the black pass

sometime last week i decided to put all of my kanye-influenced music into one itunes playlist. from “this can’t be life” to the original version of “homecoming“, anything that had any type of connection to the arrogant one is now compiled in one neat little pocket, like a card case or a bottle of ky. while doing this, i came across the forgettably underrated “drive slow“, a track from late registration featuring paul wall, which immediately reminded me of a conversation i had with a friend a couple years ago. this friend, who’s usually a cross between undercover brother, “hooper x” from “chasing amy”, sonja sanchez, sister t, and tookie williams, surprisingly had no issue when finding out that mr. wall was married to a black woman.

“he gets a pass” he remarked, “any n*gga with a degree with a song on their album titled “Sip-n-Da Barr” can bone whoever the hell they want. he gets a black pass”

loosely defined as the possession of status that allows a particular white person to bone/date/marry a black person with general approval (on both sides) from the black community, the doleing out of the black pass is as synonymous to black culture as grape kool-aid, long-winded church names, and grade school playground acorn fights around the swings.

in true vsb.com fashion, we’ll identify and examine a couple members of this elite club.

bobby deniro

claim to fame:

like the champ, deniro is a living icon, one of the five greatest actors of all-time.

reasons for making the cut:

—black women love portrayals of bad boys on film, and no one has ever done this better or with more swagger than bobby d.

he’s been romantically linked with black women for basically his entire adult life (chris rock once joked that the only thing a white chick could do for robert deniro is tell him where the sistas is at)

—at least one of his movies (goodfellas, the godfather part 2, casino, a bronx tale, heat, or the adventures of rocky and bullwinkle) is on basically every black males top ten movie list

honorable mentions:

al pacino, james gandolfini, quentin tarentino, pat riley, steve nash, bill maher, jon b circa 1995, peter north, terrance howard

tina fey

claim to fame:

an award winning actress, writer, director, and producer, fey is the funniest woman in america, and has been for at least the past five years.

reasons for making the cut:

—fey combines a level of sharp-ass wit that all women of color appreciate with the exact right amount of non-threatening sex appeal that allows black men to openly and freely profess that she get it while in the presence of black women...who will actually nod in approval or co-sign (“yeah. if i had a w*ng i’d bag her too” ). an astoundingly ground-breaking feat!!!!

—three words: sarah palin impressions. each palin snl skit extends fey’s black pass another 15 years. at this point she could shank tristan wilds at the emmy’s and it still wouldnt affect her standing

honorable mentions:

teena marie. this is it. there have been no other white women in the history of white womendom to receive black passes other than teena marie and tina fey. sans pink for a day or two in the summer of 2001, no one else has ever come even close.

am i forgetting anyone?

—the champ

732 thoughts on “the black pass

  1. So you sayin’ Terrance Howard isn’t Black??

    I don’t issue Black passes. But I have heard the following names tossed about:

    Justin Timberlake
    Eminem
    Robin Thicke
    Bill Clinton

    • keep wild Bill on the list. hittin’ switches in the oval office and ending up on Oprah to talk about it? he definitely gets a pass.

        • it’s d@mn near impossible to define “being black”. when it comes to non-members (as i like to call them), a “pass” is always going to be based on some type of stereotype, whether good, bad or hood.

          • When I think ‘pass’, which I do not give out, I think of someone who is accepted into the community. Someone who is comfortable around US and who we are equally comfortable around. Someone who isn’t trying to be down. They are just being themselves. But what would I know since I am not a pass issuer?

            • I concur! I can’t really think of too many famous people who fit this, but I know some people that live in my community.

            • Darn. I hit reply too soon and ran out of editing time.

              I’m thinking this ‘pass’ y’all are giving out is kinda like when a white person says Oprah, OJ, and Obama have transcended race. They are accepted into the white (mainstream) community because of who they are but NOT rejected because of skin color.

              • “I’m thinking this ‘pass’ y’all are giving out is kinda like when a white person says Oprah, OJ, and Obama have transcended race”

                its not about transcending race as much as its about transcending sneers and side-eyes. as sensitive as many of us are about interracial dating, i dont think the people i named would emit any type of animus. for instance, if a black woman was seen in public with bobby d, i dont think she’s receive any of the eye rolls and teeth sucking that black women who date white men usually say they receive when they’re seen in public. is this making sense? i havent had my toast yet, so it might not

            • Yeah, I don’t like giving them passes b/c it makes em too comfortable… “the Others” as I affectionately call them. I had an Other friend and b/c she dated black men as was thick, people would tell her, “girl you black, you one of us,” and I’ve heard her say the N-bomb a couple of times… too comfortable.

              • They don’t get a pass because they get ‘a pass’–if you get what I’m saying. They are still able to enjoy the undeniable benefits of having skin that’s a color other than BLACK! They are able to up and decide one day that they don’t want to be down anymore. They get the benefits of being down without all the real BS that comes with really being BLACK. Naw. No passes here.

              • I am guilty of ignoring it. She never called anybody an N bomb, but she’d say it when quoting someone, which to me is just as bad. It gave me chills to hear her say it, but she’ll pull tears in a minute and I always imagined her crying if I corrected her.

                We fell out and hadn’t spoken for a while… now we aren’t as close so she doesn’t say them around me. I turned over this new leaf called BE-HONEST-WITH-YOUR-FEELINGS and promised to get at her if I heard her saying it again. Better me telling her than someone else beating her down.

    • Eminem, being tied with Jay-Z as the G.O.A.T., definitely gets a pass. Even though his lyrics can be zany and laced with white wit and trailor park-ness, dude’s just DOPE enough to be accepted into negro-dom.

  2. There is a pass, but none of the above have the “get it” factor. Mayyybe Robin Thicke if he is singing, non-stop, but I still see Nsync in Timberlake, ever now and then I see a flash of Mickey Mouse Club across his face.

    I can’t think of anyone, but I’ll be back in the am!

  3. most of the time anyone biracial gets a pass….

    oh speaking of “drive slow”, had anyone else had been on that song but paul wall you probablywould not refer to it as underrated or even remotely a good song…. that song sucks thoroughly….

    • See this is ridiculous.

      At first listen on the album this is easily the best song on the album. One year later its still one of the top 3 songs on the album.

      • okay…i’m gonna have to agree with NA2.0 here…for one, that beat isn’t one of the best beats ever…hell, Tupac used it on All Eyez On Me for “shorty wanna be a thug” and NOBODY is talking about that being one of the best songs ever…

        i don’t think its terrible, but i was never really feeling it. and there’s no way in the F*CK that it’s one of the best three songs when “Late” “Gone” “Crack Music” and “We Major” are on the album…and i HATED “we major” for a good year.

            • there’s no hatred for Mr. Wall. we just prefer our music history stated accurately. and accurately speaking, “drive slow” is not one of the top 3 songs on Late Registration.

              i didn’t make up this fact. it just is.

              • You are clearly not hating, but other people are!!! I love Paul Wall with all my heart. I loved him before I even knew he was white. Ever since I first heard him on the radio, I just KNEEEEWWWW that n!99a was a n!99a. The thought that he might not be never even crossed my mind and nobody ever mentioned it.

                I had no idea he was white until I moved to Florida and my roommate (from P-Cola) presented to me the very first legitimately purchased Paul Wall/Chamillionaire album I had EVER seen in attempt to impress the Houstonian.

                Paul Wall was my favorite in the new crop of Houston rappers when I was in high school. I still bang N Luv Wit My Money every once in a while…same as I do Tops Drop or My Mind Playing Tricks on Me. Memories.

              • Know how I know you’re wrong? Drive Slow was such a tremendous song that TI re-released King just so he could put the remix on it.

                When’s the last time a big time rapper did that?

              • i’m not sure what bar that really measures against. for one, it didn’t do anything to spur sales for that album. for two, that doesn’t actually mean anything. folks look for reasons to re-release albums all the time hoping that anybody who didn’t have it will go pick it up. you can’t possibly think that T.I. felt that song was SO good that by putting it on his album and re-releasing it, everybody and their mother would run out to get the album.

                nope. not buying it. pun intended.

          • and i would like to disagree with the majority and say i love drive slow…

            ***dodging flying objects***

            i think paul wall’s flow is absolutely sick in this song.

            • I will not apologize (c) The Roots

              The disco ball in my mouth insinuates I’m ballin…

              That line sh!ts on anything Nas said is We Major, or Game said on Crack Music

              • A) one hot line does not a hot song make. ask Canibus. and for what it’s worth, Consequences’s verse on “gone” sh*ts on anything Paul Wall said.

                B) Game doesn’t even RAP on “crack music”. how that even got factored into the equation is beyond me.

                C) I don’t think “Drive Slow” is the worst song on the album. it’s hard to find a worst song, per se, on that album. however, it’s not in the top three as “late”, “gone”, and “crack music” are far superior. period. lol. Kanye’s verse was good, Paul Wall’s verse was good…whoopty doo. doesn’t make it better than “Late”.

              • open up my mouth and sunlight illuminates the dark…

                that makes two hot lines :)

                sorry guys, i really love this song.

