a check to cover the 800 years of persecution.
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posted on
08/20/2014 8:12:33 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
To: Albion Wilde
Lol
My mom was English and Irish. Always fought with herself
To: Pilgrim's Progress
Babe Ruth's parents were German immigrants, so it is unlikely. Probably just his appearance, which to me looks more like fetal alcohol syndrome than mixed-race.
The other person from that era of Swiss and German heritage who was thought to have some black ancestry was J. Edgar Hoover; however this theory was disputed in the Washington Post:
Obviously there was a lot of racial hysteria due to the class divide as much as any other thing in the pre-Civil Rights era.
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posted on
08/20/2014 8:41:55 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
To: kaehurowing
Many Africans dont think much of Americans. I had a friend who was from French Guinea. She thought American blacks were backwards and ignorant, and wouldnt have anything to do with them.My Kenyan neighbors say the same. "They won't work!"
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posted on
08/20/2014 8:50:06 AM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
To: octex
Some FReepers may be too young to know who Dinah Shore was and that she also had black ancestry.Is that a rumor, or do you have some kind of a link? She was Jewish.
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posted on
08/20/2014 8:50:57 AM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
To: Albion Wilde
I wonder how Dinah would have felt today about the lesbos taking over her golf tournament?
To: daler
I loved Carol Channing's performances, quriky though she was. I saw her live in Hello Dolly. Then I went to see the black version on stage too, with Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway -- outstanding as well!
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posted on
08/20/2014 8:54:36 AM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
To: morphing libertarian
I know, right? Our extended family dinners usually ended in tears...
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posted on
08/20/2014 8:55:37 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
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