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u stoopid! :D

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Frankly, Obama's choice of a wife was one of the things that impressed me about him, esp since his own mother is white.

As far as Ford and his supposed comments, something seems very fishy to me. He was a speaker at a past Delta Convention and I really enjoyed his presentation. He is an Alpha, right?

I hadn't heard this bit of controversy, but I believe I read at some point in my studies of American history that when a white woman during that era married a black man, when and where she could (like In D.C. perhaps), all of her government documentation would be changed and she would legally be categorized as black. It sort of makes sense since the whole theory behind the laws of anti-miscegenation was that it was unnatural and wrong for blacks to mix with the white race so once it was determined that some allowed a black person to infiltrate the white race, that white person was "expelled" for the sake of the proverbial "books" so that it wouldn't be documented that there was mixed white and black blood. If the white chick was then deemed to be black, then their offspring would, therefore, also be black.

Whatever.

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Harold Ford, Sr. is an Alpha. I don't know about Jr.

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Oh snap! Even more reason to throw those Vicky's. I need to go ahead and register for the Congressional Black Caucus Conference. :p

slow your roll, Soror. Slow your roll. She said SR. That means the daddy is an Alpha, not the son. :o



Then again, you never know.... ;) :D :p

Sr. is the Alpha , Not Jr.
 

I have met Jr. and worked on his first campaign for the U.S. House in Memphis. His dad is frat, but he is not.

As far as the whole controversy over his grandmother, I don't know any more facts than in the article. But I don't think the claim could be totally outrageous. The points about miscegenation should be noted. Besides, if she really loved Mr. Ford, then to me it is not a very far fetched notion that a white woman would say that she was really black, if not for love for her husband, than at least to keep him from being targetted by bigoted whites for lynching.

Just my 06 cents worth.

Blackwatch!!!!!!

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His ex was a black woman, an attorney. They were planning to get married.

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Thanks for the clarification :cool:

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Yeah, Jennifer Baltimore. They were engaged. I wonder what happened with that. When I go to the CBC Conference I will ask him and come back and post it on here. LOL.

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you are a mess!

Passing?!?!
 

yes there were White people who passed for Black. They were usually married to a Black person and instead of subjecting themselves to the pressures and possible danger of being married to a black person they would pass for black...remember birth and death certificates are not a good source of ethnic or racial info because it was determined by what the court clerk or mortician thought you were and who they thought your parents were. The intermarrying was very common in the West VA, Eastern VA, Kentucky, and Tenn. area where the Scotch-Irish were known for marrying Black people. I am the product of such a situation so yes it did happen. But it isn't something that is of much importance. They were doing what they had to do to keep their families safe. Nothing more nothing less.

LoJ

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Here they are:

http://pic12.picturetrail.com/VOL414.../137604195.jpg

Yep...he'll like me. LOL

Are we sure she is an atty? I wanted to see where she worked so I looked up her up in martindalehubble, a national database of attorneys, and she is most definitely not listed.

It really doesn't matter, I was just curious as to where she worked.

I'm a cyberstalker, so I searched her too. Maybe she got the degree but didn't take the BAR. Either that, or Jennifer Baltimore is not her real name. I'll ask Harold when I meet him in September.