Comments on: My Baby is Black! http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 17:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812292 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812292 Watch for the sequel, "MY BLACK BABY IS GAY!" Watch for the sequel, “MY BLACK BABY IS GAY!”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-813062 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813062 You should mention the sequel, "My Baby is Superfly!" You should mention the sequel, “My Baby is Superfly!”

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812551 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812551 Hey Pixelshifter, screengrab it for us if you can! We never knowingly permit these, but sometimes they sneak in, in the remnant ads. It's hard for us to root them out without a screengrab. Hey Pixelshifter, screengrab it for us if you can! We never knowingly permit these, but sometimes they sneak in, in the remnant ads. It’s hard for us to root them out without a screengrab.

]]> By: toxonix http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812304 toxonix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812304 Uh oh, looks like a white lady gonna have to come up with a rape story real quick! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_McGee_(convict) Uh oh, looks like a white lady gonna have to come up with a rape story real quick!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_McGee_(convict)

]]> By: coaxial http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812305 coaxial Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812305 The adopted parents of the black girl at my school growing up (yes, there was only one), said their daughter wasn't black, she was "inuit." Yeah. The adopted parents of the black girl at my school growing up (yes, there was only one), said their daughter wasn’t black, she was “inuit.”

Yeah.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812827 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812827 The Opie and Anthony show played this video over the radio 3 or 4 years ago and did a bit on it. The Opie and Anthony show played this video over the radio 3 or 4 years ago and did a bit on it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-813092 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813092 It's the less successful follow up to "My Baby Got Back" It’s the less successful follow up to “My Baby Got Back”

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-813616 skeletoncityrepeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813616 I think I agree with 'Sean Eric FAgan' on this one, like many lower-budget movies of the era (and today to a lesser extent) the trailer has VERY little to do with the movie itself... probably a real social drama edited for shock value. I think I agree with ‘Sean Eric FAgan’ on this one, like many lower-budget movies of the era (and today to a lesser extent) the trailer has VERY little to do with the movie itself… probably a real social drama edited for shock value.

]]> By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812612 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812612 Anon@11: The last good one was <i>My Baby is a Black Gay Agnostic Socialist</i>. After that, they just started getting silly. Anon@11: The last good one was My Baby is a Black Gay Agnostic Socialist. After that, they just started getting silly.

]]> By: Dan http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812364 Dan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812364 And people actually want to return to this era in America?!? And people actually want to return to this era in America?!?

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812372 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812372 I saw this, it was the sequel to "My Husband is Black." I saw this, it was the sequel to “My Husband is Black.”

]]> By: freshacconci http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812150 freshacconci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812150 I remember an urban legend way back in the 70s about Dinah Shore. She gave birth to a black baby and her husband left her. And it was always told in that kind of alarmist tone like it was an alien baby or something. And this was the 1970s. And, oh, BTW, in regards to this trailer. WTF??? I remember an urban legend way back in the 70s about Dinah Shore. She gave birth to a black baby and her husband left her. And it was always told in that kind of alarmist tone like it was an alien baby or something. And this was the 1970s.

And, oh, BTW, in regards to this trailer. WTF???

]]> By: Chris Arkenberg http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812151 Chris Arkenberg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812151 Oh... my god. And this one is perhaps even more atrocious (it was linked as "related" at the end of My Baby...): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpc9AAIiX1k&feature=player_embedded Oh… my god. And this one is perhaps even more atrocious (it was linked as “related” at the end of My Baby…):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpc9AAIiX1k&feature=player_embedded

]]> By: dccarles http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-813955 dccarles Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813955 Just going to pug Muriel Spark's short story "The Black Madonna" here, in which an infertile white couple pray for a baby and are rewarded with a black child. Just going to pug Muriel Spark’s short story “The Black Madonna” here, in which an infertile white couple pray for a baby and are rewarded with a black child.

]]> By: MrsBug http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812165 MrsBug Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812165 It's amazing how white bread we used to be, huh? We bought a 1959 Montgomery Wards catalog at a antique book show and sale and we got half way through it when my husband said, "Have you noticed there are no black folks in this?" It kind of creeped us both out. That catalog was so white even Wonder Bread was saying, "dude, you're white." It’s amazing how white bread we used to be, huh?

We bought a 1959 Montgomery Wards catalog at a antique book show and sale and we got half way through it when my husband said, “Have you noticed there are no black folks in this?” It kind of creeped us both out.

