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

[ImmaGetJoeClarkArrested]

do u know they never met..lol

 

[Biscayne]

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

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

What a list. All these gorgeous legendary sisters had white husbands. It's an interesting dynamic. Marrying white, so they can survive.

 

[ORDER_66]

shyt is pathetic....

 

[Counter Racist Male]

That's some weak ass shyt

Lena Horne came from a LONG LINE mulattoes. Them light Brights tho.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

She sounds very genuine, you don't hear authentic sounding candid conversations like that these days.

Nope and you will see why soon enough.

"She's a bed wench blah blah"

People back then spoke their mind and even if others didn't agree they listened not faked outrage. People have forgotten how to listen to things they don't agree with and are more concerned with being upset rather than understanding

 

[Counter Racist Male]

What a list. All these gorgeous legendary sisters had white husbands. It's an interesting dynamic. Marrying white, so they can survive.

Lena Horne was basically part of the Mulatto elite. She descended from the house slave of the famous civil war general John C Calhoun.

 

[Counter Racist Male]

shyt is pathetic....

Lena Horne was very lightskinned and didn't really live a black life.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

you didn’t watch the video huh

 

[mbewane]

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

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

Sounds like it was the whole "Successfull black men only marry white woman" thing in reverse.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

She sounds very genuine, you don't hear authentic sounding candid conversations like that these days.

She kept it 500, and she blamed herself..

 

[.r.]

..

 

[old boy]

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

lol outstanding post and let's add i rise maya angelou and noted black feminist florynce kennedy. sistas will NEVER discuss this while touting their historical loyalty to black men when complaining about nikkas hopping the fence

also ain't it funny how black womanist alice walker married melvyn r. levanthal while celie married the hyper-abusive mister albert?

 

[010101]

all women will aim to be an accessory to power & wealth

all ideals begin to crumble when protection & provision are in question

they rather deal with the mental burden than the physical one

naturally

*

 

[ORDER_66]

Lena Horne was very lightskinned and didn't really live a black life.

I know breh...

 

[Kasgoinjail]

These are the original trophy wives