        • “and there’s no way in the F*CK that it’s one of the best three songs when “Late” “Gone” “Crack Music” and “We Major” are on the album…and i HATED “we major” for a good year.”

          p, when did you finally come around? i remember us having intense text convos over the validity of this song (which i called the best track of 2005)

          • How did y’all really like that song????

            It was the most repetitive beat ever, with Nas just hollering “We Major” over and over again.

            Maybe the term “We Major” is hot, but the song…i dunno

          • not sure when i came around. i still dont think its no best track of any particular year, but on that album, it is a standout track…

            i think i just got tired of not liking it or something…lol.

    • i appreciate the name change. see, we got some very smart sistas up here and sh*t too.

      btw, the one drop rule still applies, so theres no pass needed

  4. Black passes are crap and I don’t give them out to anyone. As Paul Mooney said “everyone wants to be a nigga but no one wants to be a nigga”

    Are you for real with this post Champ? Not one of my favorites….

    What’s with folks thinking that just because a White person has an appreciation for black culture or steals it (ala Justin Timberlake) we can hand them a pass? Maybe with the exception of Robert DeNiro who is actually married to a Black woman (that speaks volumes specially in Hollywood), most White folks don’t have a true appreciation for Black people unless it involved picking cotton or showing them the latest dance moves.

    • What’s with folks thinking that just because a White person has an appreciation for black culture or steals it (ala Justin Timberlake) we can hand them a pass?

      i think you missed the point, ms muse. this isn’t about “honorary” black folks…just people who a black person can date (and vice versa) and not be met with disapproval.

      lol…its really not that serious

      • From Champ: this isn’t about “honorary” black folks…just people who a black person can date (and vice versa) and not be met with disapproval.

        In that case, add to my list:
        - the George Carlin if he were still alive
        - Bill Maher would be fascinating
        - Robin Williams would be fun,
        - essayist Tim Wise, many whom you all have read.

        • Robin Williams…yep, I’d go with this one…he’s on my list too. Wait, I just realized my whole “white men that can get it” list is populated almost exclusively now with men 40+ years of age…hmm…

        • No self-respecting Black woman would ever date Bill Maher.

          And what is with all these Godless heathens on your list? You know Black people would be trying to douse holy water on anybody trying to bring George Carlin to the family reunion.

          • “And what is with all these Godless heathens on your list? You know Black people would be trying to douse holy water on anybody trying to bring George Carlin to the family reunion.”

            nah they wouldn’t. they’d figure he already got drenched by your wet set of tents.

      • “i think you missed the point, ms muse. this isn’t about “honorary” black folks…just people who a black person can date (and vice versa) and not be met with disapproval.

        lol…its really not that serious”

        lmao i was thinkin the same thing…

  5. i am furious you put terrance howard on this list… i personally revoked his black card after he got a conk. yeah, i said it, a CONK. someone needs to let that ni99a (and i use the term loosely) know that it is no longer 1942. ish is not the business *smh*

    i have a question: does michael jackson technically get a black card now he looks like a white woman on account of services done for the black music community pre-”bad”? or did he lose all right to claim blackness after the nose-job/kiddie molestation/colour #1b yaki pony weave he’s been rocking since “you are not alone”?

    also, under the paul wall theorem would fat joe and big pun (RIP) similarly get a pass?

    • Michael lost his card with his nose. You can’t have 2 different noses and keep ya card.

      But that makes me wonder if Mark Wahlberg has one. He is making a mark on movies. aka 4 brothers.

        • lol. damn! the man is trying to move up in the world…i personally like him better now that he says he’ll never do music again. is pretty much admitting you sucked at it not “claiming” it?

          • lol agreed. and really, who wants to remember him strippin down to his undies for no apparent reason?? for the sake of all that is good, let’s all pretend that the “rap” chapter in his life didn’t exist.

            • “and really, who wants to remember him strippin down to his undies for no apparent reason?? ”

              Me. Don’t act like Marky Mark didn’t have body.

            • i see your point. but i think we all have some sh!t we just don’t want to talk about, even in jest. i don’t think it’s that serious myself but i guess it’s just that touchy for him. oh, well. he’s still hot though. lol.

      • between boogie nights and the departed, marky mark has had principle roles in two of my favorite movies. i think i’m enjoying the mark walhberg era.

        btw, other than “keith murray”, was there ever a less creative rap name than “marky mark”?

    • Ummmm did anyone else like his hair in the You Are Not Alone video (minus the fact that he was buckey nakid with a sheet covering his womanly parts)?? Speaking of which, am I the only one that thinks MJ does not have a w*ng?

      • hol’ up, “hispanic” doesn’t necessarily qualify one to be “down”. hispanic covers a WIDE range of people, including very caucasian peoples.

        but i’d partially agree on caribbean latinos not needing cards. despite african roots, many of them do not want to be linked with “negroes”

          • Don’t forget about us Panamanians, some of the hondurans, coastal Colombians, Venezuelans (got a black president, even if he is a lunatic) . . . there are a lot of black hispanics running around that you wouldnt think twice about just calling black (such as myself).

            A lot of times I hear that I am not black, which is news to me . . . I may not be african american . . . but we are still black. I normally have to explain it by saying that we got off on the second stop during the free ride to this hemisphere.

    • “also, under the paul wall theorem would fat joe and big pun (RIP) similarly get a pass?”

      this is an interesting question. i think hispanic men (ala giant joe and the deceased obese pun) get “passes” easier than hispanic women do.

      just a theory and sh*t

      • yeah i think that’s true too. i remember when people weren’t trying cut jennifer lopez any slack for using ni99a on that song with ja rule, although pun and em probably use it more than black people…

        • I use Hispanic because where I live this is what the people call themselves, I’m not trying to offend, my best friend calls herself this.

            • Hispanic is a no-no term in Chicago.
              Never had the issue in New Orleans as there were like 5 Latinos in the city. But that was pre-Katrina.

              • Never had the issue in New Orleans as there were like 5 Latinos in the city. But that was pre-Katrina.

                damn it V! I almost choked on my gummy bear. true though…

              • who eats just one gummy bear?

                stop being so literal and sh*t champ! lol. there were many but she almost killed me on one of the last ones (red) if you want to be particular.

              • “Hispanic is a no-no term in Chicago.”

                I live in California, and I’ve never heard that ever. Hispanic, Latino, Chicano…all of those terms are welcomed. It must be a regional thing.

          • I don’t even use Hispanic…typically, they will TELL you where they/their mama/daddy/grandparents wer from…or you can check out the ever present flag on/around their car somewhere. Assimilated ones…you gotta play wit a little bit.

            • that is true. if you know anyone from south of the border or the carribean you know for sure where they are from cause its no secret. You dont have to guess like you do with most peoples

              • This is true my best friend refers to herself as Hispanic, and her husband who is from Nicaragua, will tell you in a heartbeat that he is proudly Nicaraguan.

              • this isn’t always true. the color complex is alive and well within the latino community, across various ethnicities. not everyone from “south of the border” and other latin american countries/islands puts on for their country/island and will say they are simply hispanic.

        • question: is the term hispanic insulting, or just non-pc?

          i’m asking because until today, i had no idea that hispanic wasnt a proper adjective/noun to use

          • read through the rest of the blog, you’ll see more explanations. and if you still don’t get it *patting Champie on the back* i’ll draw you a diagram.

          • It’s not offensive, and its not non-pc.

            Hispanic = Spanish-speaking, from any country (people from Spain, Cuba, Mexico and Argentina are all Hispanic)

            Latino = “Latin American” with no language contingency (People from Mexico, Brazil and Haiti are Latino, but not people from Spain)

            Different people b!tch about both terms for various reasons, typically that one is a Eurocentric term while the other is preferable. Well, they are Both Eurocentric, as is every gd thing else about American linguistic choices. OH TO THE WELL.

            • @Jen,
              Hispanic can be offensive…there is an association that it was code word for spic…which as I’ve had explained to me derived from “no speaka inglish” in ablitity to speak English correctly. So I don’t use Hispanic or respond to it w/o side eye stares….

  6. though no one on VSB (except Ivy) knows my mother, she def has a pass. in fact, i don’t think she was actually given one, i think she jacked it from taye diggs–he’s obviously not using it, so it works out. my mother is mexican but she feels this “connection” with black culture. she kinda looks like a sista, i guess. her husband’s black, she has [half] black children. she can throw down on collard greens, potato salad, and mac n cheese. she often refers to 2520s as “mr. charlie” or “the man” or (if she’s extra angry) “crack @$$ crackas”, even tho some of her best friends are 2520s. she’s pretty much ride or die down with the struggle, so to speak.

    if i had any authority (being confused as some one middle eastern or indian probably invalidates the possibility), i’d give her pass a stamp of approval.

        • Her mom reminds me of my best friend because she’s hispanic and can cook greens.
          Get your mind out the gutter young man.

          • lol he’s a fool. but i got you. it’s funny cuz when ppl meet moms for the first time they automatically assume she’s the black parent and my dad must be the non-member. she’s gangsta, i love her!

            i’ll never forget the time i said somethin about “puffy” and my mom gave me an annoyed look and said “um it’s diddy now” lol like scuuuuuuse me, dang.

