Robin Thicke Post

Singer Robin Thicke talks about racism:

“Anytime you’re sticking out like a sore thumb, you can get one of two things: Maybe you get coverage because you stick out like a sore thumb and maybe because you’re the sore thumb no one wants to touch. So I do find that doors are closed because the color of my skin, but doors are also open because of the color of my skin. And doors are closed on a lot of other people, and I’m definitely not the victim in this society, that’s for sure”.

He adds:

“She(wife Paula Patton) being African-American gets one script out of every 10 that a white girl would get because they just aren’t the roles, they’re just not looking for a black actress in this role. It’s not like for every role they say, ”We want the best,” (it’s more like), ”No, we want a white girl. We’re sure of that.” So she has to deal with that a lot. And when you live with somebody you see that world in a different way than I would have ever seen. I think with Barack Obama running for president we’re learning very quickly that race is still at the forefront of people’s minds. Nowadays, just because they changed the laws doesn’t mean they changed the whispers. Nowadays, racism is in the whispering and it’s in the connotations”.
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Remember Jon B, one of the first white R&B dudes to soak Nigra panties all over this fine nation of ours? Well he’s back with his fifth album and a piano challenge for fellow crooner Robin Thicke. Peep the above interview.
Piano beef! Friggin’ ridiculous.

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