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white dudes you thought where black, vice versa

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  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    I thought Brother Ali was black.


    He is.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    Jackie McLean, I thought he was white for the longest time.


  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    I thought Teena Marie was black, but really light-skinned.

    I thought the same about Pink when she first came out on the R&B singles.
    Damn, how did I forget about her. I remember when I first saw her in that video a couple of years ago...I was saying to myself, 'My, she has some features similar to a black woman'.
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    Bryant Gumbel...White man with the permanent tan.
  • LazerLazer 796 Posts
    I thought Brother Ali was black.


    He is.

    and albino.
  • magneticmagnetic 2,678 Posts
    I thought Brother Ali was black.


    He is.



    He Looks like a white/albino to me.
  • drewnicedrewnice 5,465 Posts
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    to each his own.
  • drewnicedrewnice 5,465 Posts
    to each his own.

    I suppose so? This thread went from talking about hearing music and making assumptions about skin color to calling dudes who you KNOW are of a particular race something that they clearly aren't, based on sterotypes. You make the call.
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    I thought Roy Head was a brother.
  • leisurebanditleisurebandit 1,006 Posts
    black dudes you thought where white
    Kirk Lightsey? i saw him play once and he looked white but i guess he's actually African-American?


    white dudes you thought where black
    i'm surprised no Soul-strutters have been mentioned in this category
  • gruntgravelgruntgravel 559 Posts
    Jackie McLean, I thought he was white for the longest time.



    He's not? I saw him a few years a go and he looked pretty caucasian.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    Jackie McLean, I thought he was white for the longest time.



    He's not? I saw him a few years a go and he looked pretty caucasian.

    his folks are black, I believe, and he says he is black.
  • gruntgravelgruntgravel 559 Posts
    Jackie McLean, I thought he was white for the longest time.



    He's not? I saw him a few years a go and he looked pretty caucasian.

    his folks are black, I believe, and he says he is black.

    Must be the one-drop rule.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    What nationality is Keith Jarrett? (Or for that matter, Charles Lloyd?)
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    What nationality is Keith Jarrett? (Or for that matter, Charles Lloyd?)

    I thought Jarrett was white(ish) and LLoyd was black. I may be wrong....
  • djdazedjdaze 3,099 Posts
    I thought Jay from Jamiroquai was a black woman
  • djdazedjdaze 3,099 Posts

    I thought Teddy Pendergrass a country singer a-l?? Kris Kristofferson


    how the HELL could you think TP was a country singer??


    do you mean Charley Pride?
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    Jackie McLean, I thought he was white for the longest time.



    He's not? I saw him a few years a go and he looked pretty caucasian.

    his folks are black, I believe, and he says he is black.

    Must be the one-drop rule.

    No, he's just light.




  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    Jackie McLean, I thought he was white for the longest time.



    He's not? I saw him a few years a go and he looked pretty caucasian.

    his folks are black, I believe, and he says he is black.

    Must be the one-drop rule.

    No, he's just light.





    He's a black man.
  • gruntgravelgruntgravel 559 Posts
    He's real light.
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    Jackie McLean, I thought he was white for the longest time.



    He's not? I saw him a few years a go and he looked pretty caucasian.

    his folks are black, I believe, and he says he is black.

    Must be the one-drop rule.

    No, he's just light.





    He's a black man.

    Yeah, Jackie could have easily passed back in the day.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts


    other that those who are in question because of their fair skin, what is it about these folks that made them more black than white or more white than black?
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    Like Guru said, it's mostly the voice.
  • mordecaimordecai 2,204 Posts
    I thought Bobby Caldwell was black.


    I thought Jay from Jamiroquai was Stevie Wonder
  • GrafwritahGrafwritah 4,184 Posts
    This guy takes the cake

    img src="http://www.laprensatoledo.com/Stories/June 18 2005/Cleveland_City_Council_President_Frank_Jackson_Judge_Jose_Villanueva_and_Berea_Councilperson_Adrian_Maldonado.jpg"

    Cleveland City Council President Frank Jackson, Judge Jose Villanueva, and Berea Councilperson Adrian Maldonado

    Frank Jackson. What is he? I don't know.

    Listen to him speak though.

    Listen starting at 2:09 (or about the last 1/4 of the segment)

    Listening to him you'd think he was Isaac fucking Hayes or something.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    when i was a kid, i thought these songs had a black guy singing:

    "Gimme Some Lovin'" Spencer Davis Group
    "Pretty Flamingo" Manfred Mann
    "How Long" Ace
    "Girl Watcher" O'Kaysions
    "Polk Salad Annie" Tony Joe White

    ...and I thought these songs were sung by whites:

    "Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison
    "The Boys Are Back In Town" Thin Lizzy
    "Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" Jay & the Techniques
    "Wildflower" Skylark
  • DeeRockDeeRock 1,836 Posts
    Bill Clinton?
  • deejdeej 5,125 Posts
    boz scaggs
  • deejdeej 5,125 Posts
    also, brother ali is white
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