    • “in fact, i don’t think she was actually given one, i think she jacked it from taye diggs–he’s obviously not using it, so it works out. ”

      ***chuckling***

      • lmao. i never really got his appeal. i like some of his movies and all but he never did it for me. and isn’t he married to a white woman?

        @ champ

        you mention white men married to white women but what about the other way around? what about david bowie and iman?

        • i just find him so yummy! that dark chocolate skin and gorgeous smile. oooh, thats one little man that could get all this 5’10 lovin!

          oooh, lets do a little dudes that could get it list! lol

        • ok, i meant white men and black women first of all, and that was the wrong example. i think they or bowie is another example of possible black pass-ness.

          examples of opposite, meaning the black woman seems to be the ‘star’ in the relationship….janet and that renee dude. or was he latino? halle and gabe? and you know naomi campbell keeps a white man.

          • “examples of opposite, meaning the black woman seems to be the ’star’ in the relationship….janet and that renee dude. or was he latino? halle and gabe? and you know naomi campbell keeps a white man.”

            is there a question in there somewhere, or are you just making a statement?

            • eh…both. lol. but since reading some of the comments i don’t think these people count. strike this from the record.

              • “eh…both. lol. but since reading some of the comments i don’t think these people count. strike this from the record.”

                do you need a hug or a waffle or something?

              • “do you need a hug or a waffle or something?”

                both please. lol. seriously. this day of slacking was well deserved after busting my arse for 2 weeks on a report that was due yesterday. i checked out before i even signed in today.

    • That white guy we’ve all worked with (or will work with), who immediately feels y’all can bond over hip-hop music. He also thinks that if he peppers his sentences with some slang he got from rap videos, you’ll become his inst-lunch buddy. Let’s call him ‘Andy’. Yeah his ass!!

      • i’ll also add to this–the dude that thinks becuz he’s supporting Obama, he’s “down” with the darkies

      • Oh I have an Andy that thinks we are >< because he loves D4L…..wait a minute it’s not D4L, but D12. Either way, he always wants to talk about “black music” with me. He even had the audacity to ask me to make a list of my top 5 rappers.

        And when VH1 had that I want to be a rap star with the 2520′s trying to be rappers, he was in heaven.

      • There’s a kat like this at my job. He’s always tryna prove how “down” he is. He stays getting dirty looks and side-eyes from me and the other 7 Black peeps who work here.
        He’s good for free drinks at happy hour though.

        • i think i might be too non-threatening to the 2520s! (the black tina fey in the house!) i dont generally have any white dudes tryin to act all down to get in my good graces….i could think of a couple that were just a bit much on the whole adoption of black culture. but that wasnt about me, they were jacka.sses even when i was not around.

      • Andy who’s married to a sista darker than midnight, but is still a dork. Andy, who gets no luv from his own race….ahh that darn Andy….

        • i would like to add alice to list. andy’s sister. i was one of two black women but she was my manager. and she was always trying to prove how DWD she was. for example, she had a black friend and she loved her two sons and she made some comment about their hair that i couldn’t remember now but i know i gave her the side eye. and trying to use slang and other random @ss comments that made it hard for me not to want to snatch her at least twice a week.

          • OMG! I have a work buddy. Love.Her.To.Death. But, if she tells me one more time how she wants to adopt a black baby (cuz they’re cuter than white babies *crickets*) I’m going to f’ing scream. Why she thinks that’s cute. I dunno. Guess it proves how DWD she is. She gets the side eye every time that topic comes up.

            • HA!! One of my friends straight asked me if I would teach her how to do Black hair if/when she adopts a Black child. She was drunk but I said, “Sure.” I’m doing my part for race relations. :-)

    • I know you’re not talking about Ted Danson. I know he did Whoopie for a few years.. but damn, he also did the black face comedy skit too. I can’t give him a card for that.

  7. Tina Fey, non-threatening sex appeal. . .

    I’d give a middle school buddy of mine a pass. Father left his family when he was a kid, mother was in jail so he was living with grandma in DC. Now has a black baby momma while he’s getting his JD.

    I don’t even have a baby momma yet. . .

  8. I’m gonna issue Black Passes to

    Kim Kardashian

    Chris Martin from Coldplay…just cuz

    David Beckham

  9. i just wanna say that the original version of homecoming is my sh!t!!! im serious, i cant even listen to the one on the record, i think its stupid and gross and i hate it. lol….alright, imma go to bed now.

    • i just wanna say that the original version of homecoming is my sh!t!!! im serious, i cant even listen to the one on the record, i think its stupid and gross and i hate it. lol….alright, imma go to bed now.

      i agree 100 percent. i most cried when i heard that sh*tty coldplay version.

      • oh my damn, me too!! i dont listen to that isht SO HARD that when he performed it at the concert and everyone was singin along, it took me a good minute to realize what it was….and then i sat down. it gets no support from me.

        you know what, im bout to listen to it right na!

  10. Blackpasses:

    Joe Biden-”Cuz he down wit us..”

    The Kennedys- all except Arnold (no budget balancing azz) Schwarzenegger, but hes only one by default. lol

    Mariah Carey..nuf said..why?? a lil somethin to do with Nick Cannon..lol

    Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie – cuz of Zahara and they will need someone to show them how to comb her hair.

    Johnny Depp – cuz i love all of his movies.

    I have more but its late and i cant think..lol

      • yeah, mariah’s a negro. afro-venezuelan or some such f*ckery. fact is one-drop rule applies. though, her hindparts do give pause since she’s like an ironing board back there.

        i really didn’t know folks were still wondering about this. it aint like she’s vin diesel.

              • Wow. Folks can admit to crushing on Vin Diesel but, in high school and college – he!! now, I get MOCKED for admitting to a crush on Charles Barkley.

                The world is not fair.

              • I used to really like Charles Barkley back when he was playing. My auntie and my grandma won’t let me live it down til this day…lol

              • sh!t i gets down with both vin and the rock. now back in the day…vin was my screen saver. i think vanity fair had this black and white pic of him in the shower and it was juuuust low enough to almost make me…..*wondering were the hell that picture is*

              • southerngirl, you and me are right here ><

                i had so many damn vin diesel pics on my computer back in college. i even own Pitch Black and i watch The Pacifier anytime it comes on tv…

                i could probably send you that picture if you need it, girl!

              • *high fives shatani*

                girl send it on (nod to D’Angelo…please come back)!
                dirvin@gmail.com

                i think i left in NO. And yes, i too own pitch black, xxx, and fast and the furious *mental note to retrieve items on trip home for xmas* and watch the pacifier whenever it comes on. i can’t help myself. lol.

              • awww, sooky sooky! i forgot about the fast and the furious! i also watch that whenever its on tv! even though it sucks without the cussin!

              • *high fives shatani*

                girl send it on (nod to D’Angelo…please come back)!
                dirvin@gmail.com

                shatani, while you’re at it, you should probably stop past the panty store and send southern girl some new panties since hers are ruined now. pick yourself up a pair too.

              • “shatani, while you’re at it, you should probably stop past the panty store and send southern girl some new panties since hers are ruined now. pick yourself up a pair too.”

                lmao! i can’t breathe…

                do the ladies not ruin their panties for you champ?

              • The Rock doesn’t do it for me now as much as he used to.
                I liked him when he was at his WWE weight ’round 99 or so, now he done went Hollywood and he’s not as massively hulky anymore and that makes me sad.
                He’s still fine though, just not as fine as I would prefer.

              • samoans are everywhere in SoCal and it wasn’t til ppl were all up in arms about the rock that i realized not everyone knew about these big @$$ islanders. i’ve met soooo many ppl who think samoans are damn girl scout cookies lol

          • Umm…Vin Diesel is funny looking. His features are so…awkward, like they not sure of themselves. He got some angsty, teenage features.

            • i agree, he’s a bit funny lookin, but im in lurve! what can i say! gorgeous smile…and with that voice, he could talk me into ANYTHING!

              • oh, yes. the voice alone could get me to do some thangs…

                i remember when xxx came out and me and my girl went to see it. at the end i said to her, referencing a joke she and i had, that vin diesel just walks around all day just looking like s.e.x. and there was this slightly older couple sitting behind us (40′s i guess) and the wife/SO heard me and just looks at us and burst out laughing and said, yeah, and kept it moving while the guy was looking at us like we were crazy. lol.

        • “though, her hindparts do give pause since she’s like an ironing board back there.”

          hey now, being flat in the back does NOT disqualify one from blackness…

          signed, the black girl (with TWO black parents) who didn’t have a booty til she added stair climbing to the workout regimen

            • it’s okay…i didn’t notice it until i got older and added more black friends into the mix…plus, God gave me more than enough t*ts and hips to compensate lol…so it never hurt my standing with the men folk.

              • sheit… my second son gave me some junk in the trunk… i too have 2 black parents…. my brother got all the a$$ (he would be pissed if he knew I said that!) seriously… i (only very seldom anymore but i do use my gazelle) run and run miles (was in the army) and still didn’t get any curvature back there till i birthed my youngest….

