[quote]Professor X wrote:
How do you live in Houston and not know this shit?[/quote]
I don’t pay attention I guess. I didn’t realize there was a widely accepted vernacular for black women of varying shades.
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Yeah, I get that. The only thing is, this is so common, I doubt one single black man in Houston is unaware of what it means. I mean, they used that term in House Party, didn’t they. How old is that?
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I’m a white man…
I’ve never watched the whole house party movie.
I used to work with some black dudes and we were pretty cool. One on one I’d say we were friends but when they got together in a group they would start using slang and mocking white people, in a joking manner, but I never really hung out in that environment if that makes sense.
They said I was square business though and there was definitely a mutual respect and no sarcasm so I took that for a good thing.
The whole work place was divided between whites, blacks and hispanics but everyone got along, just kind of sequestered off to comfort zones I guess so I heard some slang but am not well versed.
Yeah, I get that. The only thing is, this is so common, I doubt one single black man in Houston is unaware of what it means. I mean, they used that term in House Party, didn’t they. How old is that?
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A law firm I worked with (not for, but together), a black male associate had terms for different colors of black people that were apparently considered “polite” as they were shared openly in business conversations talking about people.
The only one I remember was “high brown.”
It was apprently a complimentary term for very rich, old, New Orleans black families, who were mixed French and black.
In context: “you know, Mrs. So-and-So is very much a high brown and will not like XYZ company doing ABC on their property.”
[quote]Professor X wrote:
How do you live in Houston and not know this shit?[/quote]
I don’t pay attention I guess. I didn’t realize there was a widely accepted vernacular for black women of varying shades.
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Yeah, I get that. The only thing is, this is so common, I doubt one single black man in Houston is unaware of what it means. I mean, they used that term in House Party, didn’t they. How old is that?
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i’ve watched house party at least a dozen times and never heard a reference to “black bone”. i’ve never heard it before. redbone, yes. blackbone no.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
How do you live in Houston and not know this shit?[/quote]
I don’t pay attention I guess. I didn’t realize there was a widely accepted vernacular for black women of varying shades.
[/quote]
The only thing is, this is so common, I doubt one single black man in Houston is unaware of what it means.
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I’m a white man…
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[quote]DJHT wrote:
I will say racist is what they are.
Asian/yellow bone
African American/dark bone[/quote]
Usually a dark skinned black girl is just “dark skinned”.[/quote]
fixed that for ya
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Depending on the context, you’re right. Yellabones are also called “bright skinned”, though that might just be a Southern thing. I also own House Party and have seen it a ton and “black boned” has never come up.
[quote]heavythrower wrote:
haha, OP, if you have any black female acquaintances/friends, ask them to explain what a “the white liver” is.
my ex wife had to explain that one to me… [/quote]
Ok I give up, what is it?[/quote]
well, I thought it was a reference to a large white penis, or a white guy who happens to have a large penis, at least that is what she and a couple of her sorority sisters told me, (I wont bore you with the context in which this came up), but I wonder if it was just a southern Alabama black slang thing, because I just looked it up in the urban dictionary and it’s definition is totally different.
But I guess both work!
