Rep. Harold Ford, Jr: Family (Race) Issues?

[BLUTANG]

Originally posted by SKEEphistAKAte
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.

you are a mess!

[LionOfJudah]

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

[SKEEphistAKAte]

Originally posted by SKEEphistAKAte
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.

Here they are:



Yep...he'll like me. LOL

[Exquisite5]

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.

[SKEEphistAKAte]

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.

Originally posted by Exquisite5
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.

[litAKAtor]

Originally posted by SKEEphistAKAte
I wonder if he'll catch mine... j/k

TSK TSK LS!! Shame!!

AS far as Ford is concerned, speaking from someone who was born in good old Shelby County and who has family still there and whose grandmother ran a successful floral shop for over 30 years and did LOTS of business with the Ford's funeral home - let me say this - this doesn't surprise me at all . . . the Fords are not known in Memphis for being the nicest or most fair dealing people. By any means necessary. My grandmother tells a story often of how she designed arrangements one time for a funeral at the Fords establishment for which she was never compensated. . . .so anything that hints of shaddy doesn't shock me at all!!!!

[AKA_Monet]

My "inside connections" tell me that poor Harold Jr.--ummm, well, has "game issues"... Not that he lacks it... But more like he's not the "allstar pro athelete" that he outta be... And that he's been a "benchwarmer"... And he has the "equipment" but hasn't been shown how to use it... I've been told he's kinna a "nerd"...

The other issues I've heard is that Tennessee is a tough state to run for senator. He's against Bill Frist and Co.

And his choice in women, well, he needs that high powered woman of "pedigree". Panty-throwing women are not desired. This MUST be a woman who has impeccable--pratically spotless record--just because of that "princess and the pea" requirement. No skeleton issues--like she's had an abortion... Like this woman has to be a "virgin" or something... Etc.

The problem I heard was he also wants a "freak"--even though he does not know how to use the equipment.

As far as the Alpha thing, I was told that he was not allowed to pledge in college--it was not recommended for someone of his "stature" or "caliber", because he was trying to run for office, etc... The "frat boy" image would be too much for him... Okay for others, not him...

Of course this is all gossip... And I could be full of it and the wool pulled over my eyes...

[southernelle25]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

My "inside connections" tell me that poor Harold Jr.--ummm, well, has "game issues"... Not that he lacks it... But more like he's not the "allstar pro athelete" that he outta be... And that he's been a "benchwarmer"... And he has the "equipment" but hasn't been shown how to use it... I've been told he's kinna a "nerd"...

LOL... "hasn't been shown how to use it". He seems like a nice guy, and he is cute. I'd consider going out with him, if his family wasn't so crazy.

And his choice in women, well, he needs that high powered woman of "pedigree". Panty-throwing women are not desired. This MUST be a woman who has impeccable--pratically spotless record--just because of that "princess and the pea" requirement. No skeleton issues--like she's had an abortion... Like this woman has to be a "virgin" or something... Etc.

Good for him. There are still men with some class in this world.

The problem I heard was he also wants a "freak"--even though he does not know how to use the equipment.

Scratch the previous statement. lmbo..

[DSTCHAOS]

I know someone whose grandparent is believed to be a white person passing for black. This grandparent grew up in Louisiana and was somehow told she was Creole or something of that sort. She looks like a "white complexioned black person" and they joke about her really being white. I've found many whites who look black and blacks who look white (such as some of the blacks in my family from generations past). It wasn't that uncommon for blacks in the South to pass for white either inadvertently or intentionally. I suppose it isn't too farfetched for whites to do the same in some instances.

[DSTCHAOS]

Ford needs to log onto GC so he can't stop AKA_Monet from further hurting his political career.

[MsFoxyLoxy77]

I stumbled upon this article. Maybe his grandmother is just like the gentleman mentioned in this article. Perhaps there is a small possibility she wasn't Black and just didn't know it. If Ford feels the need to claim his grandmother was passing (though I have no idea why it really matters or why he feels the need to state this publicly) perhaps he should take a test to prove what percentage of his heritage is of African descent.

http://www.alternet.org/story/16917/

As far as him looking for one of OUR sorors as marriage material...who can blame himlol...Though that whole I'm going to play the field while you have the kiddies is played out...I don't know how he's going to pull that off. Clinton couldn't do it and from what y'all are saying on this Forum he doesn't have a tenth of Clinton's game.

[hellocutie]

Wow @ the article. There are probably a lot of people this same situation and do not know. Very interesting.

[ChanelLover]

Originally Posted by MsFoxyLoxy77

As far as him looking for one of OUR sorors as marriage material...who can I don't know how he's going to pull that off.

He could possibly pull it off. There are always women who will put up with that kind of mess, because of the "benefits" of being married to someone with a name.

Originally Posted by MsFoxyLoxy77

Clinton couldn't do it and from what y'all are saying on this Forum he doesn't have a tenth of Clinton's game.

HAHA! That's not very nice. Maybe he just needs someone to "teach" him, so that the "game issues" will improve. But then again maybe not, if he's 36. If the "issues" haven't improved by now, chances are its not going to happen.

[southernelle25]

Originally Posted by MsFoxyLoxy77

I stumbled upon this article. Maybe his grandmother is just like the gentleman mentioned in this article. Perhaps there is a small possibility she wasn't Black and just didn't know it. If Ford feels the need to claim his grandmother was passing (though I have no idea why it really matters or why he feels the need to state this publicly) perhaps he should take a test to prove what percentage of his heritage is of African descent.

http://www.alternet.org/story/16917/

The article is very misleading. Because this man only inherited one half of each parent's DNA (and they inherited only one half from each of their parents, and so on), he could be (and likely is) of African descent. This type of DNA test does not show it, because the African was simply "washed out", so to speak. In Ford's case, he should not get a DNA test, he should get a grip.

[JD'07]

Originally posted by Exquisite5
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.

This is from Ebony's "Ten Hottest Couples" February 2000.

A Powerful Politician and an Entertainment Attorney.

Rep. Harold Ford Jr. & Jennifer Baltimore

Congressman Harold Ford Jr. and attorney Jennifer Baltimore met while students at the University of Pennsylvania, but love didn't blossom until years later when she attended a reception the Memphis congressman hosted during the 1997 Congressional Black Caucus weekend in Washington, D.C. A few weeks later, Jennifer joined Ford and friends for dinner when he was in Los Angeles to tape a television show. The congressman was smitten and spent the next six months wooing the attorney for Universal Music. In May 1998, says Ford, "Things took a turn in the right direction." And on his birthday, May 11, 1999, Ford proposed to Jennifer on the steps of the Capitol. "It was a beautiful day," he says, "so after lunch I suggested we take a walk around the Capitol. I had been nervous all morning with the ring in my pocket. It really caught her by surprise." Jennifer said yes, and the two are set to wed in May in Washington, D.C. I guess this part didn't happen...