              • but it’s cool.. cuz i gots b’donk-a-donk now

                **disclaimer – the only site in cyber spacer where i will ever try to spell b’donk-a-donk lol**

              • “my brother got all the a$$”

                OH NO!!!!! There’s nothing worse than a guy that’s thick in the thighs with a behind. So basically he has a Coke bottle shape?

        • “her hindparts do give pause since she’s like an ironing board back there.”

          yeah…mariah does have an bit of an extended back. thats unfortunate

        • Mariah Carey is soooooo Black. I saw a picture of her Black grandmother. She looks JUST like her. Also, if you look at her earliest videos (pre-nose job, such as the Love Takes Time video), Beyonce resembles Mariah Carey. When she released her Emancipation of Mimi promotion photos, the physical similarity was again apparent.

    • I want to take a comb and Pink Lotion to lil’ Zahara’s hair so dayum bad. Brad n’ Angie have had that baby all this time and I have yet to see her hair combed properly. She needs some braids n’ beads n’ shells n’ thangs.

      • lol… ahhhhh the days of pink lotion. it saved my relationship with my mother and me–i coulda ended up a bald-headed scalawag.

        • I read somewhere that they bought Carol’s daughter products for her. Guess they are just rubbing it in her hair and not actually styling it…

          • Yeah V-dotski Brangelina’nem got lil Zahara f*cked up by the head. it reminds me when my best friend and i went to pick up his daughter for the summer when she was little and his wife was trying to ill on him about the lil girl. so i kept her one day and had to do her hair. (if u can call what i did “doing hair”) then his wife complains about my work later that day. well hell i never did lil girls hair before and her hating azz didnt want to do it before she left home. her shitz was no where near as peasy az Zahara though. i did a pretty good job.

            …i pulled out all my jars of change and told her she could have as much as she could count. pencil and paper in hand she counted up about 60.00 dollars worth. way to go uncle genius.

    • Good one with the Kennedy’s…..JFK was banging Marilyn on the regular. Or was that just hood rat sh*t. Either way, Jackie’s fashion game was that bizness.

    • I call shenanigans. you cant just give out black passes willy nilly. these people are all white bread whole milk english muffin white, except mariah who isnt white anyway therefore needs no pass

      • “I call shenanigans. you cant just give out black passes willy nilly. these people are all white bread whole milk english muffin white, except mariah who isnt white anyway therefore needs no pass”

        deviant, i’m gonna be out the office for a few day, so in my absence i’m deeming you the black pass comment general. call shenanigans as you see fit

          • my pass is irrevokable. I could wear gap slacks an american eagle sweater tied around my waist dye my hair blonde and wear duck/deck (whatever they called) shoes and a pea coat and move to Maine and my blackness will still be intact.

          • Woe woe woe there Kamakula. R U Black Irish? I mean most of the balcany country folk don’t even know of the island. U sure U want to do that? Calling Shinanigans on Shinanigans is like evoking the classic 10 paces duel or worse. Now if your a gypsey I’d have less concern though. But as it stands them Brothas got a point.

            • “Woe woe woe there Kamakula. R U Black Irish? I mean most of the balcany country folk don’t even know of the island. U sure U want to do that? Calling Shinanigans on Shinanigans is like evoking the classic 10 paces duel or worse. Now if your a gypsey I’d have less concern though. But as it stands them Brothas got a point.”

              can somebody translate this into american for me please?

              • Ahem.

                Okay, so Kamakula said, “I’m going to have to revoke both of your passes with this shenanigans thing!”

                This caused Sk8er H8er to ponder Kamakula’s ethnicity, because they (not sure if Sk8er H8er is male or female) feel only a Black Irish or someone of Irish decent would revoke someone’s black pass simply for calling shenanigans. Furthermore, they warn Kamakula that calling shenanigans on shenanigans is akin to dueling after 10 paces…it can get tricky. In conclusion…Sk8er H8er is pro-shenanigan-call-age when done responsibly.

                Thank you.

              • Why do you guys act like I’m typing like this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LJw6PAi5Q8 talks. smh. I also figured that Kamakula was some sort of take on Dracula therefore he is from some eastern EurAisan country. And being from there would not worry weather Kamakula knew or not weather he or she was using Shinanigans properly because they always bring their people with them.

              • Wu, I mean umm, Sk8er…here’s two slices of wonder bread sweetie, go sit down and take a break.

              • lol @ Dracula and Eurasian. On Sunday someone was asking me if kamakula was a “African” name. I guess it all depends on your perspective :)

    • Nope, can’t even agree with this list…these are NOT valid reasons to give black passes.

      And I agree, Mariah is black, she’s SHOWN y’all she’s black with her “choices” since about ’93-95…she don’t need one.

  11. Timberfake got his pass revoked, when he suddlenly regained his whiteness at the expense of Janet Jackson!

    I can co-sign for Eminem (even though I’m not ready to say he’s the best rapper alive) – hell he even got away with saying N*$$a! He definitely has a pass!

    Whether we want to give him the pass or not – I bet Matthew McConaghey is in your baby momma’s top-10. Even hood chicks dig ol’ boy. Must be the Texas swag.

    As for women…

    pre-baby J.Lo. – I know dozens of women that would pay for an arse like that. Miss me with that Jenny from the Block story… When she did Wedding Planner and Ben Affleck – she became a white woman!

    Kim Kardashian (speak of the devil) – Despite being in a porno, despite being passed around black Hollywood like a chronic blunt… your favorite Trojan wifed her up without hesitation! I don’t care if the arse is bought. I don’t care if her upper lips are injected. Her grill is correct and the body is crazy. Kim K gets a pass from the hood!

    • “Kim K gets a pass from the hood!”

      from hood dudes though, not hood chicks. in order to fit under the criteria, they hafta get props from the same sex.

    • Maybe it’s just me, but Kim K’s arse is just nasty looking to me. I’m sure it’s because I’m a girl, and booties don’t excite me in any way…but if I had one like that, I’d be in the gym every day trying to minimize it! Plus, I know plenty of black women who have ‘em, so…whatever…

      • “Maybe it’s just me, but Kim K’s arse is just nasty looking to me”

        its not just you…but it definitely aint me. true, many women of color have the same curves, but nasty is far from what i’d describe hers as.

  12. That show that comes on VH1 sums Mariah in two words “tragic mulatto”. Maybe Mariah when “Butterfly” came out but not now. If I hear about her havin it hard growning up, Im poking someone in the eye.

    Robin Thicke just for “Cherry Blue Skies”….I have no fault with him except cutting his hair off to be more BET friendly.

    Terrance Howard…umm. Ill work with him.

    Justin Tim should never have a pass for too many reasons.

    A pass to my friend Steve in CA for willingly working in Watts and Comton areas with no fear as a social worker.
    And a pass to my Dad for his work as NOPD.

    • One more thing…

      I strip my sister of her card because she just HAS to prove shes “down”. No one cares we’re sisters because Im “paper bag” brown.

      (Anyone want to trade siblings?)

      • my sister’s definitely “down” (and full “darkie” unlike me the half-breed) but she’s just a plain biotch. want her??

        • At this point……..yes!
          Bitchy-ness I can deal, just not my sister. Ill take on the defict before her at this point.
          The stories I could tell yall….

          Im not going to lie the girl could follow the rest of the family and “pass” (ie. “Oh Im not black, Im Creole.” No grandma, we’re negros)
          But dragging me from pillar to post like Im your walking black pass with cornrows in your thin, white girl, “gonna fall out anyway” hair?
          ….just pray for me people. Family reunion next month and Im bringing my own Jack Daniels.

          (Sorry for dragging in my issues. The topic hit on the wrong day.)

    • Terrance’s pass should be officially revoked for two reasons:
      1.) He has an open dislike of black women due to some bad experience (see Essence magazine article) It is never cool to talk ish about the very people who made you famous, cuz white women are not the ones boosting him up.
      2.) He perms his hair (It just reminds me of A Pimp Named Slick Back)

            • Ummm… NO! Terrence Howard is crazy. There is one thing to require cleanliness, but to outright say he can’t date a woman who uses wipes?? Naw that fool is unstable.

              • On a date, he said he looks to see if she has wet wipes in the bathroom. This is because he wants to get to tossin her salad but wants to make sure she cleans her arse thoroughly.

                You can call crazy if you want but I am willing to bet a good chunk of change this is his reasoning. It is the ONLY thing that makes sense.

              • Ok Am I the only one who heard that Mr. Baby wipes was not talking about the back but about the front. Thus tossing salads does not come into it. he’s worried about restauranting. but still…

                Makes me wonder if he’s uses TP when he PPs. When I was a kid I used to think thats why TP came in those little squares. b.c. boys only used 1 square to wipe their tip.

            • V dot don’t u want to be CLEAN for urself. F*CK T. Howard. trust me wet wiping is the sh*t. (pun intended) dry wiping is sh*ty. bet? …unless u like rubbing it in like lotion.

              no need for wet wipes the brand, just wet some tissue or a piece of paper towel.

