Rep. Harold Ford, Jr: Family (Race) Issues? - Page 4

AKA_Monet · #46 11-09-2006, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Well, I'll start showing up at events...'cause that's the kind of man I need. He is fawww-iiiine.... In that Derek Jeter way (yeah, I said it).

Sweetheart, because some ladies in his family are my sorors, I have been told he wants one of my sorors...

But homegirl has to know that he will NOT be faithful and will cheat on you... Her only job is to crank the kiddies out...

Steeltrap · #47 11-09-2006, 08:24 PM

^^
Yes, I can see HF with one of our sorors.

Munchkin03 · #48 11-09-2006, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Sweetheart, because some ladies in his family are my sorors, I have been told he wants one of my sorors...

But homegirl has to know that he will NOT be faithful and will cheat on you... Her only job is to crank the kiddies out...

LOL...my sister is one of your sorors. If I had known going NPC would have led me to miss out on Ford Jr., I would have rethought it. Ha ha...but, I just dropped a loser, don't want another one.

How old is he, anyway?

Steeltrap · #49 11-09-2006, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Munchkin03

LOL...my sister is one of your sorors. If I had known going NPC would have led me to miss out on Ford Jr., I would have rethought it. Ha ha...but, I just dropped a loser, don't want another one.

How old is he, anyway?

He's 36. Born in 1970. When I was in Tennessee, I mainly paid attention to Sr. and the rest of the family.

southernelle25 · #50 11-09-2006, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by The Cushite

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!!!!!!

Judging from the photo of the woman, she appears to be as black as I am... albeit a lighter shade. I don't know where he got that lie from.

southernelle25 · #51 11-09-2006, 10:46 PM

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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.

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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.

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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 · #52 11-09-2006, 11:07 PM

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 · #53 11-09-2006, 11:08 PM

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

abaici · #54 11-10-2006, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Afrochic

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

How long ago was that? I saw him with a beautiful, professional Black woman at a concert a couple of years ago. So, I was surprised by the white girl controversy. Personally, I don't care who he dates.

Steeltrap · #55 11-10-2006, 12:54 PM

I'd thought passing was in the past, but I know of a couple of recent cases -- both decently well-known people in New York circles. I'm talking of Anatole Broyard, the writer, and a real estate broker named Alice Mason.

southernelle25 · #56 11-10-2006, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Steeltrap

I'd thought passing was in the past, but I know of a couple of recent cases -- both decently well-known people in New York circles. I'm talking of Anatole Broyard, the writer, and a real estate broker named Alice Mason.

Good. We don't need any more black Americans, especially individuals who do not value the history, culture, and strength of our people and who are not genuinely interested in the betterment of our communities. There are quite a few public officials I wouldn't mind passing off to some other ethnicity.

Steeltrap · #57 11-10-2006, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by southernelle25

Good. We don't need any more black Americans, especially individuals who do not value the history, culture, and strength of our people and who are not genuinely interested in the betterment of our communities. There are quite a few public officials I wouldn't mind passing off to some other ethnicity.

I know what you mean, but the people who I have in mind would NEVER be able to blend in.

MsFoxyLoxy77 · #58 11-11-2006, 02:00 AM

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 him

lol...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 · #59 11-11-2006, 04:03 AM

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

ChanelLover · #60 11-11-2006, 09:29 AM

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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.

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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.