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CrimsonTide4 · #1 01-17-2006, 10:33 AM

If you could have any BLACK person placed on the following currency, who would it be? i.e. instead of George Washington on the $1 bill, you would have _______

$1
$2
$5
$10
$20
$50
$100

penny
nickel
dime
quarter
half dollar
dollar

I am still working on my own answers

Jells · #2 01-17-2006, 10:58 AM

$1 - Flav-vor FLAV...just to slap you Naomi Campbell style...
$2 - Blair Underwood - not to do anything with you really, but just to look at you...and strap you down to shave off those funky twists in your hair!!! Can we say, mid-life crisis??
$5 - Eric Benet....see $1
$10 - Jamie Foxx - I've loved you since forever, but the fact that you only date "certain" girls irks me...you can sing prince songs for me all night!!!
$20- Usher - You've really gone down in the polls since 2004, but still one of my favorites!
$50 - Tyrese - always been my eye candy and you can sang!! (notice a trend here?)
$100 - Boris Kojoe....my little tasty treat. I'd even throw a couple bucks in the pot to flex your chest muscles for me.

penny - Anyone in the Wu-Tang group..
nickel - Spike Lee
dime - Yin Yang Twins
quarter - Twista
half dollar - 50 Cent (hehehe)

CrimsonTide4 · #3 01-17-2006, 11:08 AM

$1 ~ Frederick Douglass
$2 ~ Sojourner Truth
$5 ~ Alex Haley
$10 ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
$20 ~ Mary McLeod Bethune
$50 ~ Oprah Winfrey
$100 ~ Rosa Parks

penny ~ Jesse Owens
nickel ~ Aaron McGruder
dime ~ Malcolm X
quarter ~ Dorothy Height
half dollar ~ Sadie T.M. Alexander
dollar ~ Carter G. Woodson

mulattogyrl · #4 01-17-2006, 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by Jells
$1 - Flav-vor FLAV...just to slap you Naomi Campbell style...
$2 - Blair Underwood - not to do anything with you really, but just to look at you...and strap you down to shave off those funky twists in your hair!!! Can we say, mid-life crisis??
$5 - Eric Benet....see $1
$10 - Jamie Foxx - I've loved you since forever, but the fact that you only date "certain" girls irks me...you can sing prince songs for me all night!!!
$20- Usher - You've really gone down in the polls since 2004, but still one of my favorites!
$50 - Tyrese - always been my eye candy and you can sang!! (notice a trend here?)
$100 - Boris Kojoe....my little tasty treat. I'd even throw a couple bucks in the pot to flex your chest muscles for me.

penny - Anyone in the Wu-Tang group..
nickel - Spike Lee
dime - Yin Yang Twins
quarter - Twista
half dollar - 50 Cent (hehehe)

I was thinking 50 Cent for the half dollar too!!! LOLOLOLOL

And DAYUM @ anyone in the Wu-Tang group.

Jells · #5 01-17-2006, 11:36 AM

I guess I read the post wrong...I thought it was...if you can have any Black Person FOR....$1,$5...LOL!!

I guess that puts things in a different perspective!

CrimsonTide4 · #6 01-17-2006, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jells
I guess I read the post wrong...I thought it was...if you can have any Black Person FOR....$1,$5...LOL!!

I guess that puts things in a different perspective!

I was confused by your responses, lol, but I just edited the thread for better clarity.

Jells · #7 01-17-2006, 11:41 AM

I'll just chalk that up to reading too fast while trying to act like I'm doing work at the same time...

mulattogyrl · #8 01-17-2006, 11:45 AM

> $1 - Nat Turner
> $2 - Ida B. Wells
> $5 - Malcolm X
> $10 - W.E.B. DuBois
> $20 – Frederick Douglass
> $50 - Harriet Tubman
> $75 - Rosa Parks (that's right I made up currency)
> $100 - MLK

> penny – Booker T. Washington
> nickel – Stokely Carmichael
> dime – Shirley Chisholm
> quarter – Oprah Winfrey
> half dollar - 50 Cent LMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAO

ETA: Dr. Rice should be on upcoming currency, whatever we decide to make up, LOL

DSTinguished1 · #9 01-17-2006, 12:13 PM

If you could have any BLACK person placed on the following currency, who would it be? i.e. instead of George Washington on the $1 bill, you would have _______

$1- Fredrick Douglass
$2- George Washington Carver
$5- Malcomb X.
$10- Harriet Tubman
$20- Thurgood Marshall
$50- Rosa Parks
$100- Martin Luther King Jr.

penny- Emmitt Till
nickel- Shirley Chisholm
dime- Dorothy Height
quarter- Booker T. Washington
half dollar- Nelson Mandela
dollar- Denzel Washington

CrimsonTide4 · #10 01-17-2006, 02:45 PM

You know how VISA has themed cards, I am creating themed money.

This set is for my music lovers

$1 ~ Jill Scott
$2 ~ Anthony Hamilton
$5 ~ Kirk Franklin
$10 ~ Prince
$20 ~ Tina Turner
$50 ~ Ray Charles
$100 ~ Michael Jackson

penny ~ Angie Stone
nickel ~ Rrrrrrrra Kelly
dime ~ The Temptations
quarter ~ Mahalia Jackson
half dollar ~ Leontyne Price
dollar ~ TuPac

mulattogyrl · #11 01-17-2006, 02:46 PM

^^ That's hot! I think Rrrra should be 12 cents for 12 Play though

TheEpitome1920 · #12 01-17-2006, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
[B]If you could have any BLACK person placed on the following currency, who would it be? i.e. instead of George Washington on the $1 bill, you would have _______

$1
$2
$5
$10
$20
$50
$100

$1 DuBois
$2 Ida B.
$5 bell hooks
$10 Malik Shabazz
$20 Zora
$50?
$100 Image symbolizing those who didn't make the journey

mulattogyrl · #13 01-17-2006, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
$1 DuBois
$2 Ida B.
$5 bell hooks
$10 Malik Shabazz
$20 Zora
$50?
$100 Image symbolizing those who didn't make the journey

bell hooks and Zora Neale Hurston are good ones! See that's why as Black people, we have to create more currency.

CrimsonTide4 · #14 01-17-2006, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mulattogyrl
bell hooks and Zora Neale Hurston are good ones! See that's why as Black people, we have to create more currency.

says the woman who wants to make a $7.18 bill for Brooklyn with Biggie's face on it.

mulattogyrl · #15 01-17-2006, 04:24 PM

^^That's right! Brooklyn stand up! LOL