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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a foreign :mrgreen: who comes from an extremely white country, I remember how awed we all were by Whitney Houston when "The Bodyguard" first came out. No one knew Diana Ross, very few had heard about Tina Turner, so Whitney Houston was pretty much the one and only black diva for us. Her songs were everywhere, I mean, everywhere.

I'm really sad to hear about her death.

Oh, and today is the first time I've ever heard that she is considered 'too white' in the AA community. Live and learn.

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When she first came out, she was considered "too white" because her songs were super pop. In later years, she wasn't considered as such.

Silly either way, of course.[/quote]

She did coin the phrase "hell to the no" afterall. White people don't say shit like that. She was all black but ofcourse marketed as a pop artist which contributed to her cross over appeal but she grew up in church, singing gospel. Her Mom, cousin, godmother were all gospel/soul singers. The marketing gimmick was all to increase her album sales, not to take the black out of her. [/quote]

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