              • “dry wiping is sh*ty. bet? …unless u like rubbing it in like lotion.”

                *Pushes away my lunch*

                Thanks.

        • V Renee dont hate on T. Howards hygeine requirements. can u imagine cleaning a used dinner plate with a dry cloth? (paper or whatever) yeah its clean right? serve up another meal on it. thats why the Japanese use bidet’s (bi-day’s)

          i dampen toilet paper or papertowels in the sink personally and keep wet wipes in my bathroom.

          the ladies arsehole is very vewy vewy close to that coochie hole. wet wipe trust me.

          if u feel “some kind of way” get over it.

          talk black to me.

          • Hey by no means am I knocking anyones hygenie requirements. If your azz is sh*tty though, take a shower. F*ck a wet wipe!

            I still stand by the fact that T. Howard is crazy. And not just a little bit. Finger waves, wet wipes and all.

            • If your azz is sh*tty though, take a shower. F*ck a wet wipe

              Can I say thank you?! This is what I’ve been thinking the whole time…if you’re leaving a trail get your arse in the shower, otherwise wiping should do the job.
              This goes for men and women.

            • V Renee and T-lee feel like:

              “If your azz is sh*tty though, take a shower. F*ck a wet wipe.”

              well i guess the only place you ever take or have taken a “dump” is at a place where u could take a shower. (i mean with this line of thinking)

              sometimes when i wash my face doesn’t mean i need to wash my whole body. sometimes when i wipe my hands doesn’t mean i need to wash them. sometimes when i wipe my azz doesn’t mean i need to take a bath.

              a wet paper towel or tissue can be appropriate and more efficient in azz wiping than a dry wipe. who could be against that? (i guess u girls huh) i’m not saying its a deal breaker for me concerning women but a personal thing for my own hygeine.

              when i was a lil nappy headed boy i used to half azz wash my face or half azz take a bath. my mom would look in on me afterwards and see that my feet were still dirty as i kneeled down to pray. she would make me get up and take a better bath. she said: “…and dont just be splashing the water around either.” there were ways of telling if was doing a good job or no obviously.

              i can remember pulling out for church one sunday and i still had some sleep in my eye. she took her handkerchief from her purse wet it on her tongue and wiped the maddow from my eye. i thought it wasnasty for her to do that but not as nasty as the do do stank butta in my eye. did i need a bath? no. i had taken one the night before.

              well believe it or not i have wet tissue with my mouth to achieve a more satisfyingly clean azz wipe when fresh water was not at hand. all dumps are not perfectly cut-off and unmessy. there are degrees and granted some MAY require a bath some just a wet wipe. call me cooky.

              jimmie crack corn and i dont care. well i do but yall dont evidently. i dont hold it against u but dont hold it against me if i do.

              cha boy,

              do do magoo

              • The funny thing is, I do use the moist wipes….but I also wash my arse regularly. VERY rarely do I do the doo doo anywhere other than at home. But Ill be d@mned if Im licking tissue and wiping my a.s.s.

                T. Howard aka Slickback is ridiculous, and I will clown the majority of the words that come out of his mouth.

  13. First, if Tina Fey touches one hair on Tristan Wilds head…her azz is through. Yup. I said it.

    Secondly, I have a long list of black folk who need their black card revoked but can think of only a few white folk who should get issued a pass. That said, here is my (short) list and reasoning:

    *Chris Noth. Not only is he “Mr. Big” he also, like DeNiro, has a thing for sistas. He’s dated Beverly Johnson and his baby momma is half black.

    *Conrad Bain cuz his Mr. Drummond adopted Willis and Arnold. Charlotte Rae, too, cuz her Ms. Garret was so nice to Tootie. (I just watched some 80s tv. Sue me.).

    *Robin Thicke but ONLY when singing. He has to give the card back when he gets off the stage. His ‘pass’ is temporary.

    *Rick Rubin. Def Jam, anyone?

    *Halle Berry’s momma cuz she raised her daughter to have a healthy sense of black pride, I think.

    • Conrad Bain cuz his Mr. Drummond adopted Willis and Arnold. Charlotte Rae, too, cuz her Ms. Garret was so nice to Tootie. (I just watched some 80s tv. Sue me.).

      lol u stupid

    • “*Halle Berry’s momma cuz she raised her daughter to have a healthy sense of black pride, I think.”

      can we include barack obama’s mama in that one too?

      and im truly crackin up at the image in my head of robin thick comin off stage and theres V-dot with two giant black men standing in the wings waitin to jack him up if he dont hand that card over quietly….

      its really fun having an active imagination! lmao

      • “and im truly crackin up at the image in my head of robin thick comin off stage and theres V-dot with two giant black men standing in the wings waitin to jack him up if he dont hand that card over quietly….”

        ………………

        • awww, c’mon…go with me into the picture. v-dot standing there arms folded. big sexy black mens flanking her, lookin menacing. robin’s smile fades as he comes up on them…v-dot sticks out her hand for the card. robin hesitates like he’s gonna argue, and the dudes start flexin…he stops effin around and hands over the card. he pouts and stomps off…

  14. I’m really happy to see James Gandolfini on your list, Mr. Champs. ***glitter***

    Outside of my fantasy life, I’d give my former BabyMama, Alishia a pass. She loves black men, was real good about shopping and doing other extra stuff during her lunch breaks and swore on everything she knew to be holy that if her infant son grew up and acted out on her in public she would “light into his a$$”. She also grew up poor, worked her way through college and taught high school English in a poor school district in SC and then went to law school. She refers to her law school student loans as her “other mortgage” since she’ll be paying them off for the next 30 years.

  15. Hilarious post. Like V dot mentioned, can we get a post on Black people who need their Black card cut up? And I’m not talking about Bow Wow’s alleged AMEX Black card either.

  16. champ I think you are like the silliest person I don’t know (btw will you guys be in town for homecoming?)

    Anywho… I think you’re pretty much right on with your list. But has Tina fey been linked to any black men? Pink, christina aguilara, and hmmm I guess that’s about all that’s on my list for the women . Although the mens list needs to include sean Connery and brad Pitt. Tho i’m pretty sure neither have been linked to black women, they get a pass in my book!

    • I don’t know about Sean Connery, but Brad Pitt used to date Robin Givens and Mike Tyson scared him away. He also kicked it with Halle Berry too. :-)

    • Brad Pitt dated Robin Givens. She has this story of how Brad was chillin at her crib and Mike Tyson showed up.

      Was probably the last sista he dated…

    • if you mean in town for Morehouse’s homecoming…i’ll be there. should be a good time in the A.

      and tina fey is hot…pass or not…that’s all that matters to me.

    • “But has Tina fey been linked to any black men?”

      she’s married to a white man, and has been for years, but thats not the point. for the sake of the entry, it doesnt matter if they ever dated black or not. the point is that a black guy could date tina fey and not get hassled over it, thats all.

      and btw, my alma mater (canisius college) doesnt have a football team, so our homecoming is basically just a big-ass picnic, lol. i’m staying in my cave

      • haha! Mine didn’t have a football team either and we had 2 homecomings. Stupid soccer game in the fall and basketball game in january. no one ever knew they were happening until they wandered up on it.

  17. Terrance Howard???? LOL

    I did have a love for Justin Timberlake until the Janet Jackson thing…

    Although I usually frown on this thing (giving the others passes), I’ll give them to the following for the occasion. LOL

    1. Josh Hartnett
    2. David Beckham
    3. Chelsea Handler

    I’ve got to think of some more… I’m sure I’m duplicating from some of the other commenters. :)

  18. Peter North?!? Really?! lol

    I’m glad you showed Texas some love by including Paul Wall. “Drive Slow” was underrated, but he has a whole buch of underground stuff that was good, before him and Chamillionaire broke up the group.

    Black pass? You didn’t include everyone’s (except mine) favorite Billy Clint?
    A few more I thought of…

    Justin Chambers (Karev) from Grey’s Anatomy, is married to a Black chick.
    Joss Stone
    Eminem
    While we’re at it
    3rd Bass
    House of Pain/Everlast
    Remy Shand (short-lived)
    Michael McDonald

    I may think of some more later.

        • Because to some “hispanic” is a derogatory term, since people of Spanish descent did not actually create the term. It was created by the Government for Census reasons. Some Latinos find it offensive.

          • luvvie is on track. *high five* chica

            and it’s not so much that it’s offensive–tho it is–but that it’s (1) too damn general a term and (2) is used for self hate. hispanic essentially refers to countries that were rapped/pillaged… errr ummm i mean colonized by spain, and peoples of these countries who think white is right use the term to ignore their indigenous–and in some cases african (depending on location)–roots. so some one identifying as “hispanic” is often times code for identifying as being a 2520.

            ya feel me?

