Beethoven was black?

Africa within ^

[Emperor Palpatine]

So dark curly, (even kinky), hair on a classical musician means they're Black?



Oh, don't forget the three musical triplets separated at birth...



Geez, that's quite a shocker.

[autumnraine]

Haha

Yes, since we are descended from Africans and all, it makes sense.

Unless you listen to the Chinese who claim all humanlife came from their side of the ocean.

And on and on and on.

[autumnraine]

Steve Perry is dark and Portugese and in no way looks black. Can’t get straighter hair than his and that was before the hair straightener!

Sorry, I went into a mode there mentioning dark and Portugese. Seems I have a thing for that. ;o)

[Reaganesque]

As long as the author is basing his/her conclusion on such hearsay, random quotes and shaky logic, he or she may as well point out that Beethoven had rhythm as well. Surely that proves something? I despair for American intellectualism.

[onedoug]

What difference does it make in music?

[PistolPaknMama]

We’ll all be at least half black

So instead of a mule and 40 acres, we get a donkey and 20 acres?

[Cyberrat]

I remember reading somewhere that Michael Jackson is black.

[celtic gal]

Could it be that the black popultion has classical composers that we don’t know about or are they just wishing for a classical composer because even they are getting sick of rap.

[Lady Jag]

[Nowhere Man]

I know the Arabs and the Blacks have intermingled for centuries in Africa, I know The Arabs have gone as far as Mozambique, Zanzibar and Madagascar as well. It is generally accepted that Barack Obama himself is half White, 3/8's Arab and 1/8th Black. Although is father would look Black, it is still possible he is mostly Arab, genetics and hereditary is sometimes an inexact science. So to say that Obama is our first "Black President," well, I'll admit the looks are there but if that makeup is true, it really isn't the whole picture. You can say he is our first "multi-racial" President which is more accurate.

Yeah, but getting back to Beetoven, well, yeah, anything is possible but if if he has some Black on his mom's side, it makes him more of a mutt so to speak like a lot of people. I'm a "mutt" myself, German, Swedish, Russian, Serbian and Russian Jew.

[Nowhere Man]

First of all, Moors were not Black despite Shakespeare calling them that. They were mostly Celtic and typically blue eyed but they were dark from living in North Africa. They did not live in Sub-Saharan Africa.

They sort of reminded me of the Druze in Lebanon, they are of Greek heritage as far back as Alexander the Great.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Husband and I were bowling on the wii this evening. I swear that 0bama and Michelle My Belle were bowling in the lane next to us!

He is all things to all people. *SMIRK*

[bigheadfred]

*SMURF* (Smile and try not to throw up at the same time)

[murphE]

When SNL was funny...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

*SMURF*

That’s a new one to me! BTW, I’m stealing it. :)

[bigheadfred]

Steal away. Don’t recommend tryin it. Especially if you been eating anything chunky. Although you CAN get some great squealing sounds from macaroni salad.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

You are such a goof. :)

[bigheadfred]

In the DARK times ahead SOMEBODY needs to LIGHTEN things up!!!

[Borges]

Do you know the work of the American Creole composer Louis Moreau Gotschalk? He was writing quasi ragtime in the 1840s and 1850s!

[bigheadfred]

I remember reading somewhere that Michael Jackson is black.

But its not from this planet so I don't think that counts. And that was before it mutated anyway.