That catalog was so white even Wonder Bread was saying, “dude, you’re white.”

]]> By: Trotsky http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812424 Trotsky Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812424 It's not a rape. It's a miracle! It’s not a rape. It’s a miracle!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812169 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812169 "My President is Black" is actually about two years old at this point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffh9xDf2S9c “My President is Black” is actually about two years old at this point:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffh9xDf2S9c

]]> By: MrsBug http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812940 MrsBug Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812940 Trotsky, :sigh: Too true, but I just keep hoping, you know? I work at a large midwest University and we have an incredibly diverse student body. The seeming disregard for race I see in many of the students that work for me gives me hope. Trotsky, :sigh: Too true, but I just keep hoping, you know? I work at a large midwest University and we have an incredibly diverse student body. The seeming disregard for race I see in many of the students that work for me gives me hope.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812181 chgoliz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812181 The woman in the intimate embrace looks obviously mixed (black-white), and the man is clearly at least mixed race himself. What did she think was going to happen? Or was this how they packaged racist porn in those days? The woman in the intimate embrace looks obviously mixed (black-white), and the man is clearly at least mixed race himself. What did she think was going to happen?

Or was this how they packaged racist porn in those days?

]]> By: Sean Eric FAgan http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812189 Sean Eric FAgan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812189 The <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_baby_is_black>Wikipedia article</a> about it makes me think that the title and the editing of the trailer were for shock value. The Wikipedia article about it makes me think that the title and the editing of the trailer were for shock value.

]]> By: CastanhasDoPara http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812965 CastanhasDoPara Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812965 ...it's a miracle. Black Jesus is born, he has returned. All hail Black Jesus. …it’s a miracle. Black Jesus is born, he has returned. All hail Black Jesus.

]]> By: Samuel http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812198 Samuel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812198 Guys, the actual title of the movie is "My Baby is a Black Hole", and it's a sci-fi flick about a woman nurturing and giving birth to a gravity well. People were shocked because it could destroy the planet, and she screamed because the area around her vulva was imploding. This has nothing to do with racism, and has clearly been blown way out or proportion. Guys, the actual title of the movie is “My Baby is a Black Hole”, and it’s a sci-fi flick about a woman nurturing and giving birth to a gravity well. People were shocked because it could destroy the planet, and she screamed because the area around her vulva was imploding.

This has nothing to do with racism, and has clearly been blown way out or proportion.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812987 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812987 too funny too funny

]]> By: pixleshifter http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812222 pixleshifter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812222 The actual title of the movie is: Les Lâches vivent d'espoir and the Wiki page is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_baby_is_black">here.</a> The actual title of the movie is: Les Lâches vivent d’espoir and the Wiki page is here.

]]> By: pixleshifter http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812226 pixleshifter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812226 And please Boingboing. No more of those 'interactive' sidebar ads with audio. They make me rather want to spit on the product rather than purchase it. And please Boingboing. No more of those ‘interactive’ sidebar ads with audio. They make me rather want to spit on the product rather than purchase it.

]]> By: Samuel http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812503 Samuel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812503 Oh man, I wasn't aware. Thanks! Oh man, I wasn’t aware. Thanks!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-820960 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-820960 This movie should be called: my mother is a white christian conservative woman! Far more scarier... This movie should be called:
my mother is a white christian conservative woman!
Far more scarier…

]]> By: Trotsky http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812262 Trotsky Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812262 USED to be? Most of America is still this way. If you've spent any amount of time in rural America you'll see that there are many millions of Americans who long for the "good old days" of that catalog. And more than just long for it, they are committed to fighting for it. Everything can change in a single election. USED to be?

Most of America is still this way. If you’ve spent any amount of time in rural America you’ll see that there are many millions of Americans who long for the “good old days” of that catalog. And more than just long for it, they are committed to fighting for it. Everything can change in a single election.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-812535 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812535 Aha! I thought that intro sounded familiar... any other fans of The Illuminoids make the connection ("Nothing you have ever seen before..."? Aha! I thought that intro sounded familiar… any other fans of The Illuminoids make the connection (“Nothing you have ever seen before…”?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html#comment-814074 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-814074 I was born in Iowa in the early 50's. I was about 10 before I saw a black person other than on TV. Things have come a long way in my lifetime. I was born in Iowa in the early 50′s. I was about 10 before I saw a black person other than on TV. Things have come a long way in my lifetime.

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