            • this is one whole issue that is extra sensitive, especially at work. i’m an epidemiologist so a lot of my work revolves around putting people into categories they don’t 1) necessarily identify with and 2) are possibly offended by. i was reading this thread but didn’t have time to comment until now.

              i completely understand the sensitivity about it and often check myself and my less aware co-workers

              • it’s not bad to ask ppl how they prefer to be identified. not every one knows these things. esp if you’re “an outsider”. just like black folk got their qualms about terms like negro, afro/african-american, black the same goes with other ethnic/racial groups.

                it’s all good! and i appreciate that you rec-a-nize enough to be cautious.

            • “and it’s not so much that it’s offensive–tho it is–but that it’s (1) too damn general a term and (2) is used for self hate. hispanic essentially refers to countries that were rapped/pillaged… errr ummm i mean colonized by spain, and peoples of these countries who think white is right use the term to ignore their indigenous–and in some cases african (depending on location)–roots. so some one identifying as “hispanic” is often times code for identifying as being a 2520.”

              vsb.com: where learning happens

          • People from spanish speaking countries should be equally up in arms about the term latino. This term was created by napoleon in an effort to make people feel better about his french a$$ taking over a bunch of spanish speaking nations . . . hispanic. . .latino . . . f@kkitall.

            • i take latino/a over hispanic any day. but really, until i can pinpoint the indigenous roots of my mother’s people (i’m still researching this–possibly mayan), i just have to identify with the country of origin. and even names of countries are tied up in ugly historical facts.

              • That is true. Panama would still be Colombia if Teddy Roosevelt didn’t want to build a canal through it. Latin America is all KINDS of jacked up . . . Dominicans and Haitians sharing an island and hating each other.

  19. I agree with the house of pain and I would like to add Marky Mark (Mark Wahlberg?), he’s been whooping azz in movies for dumb long know and he used to rap

    -JM

  20. I’m not a fan of giving anyone a pass because it’s based on irrelevant things. Because someone can rap, fight, sing, crack a few jokes and/or attract people of the black race that gives them admission to blackness? That makes me feel like we view ourselves as a bunch of shuckin’ and jivin’ sex objects. I thought we were trying to get passed that.

    And what happens when said white person does something disrespectful, do they get exonerated under the “we can say/do it but you can’t” rule because they have a pass? I’m sure you won’t feel that way.

    But while we’re on the subject, when is Taye Diggs getting his pass back?

  21. i just saw a picture of serena and common surfing. i’m not sure if their black cards should be revoked or not.

    • lmao!!!

      yes, engaging in such things as surfing and polo, both ground and water (honorable mention to bungee and base jumping) should have the black card suspended at the very least…

      they need to write an essay on why they should be reconsidered. and it must be in all ebonics.

      • My ex was a down, conscious brotha who surfed and adventure raced (spent 5-7 days in some exotic locale (like Vietnam) or in some rugged mountain area in the states horse back riding, kayaking, propelling down mountains, mountain bike riding, etc. as part of a timed, staged race.

        So, because of this I don’t think the cards should be suspended. Just add ‘em to the watch list.

    • i been wanting to suspend serena, but not on the grounds of surfing. i wonder about that child…

      • see common could get his suspended, on other grounds such as that crochet hat he was rocking back in his badu days so he’s always been suspect (i say this with love, i saw him a few days ago and damn near died because of his fineness), but serena… i feel like her booty might neutralise all potentially questionable behaviour. i heard she saves drowning children with it by deploying it as a flotation device. so maybe that could save her black card?

        • “i heard she saves drowning children with it by deploying it as a flotation device.”

          oh my geez lol

          • Okay so as I was typing in a snarky comment about the power of Erykah’s good girl, I knocked over a full cup of bright red crystal light all over my desk.

            Moral of the story: Obviously Baduizm is God’s favorite album. Point duly noted.

            • “Moral of the story: Obviously Baduizm is God’s favorite album. Point duly noted.”

              yeah, i found this out the hard way as well. i tried to take it out of my cd changer once while driving and a squrriel immediately hit windshield.

              btw, theres a good chance that this story is a lie

              • speaking of squirrels, i’m currently moving right now and on saturday morning while i was moving stuff out of my old place, i happened to see a black squirrel right in my front upnorf yard (ya know, one of those 2 x 2 feet parcels of grass that folks who live in urban townhouses with no real yards up north have that they try to mow). i tried to take a picture of him for all you non-believers but my camera on my sidekick blows arse.

        • wait u SAW common the other day? like on the street?.. i did a double take at that. common is like one of the sexiest rappers EVER… love him..

    • Serena was definitely going through some kinda… phase with that greasy Brett Ratner or whatever his name was… hopefully she’s regained her sanity.

  22. I think this could be regionalized. Like you can get a northeast black pass, but that sh*t won’t work in the south. Vice-versa and et al. and stuff.

  23. Yeah a lot of people are confusing the concept of the black pass. Just cause you like a ni99a’s movies don’t mean he get a black pass (i see you Josh Hartnett). Black passes are issued to people in which you refer to them as “that ni99a from…” and no black person bats an eye, for example
    Isn’t that the ni99a from 4 brothers – Mark Wahlberg

      • I can see why. Like the aside he had in Pulp Fiction w/ Butch as a little kid. But I look at some of his rolls as parody of his own team(read race). This makes it hard for me to think about him and not smile on the inside.

      • Check out his work in Biluxi Blues. Ferris Buhler is in there so there is something to misdirect you from your fear. Plus there is a surprise in the end. And if that isn’t enough, a book was just released called Christopher Walken A to Z. It should tell you everything you need to know not to be ascared n e more. & ignore all of them if you care to jump into my arms to remedy this frightful state.

      • I never feared seeing a ghost in the middle of the night but I would be scared to share a overnight dwelling with christopher walken. Because i know if I got up to get a glass of water (kool-aide) in the middle of the night and he came around the corner I would die of a heart attack right there and then. He wouldn’t have to do shit. He’s scurry-lookin. I think I see wisps of smoke behind him when he walks.

        Not that takes away from him being cool. Just frakkin frightening as well.

  24. how about that comic gary owen? i fux with him. and he’s married to a black woman and they have two kids and he’s not shy about it. plus he’s regular on the tom joyner radio show.

      • but he’s not just bangin her behind the scenes a la christina aguilera….he be claimin her in front of cameras and junk. and married her too…

        plus puffy stole the ENTIRE music from Lets Dance to make that abomination…c’mon! at least a temp pass, til i can get more people?!?! lmao

        • Yeah. He has declared his undying love so that would get him a pass under normal circumstances.

          But since Mick Jagger’s ex says she found he and Bowie in bed together, I say he gets no pass. Iman should get herself a man who hasn’t slept with men. Not there is anything wrong with that..

      • I think any white man who marries a non-self-hating Black woman gets an instant Black pass. Because, in doing so, he is doing more than a lot of brothers are doing.

    • David Bowie has made some of the BEST music ever…he clearly has been influenced by black folk. For me, he’d get a pass for being a fly white dude who’s ALSO married to a fly black woman.

  25. The following people DO NOT get a Black pass:

    Angie Jolie: You are richer than THAT THANG but you refuse to get Baby Z a Black Nanny. You got that adorable girl walking around looking like a pickanninny half the time. Not cool.

    Robin Thicke: I still remember his first video ever, where he was riding a bike, had long curly hair and and looked like White Jesus. No matter how suave you are, “When I Get You Alone” is your legacy to me.

    Kim Kardashian. Just… NO.

    Black folks who need to hand their cards over:

    Wayne Brady: That is one shucking and jiving negro. White folks love him a bit TOO much. He needs to FedEx his Black card in.

    Taye Diggs: He lost his Black card a couple of years ago. Also loved by White folks b/c he is Hollywood’s fave non-threatening Black man

    Mariah Carey: She is tragic. Period.

    Michael Jackson: Self-explanatory

    Terrence Howard (aka Slickback Ivanhoe): This mofo rocked FINGER WAVES in 08. Slicky Rickies andany other form of that style are not hot. The Black Counsel met and unanimously revoked his ish for at least 5 yrs. To get it back, he must re-apply and be under strict considerations.

  26. “Not all hispanics get cards, just the non uppity dominicans, puerto ricans and the occasional cuban”

    “occasional cuban?”

    Why occasional? Are there Cubans who are only Cuban on occasion?

    • good question. and would monica lewinsky be an occassional cuban if she occassionally is “banged” with cuban cigars??

      just a thought…

      • Yeah, there should be a Black probation list. Upon which every couple of years, the Black Confirmation Counsel will review the applicant’s file and see if they should be off the probtion list or just banned from family BBQs

        • “I second the motion to revoke the passes of ALL Black republicans… they have completely assimilated and forgot where they came from.”

          eh. i dont agree with this.

          ***getting wet blanket out of my truck***

          i think its dangerous to suggest that all black people hafta feel and think a certain way. we aint a monolithic mass of people and sh*t

          • True indeed, but black republicans don’t want a black pass – they constantly try to shed anything that links them to African American culture so why not revoke it? We are not monolithic… but there are things that are unique to us and bind us as a people… they don’t want to have anything to do with these things (or at least think we need to “get over them”) and assimilate further.

