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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 05:22 PM
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The Root: The Legacy of Loving
The Root put together a "Legacy of Loving" highlighting several celebrity interracial couples in commemoration of the groundbreaking Loving vs. Virginia ruling in 1967.

Some of the couples were a bit of a surprise like this one - Alfre Woodard and her husband - I love her -- she was good even in "Beauty Shop"!

It's a nice sentiment but some of the couples included are a bit odd. Quite a few of the couples aren't even married which was kind of the whole point of Loving vs. Virginia. And I'm sorry, but they lost MAJOR points with the inclusion of this couple:

ewwwwwww...
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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 11:00 AM
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1. They definitely jacked up the article with this last one....
yuk! Everybody likes looking at celebrities but I would LOVE to see an article with just regular married folks.
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 04:40 PM
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2. Completely agree. I would have loved to have seen more regular folks
They could have shown more artists, playwrights etc. and that would have been an immense improvement. Educators, businesspeople and military folks too.

They could have included that politician in NY that there was a story on in AAIG a few months ago. They also should have included Susan Rice and her husband. As much as I think Halle and Gabriel are a gorgeous couple, the fact that they aren't married kind of doesn't make sense to me to include them in a Loving tribute.

But Coco and Ice T?? C'mon. Those two are not "role model" material for ANY type of marriage. In fact, I'm thinking the sooner we all forget the two of them exist, the better.
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 04:44 PM
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3. I just rembered a story that kwassa mentioned a long time ago about a European prince married
to a black woman. That would have been a great inclusion as well.

http://www.nettyroyal.nl/maximilian.html
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 11:17 PM
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4. George "Starwars" Lucas and Mellody Hobson of Ariel Investments


from a very funny blog post

http://www.alphanista.com/how-to-feed-a-white-man/

How To Feed A White Man

By Guest Blogger, Nikki Harris (soon to be Nikki Harris-Abramson)

As most of you know I recently became engaged to a well-to-do white man.

He treated me right from the word “go”. But I learned alot about white men in general since dating him. They need different things including different foods. You cannot feed a white man sweet potatoes, roast beef and greens and expect him to act normal. The whole freakin’ point to dating a white man is to make the difference seem less. Below are foods I learned to eat and cook for my white man. If you are dating white or want to be then you need to go and get these foods for your kitchen:

1. Artichokes—I never ate one of these until I started dating my man, but they are hard to cook. Buy them and experiment, he’ll love you for it.

2. Cauliflower–My white man treats this like broccolli. He calls it white brocolli. It’s pretty bland, so please leave the McCormick’s in the shelf. My man likes it bland and crispy.

3. Vegetable soup–any kind–Do I need to expound on this? Pea, carrot, squash, lentil.

4. Tofu–Another hard thing to make. My man likes his scrambled with eggs or vegetables. It tastes like water, but this is probably the only thing he allows me to season with McCormick.

5. Bagels–I like cereal and waffles in the morning, he likes a big-ass bagels. There’s a shop near his law firm and he makes them bake a special batch for him every day. I gained 5 pounds because of this.

Yea, there are other things like salad but this is a start. You also have to master string bean casserole but that’s for Thanksgiving. As my boo and I say, Bon Apetit!
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-01-10 04:59 PM
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5. Okay kwassa, I REALLY don't know what to make of that blog entry
I'm not quite sure whether to :rofl: or :wtf:. It's a good thing my husband does most of the cooking because I have never in my life eaten or known anyone who's eaten artichokes. :)

Are Lucas and Hobson married?? And has he always been that chunky or is it Hobson's cooking that's got him so beefed up?? :)
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-01-10 10:00 PM
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6. I love artichokes.
Of course my idea of preparing them is opening a jar of marinated artichoke hearts. I always tell myself I only want a few while deciding what to make for dinner but the next thing I know the jar is empty and I'm not hungry anymore. They're one of the few foods (stuff like cauliflower which no man, no money, nothing could ever get me to enjoy go without saying) I have no desire to learn how to cook.
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-01-10 11:43 PM
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7. lol!
What are the artichoke hearts marinated in?? Is it like how pickles sit in a jar of their own juice?? Do artichokes HAVE juice??

