How She Blew It – Her Career That Is
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activista — 13 years ago(March 22, 2013 09:56 PM)
@LateNightCable
"Excuses and victim complex"? a part of black culture? You obviously don't know a damn thing about black culture (or black people for that matter) except for what negative stereotypes you're seen on TV about us (which were mainly created by white people,BTW.) WTF does that have to do with Vanity and why the hell do white people ALWAYS bring that s*** up even when it dosen't have a damn thing to do with the topic at hand, and especially when the topic is about a black person? Seriously, I'm tired of you armchair racist know-it-alls purporting to tell black people what's always wrong with us, as if we don't already know about it and have been dealing with our problems ourselves. Just shut the hell up and get out of here with that bulls***. Do you really believe that all 38 million black people in this country just sit around having what you call an "excuse and victim complex"? Hell, no, we beep don't. We work,pay taxes, go to school, retire, laugh,play, go vote, and eat just like anybody else on the planet.
Quit getting your stereotypes about black people from TV/hip-hop videos and go out and talk to a REAL black person about our culture. Nothing complex about what happened to Vanityby the time she turned Christian, she didn't have much of a career left, and had probably burned some bridges due to her drug usethat more than likely happened right there. Also, quit making judgemental silly comments on other peoples' cultures that you don't know ANYTHING about. Thank you. -
drxcreatures — 12 years ago(April 04, 2014 05:52 AM)
@DivingIntheBlue, women DO get the raw deal. Don't you read the news? It's not so bad here, compared to other countries but it is still traveling a bit backwards in the USA.
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activista — 13 years ago(March 22, 2013 09:40 PM)
@LateNightCable
I'm just old enough to remember reading that quote from Vanity in Jet. The bottom line is not that she could say what she wanted to about her own father, but why in the hell would she even say something like that about him in the first placecomparing your own father to a gorilla because he's black,AND you're black on top of that? Hell,yeah, that's racistyou said you weren't black, so of course you're not understanding why.
"Try being less black, and more human." WTF???!!???
Another clueless non-black person saying something stupid and ignorant when it comes to race AGAIN. I'm a black human being-one does NOT mutually exclude the otherI don't have to be "less" of ANY damn thing,let alone black. "Agree with her sentiment"? What damn sentiment are you talking abouththat anybody black looks like a gorilla just because they're black? FYI, there's an old racist stereotype of black people being referred to "gorillas" because we were considered less than human when we were slavesthat's where that comes from,and THAT'S why black folks (me included) found it offensive as hellespecially coming from a BLACK woman who should have known better. I basically think her career faltered, not just because she was a drug addict, but because she was never all that talented to begin withto be fair, I've only seen two of her films (Action Jackson & The Last Dragon) but frankly, she was never all that great a singer either (even though I have to admit, I still love "Nasty Girls" to this dayit was a huge hit back in the early '80's.) I did read years later that she'd left show biz, gotten saved, and found a new life as a ministerthat was cool to find out. -
amanda_m_dunn1 — 12 years ago(January 06, 2014 10:11 PM)
I'm sorry but, this is a stupid topic that's neither here nor there. First of all, the woman made that remark in '86, which is damn near 30 yrs. ago now!!! Secondly, yes I'm black myself but, I wasn't offended given that I know her story about what a abusive, psychopathic piece of garbage her father really was. Her story about being physically and emotionally abused by him is well documented in her book, "Blame It On Vanity". Therefore, I took her comment as nothing more than a slam @ him. Finally, her career didn't end because of some stupid "public outrage" in the black community over her comment. It's also well-known that she chose to leave Hollywood after her brush with death from a cocaine overdose! Also, two years after she made that comment, she starred along side Carl Weathers in "Action Jackson" which the black community, particularly black dudes supported her in. "Action Jackson" was her biggest accomplishment in her career so, please get your story straight and for God sakequit let go of a comment that the woman unwittingly made damn near 30 yrs. ago! I have great respect for Ms. Denise Matthews. She's a very good person who is very strong in her Christian faith so, nonsense hearsay like this is just unwarranted.
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Sparky48 — 12 years ago(January 07, 2014 03:34 AM)
"the woman made that remark in '86, which is damn near 30 yrs. ago now!!"
I wouldn't give a damn if it was 300 years ago. It was STILL a racist remark that offended many black people. You're just a fan girl, blinded by senseless devotion and sham idolatry. Sad.