Comments on: Do I Sound Black?

By: pinay celebrities

pinay celebrities — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:04:17 +0000

Another interesting article from your blog :) When will it stop….hopefully never

By: lamesabassman......

lamesabassman...... — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:35:18 +0000

smelly females with a deep tan…… ya’ll summer in the south of France…..
methinks a funky black chick means an ambidex lady who can seriously hang…
she has the talk, the walk, the angle… and wont ever let you dangle out there
on a limb…… she will caress you ….. confess to you ….. feel you …. love you…
as long as you are super straight with her….. cross her in any way… and she will
let you know that the last thing that you will see in this life is her face as you leave this earth….

lamesabassman…… sistahs can be very serious…. when you’re hole card is peeped…..

By: Aspasia

Aspasia — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:56:53 +0000

@Letinstar: “a smelly female with a deep tan?.”

LOL! Actually, that describes a lot of people in the summer…:P

By: letinstar

letinstar — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:55:08 +0000

and regarding “your site isn’t really a black site”, what the heck does the person who said this thinks about when go to your site that clearly states “funky brown chick”? a smelly female with a deep tan?…i’m sleepy and i’m going to bed now…

By: missbhavens

missbhavens — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:03:48 +0000

I’m sort of dumbstruck that she said: “Your site’s not really a black site.”

Dumbstruck.

By: Aspasia

Aspasia — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:11:05 +0000

@Twanna: *smiles* Thanks! Well, I AM a “Twitterstorian”! Anyway, I’m full of random history knowledge bits. And yet, I’d totally suck on Jeopardy!.

By: Twanna A. Hines | FUNKYBROWNCHICK.com

Twanna A. Hines | FUNKYBROWNCHICK.com — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:05:37 +0000

@ Taiwan Brown: I know, right?? :)

@ A.: You always leave interesting comments.

@ DJ Ed-Nice: Heeey, you’re getting a present from me!! :)

@ Sid: Visit New York! I miss the way you think.

@ lamesabassman: :)

@ Bryan R. Adams: WNYC is awesome. I’m a huge fan of public radio. And, of course, a huge fan of you too. :)

@ akeela: :)

@ dkzone: Good point. “Voice” often includes a lot of different things: race, class, region, etc. Hills of North Carolina, NYC, Mississippi, Chicago and San Diego all have different accents.

@ Cinnabit: :)

@ Aspasia: LOVE your comments!!

@ Baba Doodlius: :)

@ lamesabassman: That “the more things change” stuff is soooooo true.

@ letinstar: I wonder if there’s something to this whole “aging” stuff. I used to ARGUE people down — even when it was totally clear neither of us was ever going to agree with the other’s point of view. Now that I’m older — and, not coincidentally, more zen and more certain of specific views — I don’t really see the point of arguing for the sole point of being argumentative/combative.

@ Chuck: Thanks baby. :) Glad you like the site. No misrepresentations here; my site’s supposed to be about what the about page says it’s about: I’m a sex, dating and relationships writer, and this site’s about my daily life. :)

@ Carol: Welcome to my site!! :) If you keep reading Funky Brown Chick, GREAT! If not, you’ll be missed. Couple things. (1) If you’re new, check out the about page. (2) You mentioned you’re not quite sure how I “made the leap [...]“. Re-read the post.(3) Here’s where I think we might disagree: I think sex is sex. Period. Saying Funky Brown Chick isn’t an appropriately black site is like saying Grey’s Anatomy isn’t an appropriately black show. I, like Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s creator), am black. Whether or not I (or my writing about sex/relationships) fits your pre-defined stereotype(s) is, of course, your opinion. And, you’re entitled to it.

@ Anna Molly: WHAT?!?!?! You don’t like hot sauce?!?!?! YOU’RE NOT BLACK!! :) Kidding of course!! ;)

@ ZuelaPooh: “Who says that being black means being just a certain way?” Bingo. :)

@ Aspasia: Whoooooa Mrs. History Buff, you are! :)

By: Aspasia

Aspasia — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:28:35 +0000

@ZuelaPooh: Um, Hispanics/Latinos? Hispanic used to be the “standard” though that’s shifted to using Latino more and depending on who you ask the term Latino could or could not include Brazilians who are descended from the Portuguese colonists as opposed to the Spaniards. Asian-Americans used to uniformly be referred to as “Oriental” which, until about 30 or so years ago, wasn’t considered the slur it is now. The term “African American” was popularized by Jesse Jackson in the 1980s.

By: ZuelaPooh

ZuelaPooh — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:18:22 +0000

Who says that being black means being just a certain way. I’m a Chesapeake Indian/Black female and frankly there are several characteristics commonly associated with being “black” that personally I do not relate to at all. I love your site and the topics that you write about. They are fresh and relative to what people of ALL races are interested in reading about.

If you wrote about the usual topics that are considered “black” I personally would not be a committed reader of your blogs. There’s more to most black people that the stereotypical image that is associated with us. A large percentage of black people that I know don’t even listen to rap music. Not because we are not black enough but because we can’t relate to the lyrics. Please don’t put us in a single box. We come in wide varieties and usually fall way outside of that.

We need to redefine what black is… and who better to do so than black people. We are Black before African. Most Black Americans have never been to Africa so I’m not quite sure where this African American title came from…. We are Black Americans or just plain Black. Why is it we are the only group of Americans to continually be renamed?

Black is beautiful.

Twanna, Great post!

By: Anna Molly

Anna Molly — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:16:06 +0000

i have to say, you sound/read pretty black to me. in my opinion the statement that your site isn’t a “black” site, means that it doesn’t cater to the stereotypical or popular urban flavor that the masses seem to define as black. since a lot of what you write about [appears to be] about your personal experiences, the level of diversity you encounter and involve yourself in is not what is assumed to be encountered by most “black” women. so what. it’s interesting reading. sometimes it’s good advice — or bad advice. it is also black, simply because you are (at least as far as government check-boxes are concerned). i think your writing may reflect similar encounters many black women have when “single and looking” because despite your reading demographic, the people you encounter offline will react to you as a black woman.

in recent years i’ve been struggling w/ the whole identifying myself with the race issue. the majority of music i listen to and identify with is metal. i don’t really like hot sauce. i’ve had to consciously stop myself from over using the word “like”. i watch more anime than any sort of real-life television, including the news. do i sound black?