“I Look All White But My Dad Was Black…”

15 Responses to “I Look All White But My Dad Was Black…”

1. Michael R. Kesti says:

   June 16, 2015 at 5:53 am

   “I look all white, but my dad was black.”

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   • rlcrabb says:

     June 16, 2015 at 1:08 pm

     Thanks for catching that, Michael. Corrected.

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     • Michael R. Kesti says:

       June 16, 2015 at 1:34 pm

       You’re welcome, Bob.

       According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitute_%28The_Who_song%29) an edit was made for the American release to change the referenced line to, “I try going forward but my feet walk back.” I don’t recall ever hearing that version but it seems that claiming to be black, even if just in song, was a topic too controversial for Americans in 1966.

       My favorite line is, “The north side of my town faced east, and the east was facing south.”

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       • rlcrabb says:

         June 16, 2015 at 2:49 pm

         Pete Townsend is a genius. “Won’t Get Fooled Again” is just as relevant today as it was 45 years ago.

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         • George Boardman says:

           June 16, 2015 at 2:53 pm

           You’re talking about my generation.
         • rlcrabb says:

           June 16, 2015 at 5:15 pm

           Yeah, George, but when the band played “My Generation” at the Superbowl a few years ago, they changed the lyric from “hope I die before I get old” to “don’t wanna die before I get old.”
       • Michael R. Kesti says:

         June 16, 2015 at 5:34 pm

         It’s not unreasonable to have a different opinion of the matter after almost 50 years!

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2. Don Baumgart says:

   June 17, 2015 at 8:08 am

   I grew up in an almost exclusively white Spokane where my family, and probably most of the community, are now seeing that other race as a local invention. Probably the most amazing aspect of it all is that almost all national TV reporters are pronouncing “Spokane” correctly – “can”not “kane”.

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   • Terry says:

     June 18, 2015 at 3:59 pm

     So is it “Nevah-da City” or “Nev-a-da City”?

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     • Michael R. Kesti says:

       June 18, 2015 at 4:06 pm

       Sometimes it’s Nevva Dacity. Or Nirvana Silly.

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3. George Boardman says:

   June 17, 2015 at 10:52 am

   This identity politics nonsense makes it a lot easier to insult somebody these days, and can also create a lot of confusion.

   I know a white woman with a delightful English accent who was born in Kenya and emigrated to the U.S. from South Africa. Now that she’s a citizen, she likes to refer to herself as an African-American. That tends to confuse people.

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   • Chris Peterson says:

     June 18, 2015 at 7:31 am

     Much of the confusion is created, knowingly and on purpose, by those with an agenda. For example: a white guy goes into a black church and guns down 9 people. Fox News then claims it’s not a racial hate crime, but an assault on Christians.

     And, is it just me, or does the call for priests to start packin’ heat sound a bit bazaar?

     ” though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, and my preacher’s Glock”

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4. rlcrabb says:

   June 17, 2015 at 11:10 am

   My family came from Cornwall and I was born in Grass Valley, California, officially designated as the most Cornish town in America. I guess that makes me a Cornifornian.

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   • George Boardman says:

     June 18, 2015 at 8:44 am

     Cornifornian? I don’t know why, but it sounds vaguely obscene.

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5. Terry says:

   June 18, 2015 at 4:11 pm

   By the way, WHO were those youngsters? I predict great things for them!

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