            • K…I’m a black independent with Repub leanings…does this mean my blackness gets revoked? Probably not, as I haven’t really been assimilated into ANY culture (though the closest would be black culture).

              • According to her, yes. Republican policy is harmful to mankind.

                All of it.

                Dems are great, though. I’m not sure if they’re ALWAYS great, but according to her, the Republicans are definitely wrong enough that there is no baby to throw out with the bathwater.

              • Im a Black Independent with some bleeding heart liberal leanings, myself! I changed my party to vote in the primary…Imma change it back though

      • condoleeza? burn? she needs to suffer. if anyone ever questions her, please remember that while Hurricane Katrina was going on, this bishhhh was shopping in feregamo…

        keep it fresh in your minds people….

      • People who think Black republicans need their Black passes revoked are on some ignorant bullsh!t. Do people have any idea how many of the most radical Blacks in history are now republicans or independents with very conservative leanings? Why do Black people love to stay brainwashed? LBJ really will have you ni99ers voting democrat for the next 200 years.

        To me, this sort of mentality is as despicable as saying that Black people who enjoy certain types of art or music need to have their passes revoked. Can we please have independent thoughts?

        Condi Rice = Blacker than many

        She knows exactly where she came from.

        • Eeee… that was harsh… My thought process has nothing to do with party loyalty. My thought process has everything to do with reality and the struggle of normal people. How is Condi blacker than most? How many black people have lost pensions bcuz of her bosses policies? How many black men and women died as a result of the Iraqi war when the only reason they joined the army was bcuz they wanted a better future? I’m not following u at all sis.

          • And I’m not following you either.

            Your thought process has everything to do with party loyalty. That you would even deny this is laughable. You’re an unapologetic lemming, and people with your mentality are actively hurting Black people. YOU are the reason we completely lack political power in this country. Your nothing-but-a-democrat mentality is the reason that neither party has any incentive to think critically about which sorts of policy and legislation will honestly help Black people.

            People dying in Iraq because they wanted a better future? D@mn right they did. Largely because of democratic legislation that promulgates the LIE that the military is a f#cking scholarship program. You join the military to serve and protect your country. The fact that people (primarily dems, believe it or not) present otherwise is the reason that our children are disproportionately dying in Iraq. THINK CRITICALLY.

            “True indeed, but black republicans don’t want a black pass – they constantly try to shed anything that links them to African American culture so why not revoke it?”

            No sister of mine would ever make this kind of generalization. Don’t try to backpedal because you are on a Black blog and thought you’d be wholly met with half-thinking cosignage. Drink the Kool-Aid all you want, but don’t go shoving it in my direction like I’m supposed to drink that artificial ish, too. To quote the woman that put us on this tangent, “I’ve been Black all my life; nobody needs to tell me how to be Black.”

            That includes political parties.

            • my thought process has nothing to do with political parties. i consider myself to have moderate beliefs. my persecution of condoloeeza has nothing to do with the political party she subscribes to, but the fact that she is lacking any sort morals and ethics regarding her own people. If she truly remembered where she came from, she would have been doing what she was supposed to do… helping to save those who were being washed away by damn hurricane… instead of shopping for f***in shoes. its pretty simple. actions say a whole lot more than words… and words are all she is good for.

              • I wouldn’t say that she is “lacking any sort of morals and ethics regarding her own people,” but I also think it is obvious that if that rumor is true, she was being extremely tacky shopping for shoes during a national crisis–even if she was serving as secretary of state (as opposed to, say, president or director of homeland security) at the time.

                Anyway, that comment was not directed at you. It was toward individuals such as pgh muse who write off Black republicans with one broad stroke of the pen simply because of their political affiliation.

              • “I wouldn’t say that she is “lacking any sort of morals and ethics regarding her own people,” but I also think it is obvious that if that rumor is true, she was being extremely tacky shopping for shoes during a national crisis”

                this sounds a lot like “conservative delusionism”, as i like to call it. and it stinks like BS to me.

              • Conservative delusionism?

                Me saying that it would be tacky for a national figurehead to go shoe shopping during a national crisis?

                Or me saying that the shoe shopping rumor is a rumor?

                I am guessing the latter. But, to the best of my knowledge, that claim was first reported by a tabloid and then picked up by certain bits of the blogosphere. I have heard no substantiation of it from a legitimate news source. Of course, I could be wrong.

            • Your thought process has everything to do with party loyalty. That you would even deny this is laughable. You’re an unapologetic lemming, and people with your mentality are actively hurting Black people.

              Ok… do you know me? Have we been in voting booths together?? I didn’t think so. Just pulling the lever and voting is a thing of the past. I only changed my party affliation from independent to democrat very recently bcuz i wanted to vote in primaries. And u called me a lemming… Republicans have a tendancy to name call when they get upset ie – John McCain and “That one”… listen I was in the Army so i know what was promised to me and the other young people I served with. I JUST spoke with a mother who is going to encourage her son to go into the military because he’d be at war on the streets of the city I live in and she thinks war in Iraq will prolly be a better choice for him. Don’t make personal attacks when you have NO idea what your talking about… I call u sis bcuz for me it’s all luv even when i present a point that someone may not agree with. There is no need to get heated upset or anything like that. We’re tossing around ideas and for you to say that I’m no sista of yours just hurts…But anyway… after all that I’m still not sure what exactly it is that your mad about… u’ve really provided nothing concrete to substantiate anything that you said. I’m sorry what i said upset u… but why r u a Republican??

              • Jen really… u can be Black however you choose to do it… but if the policies of your political party are harmful to humanity — eff just black folks— the politics of the Republican Party are bad for EVERYBODY but a handfull… and there needs to be somebody questioning that. Now please explain how voting Democratic is the reason for Black disenfranchisement. And how is voting Republican going to empower us??

              • “I second the motion to revoke the passes of ALL Black republicans… they have completely assimilated and forgot where they came from.”

                –You

                I’m not mad. But, the above quote is completely ridiculous.

                There is no reason I can think of that someone would demonize Black republicans this way aside from democratic brainwashing and, yes, extreme party loyalty.

                I am not certain what you are trying to communicate in this response with its anecdotes about your service and the kid whose mother wants him to serve. I am also not clear how these anecdotes in any way invalidate what I said above. Are you trying to say that the military is a good thing for Black kids? And I’m sure we both know what the military promised you–pretty much anything to get you to enlist.

                But, what does this have to do with the price of tea in China?

                My inability to glean a coherent thought from your words aside, I think it is obvious that you didn’t understand my response to you, either.

              • Ok… ummm.. it was a broad generalization… but this is a list of BLACK PASSES… there is something a bit comedic in the whole post. I didn’t introduce the idea of revoking the Black Pass Of Black republicans, but i did INDEED second it. Look… i’m not going to make any conjectures into who u are as a person. I don’t know u from adam… but u did personally attack me… and i responded. Glean whatever u will… sorry I pushed ur button…. but Republicans push mine…

              • There is no reason I can think of that someone would demonize Black republicans this way aside from democratic brainwashing and, yes, extreme party loyalty.

                Do you really think this??

              • My inability to glean a coherent thought from your words aside, I think it is obvious that you didn’t understand my response to you, either.

                And once again you attack me without having a basis for it. Dayum… must be those internet muscles.

              • Internet muscles?

                *sigh*

                At this point, it is very obvious that I am not going to be able to have a useful exchange with you.

                In real life, this is the point at which I would inform you that continuing the conversation would probably just cause me to lose what respect for you as a person I have. I would encourage you to do some reading on the subject and tell you that I would be happy to supply you with a list of books or articles if you’d email me.

                Undoubtedly, you would insist on continuing the conversation, utter some more tripe, and I would walk off mumbling about how it is not my job to educate people that don’t want to be educated and how folks can go on and be ignorant their whole d@mn lives for all I care–so long as I’m not forced to sit there and witness it.

                Let’s just pretend that all this has occurred and move the hell on.

              • I could care less about what respect you may or may not have for me as a person… we DON’T know each other! And u are right about futhering this convo it’s pointless cause like the Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin ur smoke and mirrors… theres no meat in this exchange. If u really wanted to enlighten me with some facts u would have done it. All you’ve done is try to insult me… it’s all good tho. enjoy the rest of ur day.

            • “Drink the Kool-Aid all you want, but don’t go shoving it in my direction like I’m supposed to drink that artificial ish, too.”

              i don’t drink the stuff either, as many VSBers now know.

              and laylah, i’m definitely with you on your above comment about Condi. and my biggest issue with her, seriously, is her damn hair. somebody get her some Dark&Lovely for cryin out loud. immediately.

        • “Why do Black people love to stay brainwashed? LBJ really will have you ni99ers voting democrat for the next 200 years.”

          jen, you’re not really lashawn barber, are you?

        • Do people have any idea how many of the most radical Blacks in history are now republicans or independents with very conservative leanings?

          Yeah… a bunch cause they assimilated and prolly got paid off for their efforts… It’s hard and not very self serving to care about more than just yourself and your wallet… that’s why the struggle continues.

    • more than a black pass, Condi needs a “go to the hair salon for free” pass. either shave it off, perm it, ‘fro it, or lock it. that half-@$$ press/helmety hairstyle is like WHOA. not.a.good.look.