I have never experienced the joys of cauliflower either but I will TEAR UP a bagel. Girl, there is nothing better in the world than a plain bagel THICKLY covered in Philly cream cheese and Smuckers strawberry jam. Oh my LORD! My mouth is watering so bad right now it's crazy and they don't sell bagels in Australia!!! :cry: :cry:
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-02-10 10:34 AM
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8. Marinated artichokes are the best.
We also buy huge jars at Costco, the only way to get them cheap. Great in salads, and various dishes. They are usually marinated in olive oil and Italian spices. Tasty right out of the jar.

The irony of the blog post is that the cultural divide of food this woman sees in reversed in my house. My wife is the healthy cook making the tofu and the cauliflower. She does this great thing with cauliflower where she purees cooked cauliflower with garlic and a little milk; it comes out very tasty and a lot like mashed potatoes. Everyone likes it, including my little girl.

My wife's relatives, however, cook in the old Southern style, those traditional American high-fat recipes. That is what we have in the family get-togethers. Syrup and marshmallows on the yams, as if yams needed to be sweetened.

Now I am going to be eat super-healthy, no more heart attack food for me! Probably no more bagels and cream cheese, either. I love lox, bagels, and cream cheese.

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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-03-10 04:53 PM
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11. You are making my mouth water!!!
Edited on Wed Feb-03-10 05:17 PM by Number23
Syrup and marshmallows on the yams, as if yams needed to be sweetened.

Oh my God. Sweet, candied yams...

You're right about the cultural divide mentioned in that blog post being reversed. My husband (yes, the white Australian) is the one who is forever whipping up some fried chicken and fried fish around here. :rofl: My contributions in the kitchen largely consist of pancakes and oatmeal so he has to do most of the "real" cooking. :)

Funny enough, on a visit home a few years ago I took him to Paschal's for Sunday lunch. Now, for those who have never been to or lived in Atlanta, Paschal's is like THE Black Spot in Atlanta. (Brewman can corroborate this.) It's located in the heart of the AU Center (where Morehouse, Spelman, and Mo Brown are located) and this is where MLK and his folks dined repeatedly back in the day. In fact, King helped put Paschal's on the map.

I took my hubby there with one of my favorite aunts (not the crazy one.) Needless to say, he was the ONLY white man up in that joint. :rofl: And when I showed him the menu, I was expecting him to go "err... ummm..." but he found a few things that he thought looked okay. By the time we left, that man was licking his fingers and damn near screaming over how good the food was. He became a huge fan of three things that day: fried corn, collard greens and sweet tea. He even makes fried corn for us now! Got his "mum" to love it too!! :)
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-03-10 09:27 PM
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12. Uncle Melvin's fried fish
Let me say that I don't like deep-fried seafood of any kind. None, zero, zip.

Except Uncle Melvin's fried fish. Food of the gods. His fried chicken ain't too bad, either.

I don't believe in sugar in tea. It is against my religion, I think. I've never met fried corn.

But, I bet y'all don't get white potato pie, either. It's an Eastern shore thing.
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-03-10 12:32 AM
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9. Some of the best years of my life were when my mom worked at a bakery.
My brother and I were disappointed when she left that job. No more fresh bagels, challah, rugelach...I never really eat bagels at home but I love going to a good bakery and getting one. The last city I lived in had no real bakeries so I felt deprived. I can only imagine what you're going through in a country with no bagels.

Normally when I've had artichokes prepared fresh they were good but I love the flavor the oil, spices, and lemon or vinegar adds to the jarred ones.

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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-03-10 09:28 PM
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13. A friend in NYC lived next door to a bakery
We would stop and get fresh-baked challah first thing in the morning and it was wonderful.
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-03-10 09:52 PM
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14. Have you ever had french toast made with challah?
If not you should try it. The slight egginess of it make it my favorite bread for french toast.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-04-10 01:40 PM
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15. I never have! Sounds interesting.
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-03-10 09:09 AM
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10. That's a funny entry
but for me, never ate artichokes, except in artichoke dip. Eat plenty of cauliflower and vegetable soup, tofu on occasion. Breakfast is normally last night's leftovers or egg and grits/oatmeal. Pass on the bagels because after one, I'm good for the day. One of the area's top bagel bakeries is about a half mile away from my place. :9
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