Lena Horne to Nikki Giovanni Lena Horne “ I didn’t have the strength to be with a black man”.

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I am not offended by her statement.
she confessed that she was not strong
enough to deal with a black man and his reality.

alot of black men are dealing with the
same thing by running to white women.
a black woman reminds certain black men
of where they came from so when they
get money they try to cross over into
the white world......which never happens.


i'll be getting old and ugly with a sista.
she's the only thing on earth that understand.
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That's the reality. It doesn't have to be said to know that the world knows what black men go through and some want no part of it.

They can live their lives. When they start talking about "black men are failing us" shyt to assuage their guilt and change the narrative, they can hit the bricks :camby:
 

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Brehs forget the time Lena Horne came from. If she was alive today she'd be 102. She grew up in Jim Crow America

She later admitted that she'd married her second husband to cross the colour line in showbusiness. Horne said she grew to love him

LENA HORNE ALOOFNESS HID THE PAIN, UNTIL TIME COOLED HER ANGER
 

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I remember when this meme was going around a few yrs back

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All em had a white husbands

Then further research that a good number of the Black Entertainment Industry from that era was in a interracial relationships/marriage..

Pearl Bailey
Diana Sands
Lorraine Hansberry
Nina Simone
Donyale Luna
Helen Williams
Naomi Sims
Hazel Scott
Eartha Kitt
Josephine Baker
Marpessa Dawn

I'm going to assume they shared the same reason as Lena
 
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