  27. Why doesn’t Robin Thicke get a permanent “pass”?

    He is married to a black or at least part black woman Paula Patton (Idlewild, Deja Vu, Mirrors).

  28. The guy who plays BIG on Sex and the City gets one

    Jon B… I mean he was tight with Pac… he definitely gets one

    The white dudes that were in Color Me Bad…lol

    Ok I’m gone… good post!

    you forgot Bill Clinton too… I dont agree with that one but a lot of us do.

  29. My name is JBoogie, and I APPROVE this list! I especially concur with the selection of Mr. Bobby DeNiro…he’s also on my list of white men that could get it, often and repeatedly, NO questions asked.

    • Okay in what lack of light are you looking @ this guy? Where does he get @ least any cool points (smart strait man role picking asside)? I just need to know where your more people are coming from.

    • I ain’t saying he gets a pass…but he could get it. His body is sick sometimes. Fight Club? American History X? OMG…

  30. Hey why does this posting feel like the racial draft from Chapelle’s show. lol and I wonder how many of the people that we are picking want to be picked. I mean there’s one thing to be able to celebrate cultures other than your own and there is another to renegade your own culture out.

      • “This just in Ole Dirty Bastard has now changed his name from Big Baby Jeeesus to the Ole Dirty Chineese Food resturant”

        aaaahahahahaaa R.I.P. Dirt McGirt

            • Wait a cottonpickin minute, only Wu calls T-Lee sensai.

              GASP! it IS Wu!!

              YAY EVERYONE, WU IS BACK!!

              (Sorry, did I just blow up your spot?)

              • Uhm *hiding face* no. This website is the Debil just ask Bobby Busche’s Mama. I’ll forgive you if you put some butter on that lite bread and slide me a slice.

              • “I’ll forgive you if you put some butter on that lite bread and slide me a slice.”

                haha, I’m one step ahead of you..scroll up to 12.

              • hahaha & I’da got away w/it had it not been for you crazy kids and your delectable dieteary delights. This is the best e-hang out ever. Yall know I couldn’t stay away. I also wanted to showcase some of my other knickknames. I got a couple more but looks like I can’t speak anglish. Maybe Mama was right to be mad that I got a Chemical Engineering degree and I’m functionally illiterate. N E body teaching a remedial english class in the state of Philadelphia? smh And Liz what up w/ the time limits on the comment editing

              • alright I get off of work @ like 4:30 @ 11th n market I hope you bring some holy water too cuz I have the cognative ablity but it doesn’t shine through. huh Lord help us

    • “I mean there’s one thing to be able to celebrate cultures other than your own and there is another to renegade your own culture out.”

      i had a reply, but eminem’s verse in “renegade” keeps looping over and over in my head. maybe i’ll return when its done

    • once again, i don’t know about colin being authorized to to be DWD but he could def get it (that is, if i could prove he didn’t have something else to “give”, so to speak)

        • now im not a LOTR fan, but i really only truly loved orlando bloom as Legolas. lol…i mean, he’s hot in the pirates movies. but that long blonde hair and pointy ears combo had a sista infatuated!

          • YES! Shatani…it’s me and you girl. He’s cool in the pirates movies but he hasn’t done it for me LIKE THAT, since LOTR.

        • speakin of WBs who aren’t exactly pass-worthy but could DEF get it: McSteamy and McDreamy from Grey’s. oh heavens. tv is just a much sweeter place with them in it. *fanning myself*

  31. I had to really think hard about this… and i guess the only people I can even consider giving this pass to are entetainers cuz i don’t know any 2520′s (thanx so much for this VSB) that are down enuff with us to deserve a pass… so in the spirit of this post here is my offering..

    John Brown (old school) non-entertainer

    the Bee Gee’s (Saturday Night Fever)
    John Travolta
    Big Ben Rothlisberger (it’s a burgh thing)
    ummmm… i’m thinking HARD and that’s all I can come up with…
    Joe Biden (hope he proves worthy)

  32. Who gave Tina Fey a Black pass? I d@mn sure didn’t. Not with her “female is the new Black,” “I think it is a good idea to name a movie Baby Mama” foolishness.

    I typically like Tina, but she gets no Black pass.

    Teena Marie could say “n*gga” in a song and I probably wouldn’t bat an eyelash.

    I can’t think of anybody else who even comes close. Maybe certain Jews who have been embraced by Black people. A Paul Mooney-endorsed Sandra Bernhard, for example. Amy Winehouse was on her way til she discovered crack. We have enough crackheads born into the Black family (Whitney). We don’t need to adopt any new ones.

  33. personal bone to pick with Champmeister…

    Celts (read: my man KGeezy) in Pgh and you didn’t think enough to tell me this ish sooner?? you’re no longer welcome in my home.

    • this sounds a little personal Gem between u and the Champ but 4 future notice… and i have put my blog on here like 3 times (champ can i get some love and get my blog listed on the list?) ummm… i will be posting events in the city that black pittsburghers may be interested in as i come acrossed them… should’ve been on my blog but there are some event coming up this week that i will post… so bookmark me http://www.museacd.blogspot.com

    • “personal bone to pick with Champmeister…

      Celts (read: my man KGeezy) in Pgh and you didn’t think enough to tell me this ish sooner?? you’re no longer welcome in my home.”

      your homie ivy st. knew about that last week. ban her from your home

  34. I can’t really think of people to put on this list.

    Being a black woman married to a white man, I really don’t get a lot of flack from black folx. I think maybe issues come from black women being married to white men who are trying to be down. My husband does NOT roll through the hood with cornrows or his pants sagging. THAT would probably generate a lot of eye rolling and tooth sucking. What I do find interesting is that since the birth of my third son who has hazel green eyes and sandy brown curly hair, more ghetto black chicks approach me and my baby boy talking about how fine he is going to be with his good hair and light eyes. Before birthing this child, I thought that we retired the term good hair?

    As far as the term, hispanic or latino-a aren’t both terms created by Europeans to define their mulatto spanish speaking children of South America?

    I have more to say, but it’s all really off topic. Tina Fey is hilarious and I think all African-American peeps appreciate a great sense of humor.

    I do agree with Robert Deniro. I can vouch for some Italians loving themselves some black women from growing up in Brooklyn, NYC.

  35. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT!

    Has anyone seen the Champ? If you do, tell him to come see me in the corner.

    Thanks.

    Luvvie
    Interim CEO of Corner Inc., a subsidiary of VSB Enterprises

  36. hey champ! I’ve been an inconsistent lurker for a minute now. Being busy with the children and getting ready to birth a fourth child (finally a girl) has severely diminished my web presence.

  37. Black pass?

    Adrien Brody, in a minute. Not that he’s physically attractive, but because I like his–ahem–swagger. For real, watch some pre-”Pianist” movies, he should have been born a brotha.

  38. OMG, ok so I just was watching Law & Order and I completely forgot how much Detective Stabler makes me wanna do hoodrat stuff with my freinds and get interrogated.

    Detective Stabler, something Maloni….PASS.

  39. ” Insinuates” means “to suggest” or introduce subtly through art. By using it you are not implying you are rich you are “suggesting” I have money. IMO its a bad choice of words.

    Now as a NY’er fronts ( or grills) up here are OLD and very muched played out. By the time Wu came out that was their last heyday.

    No one in a city where “cheap” rent is $850 gives a $hit about whats in your mouth and it how it “suggest” your rich…check Jigga who doesnt even rock jewelery (yet came fromthe Fat Rope Chain Era of rap) I read in the NY Times about the $150 mil deal with Live Nation. Now thats impressive. Again I cant say a line that says the guys jewelery “suggest” is rich is a hot line. But when Jigga man says his rich in a verse he aint inusiating.

    • Funny you shoud mention that. I always had a friend named White Boy Troy. But in college there was a White Mike too. lol

  40. Kid Rock gets a pass. He’s country/rock as hell, but he thinks he’s black. He hangs out with rev. run, only dates black women, and his son is by a sista. I can’t hate, even though I’m not into his “music”.

    Bill Maher got an honorable mention when he fully deserves TWO passes. I mean really, not only does he love black folks in general, he actually had the AUDACITY to f*ck (and maintain a relationship with) Karrine Steffans. Are you kidding me? She’s a hoe that’s reserved for rappers, pimps and drug dealers, but yet HE gets it? Besides that, I love me some Bill so he gets TWO passes.

  41. From lyrics to: Vanilla Ice Cream – Stephen Lynch
    “Oh I hate vanilla ice cream, I like chocolate instead
    I hope she likes her soul food with a little Wonder Bread
    Don’t call it Jungle Fever cause that just isn’t right
    I am not a racist, some of my best friends are white”

    ha ha…Stephen Lynch – PASS valid till 2020!

  42. Tina Marie should be FIRST on the list!!! She is not on a list; she has made it pass “the black pass” status. She is officially a sista…

  43. ugh….same ol’ bull crap attitude that hold back the black community….defined by sexuality……..everything aint black n white.

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