Diego
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Post by Diego on Nov 8, 2010 21:03:07 GMT -5
We do. Melanin keeps our skin from cracking and wrinkling as early. Don't hate baby black doesn't crack. And, she is ethnic. Is she is supposed to ignore that. She did for half her career…she only acknowledged it when it became convenient. I love the Christmas Cards, the drawn ones with Nick that make her about 5 shades darker than she is! Talk about delusional! And I know you $tan lambs are gonna jump all over that! I’m bi-racial myself…I just didn’t start using it when my record sales started to drop off! She's been talking about being biracial and all the issues she's faced as a result of that, especially during childhood, since the early 90's. It's not something she suddenly decide to bring up because her record sales were falling LOL says a lot about what you know. Anyway, I wonder what her 2nd week sales will be like. I'm hoping they won't fall over 50%.
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weaver
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Post by weaver on Nov 8, 2010 21:13:28 GMT -5
I don't know why y'all get so fixated talking about race. Who the bleep cares? Like it makes any difference. I can't way for her promo to start I don't think most of us DO care. Anyone that knows anything about Mariah knows that she's multi-racial and never claimed otherwise. So Pure is just up in here acting like an ignoramus trying to say that Mariah said she's multi-racial to sell records. What I wonder is how that would affect her record sales one way or another?? Regardless, it's a moot point because she's been upfront since day 1.
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Bulbasaur
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Post by Bulbasaur on Nov 8, 2010 22:13:10 GMT -5
Yes. From Day 1, almost every Mariah feature article I've read from magazines always has a paragraph or two about her father being Venezuelan and her mother being Irish.
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beebee
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Post by beebee on Nov 9, 2010 3:40:28 GMT -5
her mothers genes are stronger than her fathers thats all Mimi's brother looks pretty afro american to me.
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switch
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Post by switch on Nov 9, 2010 5:00:11 GMT -5
Mariah and her older sister have similar looks sooo....I guess it's the luck of the draw.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2010 8:35:54 GMT -5
her mothers genes are stronger than her fathers thats all Mimi's brother looks pretty afro american to me. Both of her siblings are very light skinned but you can see that they are biracial
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weaver
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Post by weaver on Nov 9, 2010 8:40:45 GMT -5
Tired of this discussion but....Mariah may be light skinned but she doesn't look caucasian. You can see it in some of her features. This is why she has such a complex about her racial identity! People accuse her of trying to pass for white etc etc.
I can't believe we are even discussing this yet again. All because somebody made an unbelieveably ignorant statement about it.
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beebee
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Post by beebee on Nov 9, 2010 10:05:58 GMT -5
I think she looks pretty caucasian to me, specially when her hair is straight (like in the 'Ones' cover. We can tell that she's multi racial on the TEOM cover tho.
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Post by will on Nov 9, 2010 10:06:04 GMT -5
THE REASON WHY MARIAH IS LIGHT SKIN IS BECAUSE HER FATHER IS 1/2 VENEZUELAN AND 1/2 BLACK. HER MOTHER IS WHITE. SHE HAS LESS BLACK IN HER THEN ALICIA KEYS. BLUE, GREEN, BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW, PURPLE ETC. END OF THE DAY WE ARE ALL HUMAN.
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beebee
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Post by beebee on Nov 9, 2010 10:08:22 GMT -5
Tired of this discussion but....Mariah may be light skinned but she doesn't look caucasian. You can see it in some of her features. This is why she has such a complex about her racial identity! People accuse her of trying to pass for white etc etc.I can't believe we are even discussing this yet again. All because somebody made an unbelieveably ignorant statement about it. At the beginning of her career music critics used to call her as a 'white woman' trying to sing like a black woman. if she tried to pass as a 'black' person she would be in trouble 'cause she obviously doesn't have black features . She's right about saying that it's multi racial.
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worldwide
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Post by worldwide on Nov 9, 2010 10:38:44 GMT -5
I am a Mariah fan and I had no idea she was half white half black until TEOM era, she looks white to me, I know white people whose skin is darker than hers.
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colson
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Post by colson on Nov 9, 2010 10:53:26 GMT -5
Most ppl I know thinks she's white.
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Post by will on Nov 9, 2010 10:53:41 GMT -5
My prediction:
week 1: 70k week 2: 40k week 3: 110k week 4: 150k week 5: 250k week 6: 350k week 7: 150 k
Nice
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Post by mrsillmatic on Nov 9, 2010 11:04:19 GMT -5
Public eye Mariah and Personally time Mariah are usually two different looks. Here is mariah on her on time
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Post by mrsillmatic on Nov 9, 2010 11:06:54 GMT -5
Most ppl I know thinks she's white. Funny because most the white people i know think she white might be lil hispanic, and black pointed her out from jump.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2010 11:07:18 GMT -5
Most ppl I know thinks she's white.
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HolidayGuy
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 9, 2010 11:14:16 GMT -5
Mimi sing it loud: "I'm Irish, Venezuelan and Black, and I'm proud!"
There are people of a certain ethnicity that do not necessarily "look" that ethnicity, so why is this any different? Her make up probably is 50% Irish (if her mother is 100%), 25% African-American and 25% Venezuelan. (Though not knowing her father's percentages, the latter two may not be accurate.)
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Post by will on Nov 9, 2010 11:18:45 GMT -5
Public eye Mariah and Personally time Mariah are usually two different looks. Here is mariah on her on time What's the point for posting the pictures????????????????
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Post by mrsillmatic on Nov 9, 2010 11:23:40 GMT -5
I think her public look is more to not scare anybody off and her private look is more ethnic.
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Post by neverduplicated on Nov 9, 2010 11:36:23 GMT -5
ABC Family's Holiday Movie Christmas Cupid To Feature Oh Santa! November 09, 2010
Mariah's # 1 single "Oh Santa!" from her new Holiday album Merry Christmas II You will be featured as opening song in ABC Family's holiday movie "Christmas Cupid" premiering on Sunday, December 12 at 8:00pm ET/PT.
"Christmas Cupid", the 2-Hour original movie starring Christina Milian, Ashley Benson and Chad Michael Murray premieres as part of ABC Family's popular 25 Days of Christmas Event on Sunday, December 12 at 8:00pm.
Dont Miss It!
From MariahCarey.com
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2010 11:38:18 GMT -5
Mariah's # 1 single "Oh Santa!" Oh shit. Nobody let HolidayGuy see this.
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colson
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Post by colson on Nov 9, 2010 11:51:28 GMT -5
^Yeah, I know, but even he knows that that's label PR 'spin'. Of course, some will blame Mariah for this misleading stat. ;)
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Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815...
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Nov 9, 2010 12:04:55 GMT -5
Mariah's # 1 single "Oh Santa!" Oh s**t. Nobody let HolidayGuy see this.
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Cautionme11/16
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Post by Cautionme11/16 on Nov 9, 2010 12:29:54 GMT -5
When does the final sales chart build complete? Tomorrow?
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colson
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Post by colson on Nov 9, 2010 12:42:29 GMT -5
This afternoon.
Final soundscan numbers will be out tomorrow.
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#LisaRinna
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Post by #LisaRinna on Nov 9, 2010 12:42:54 GMT -5
Mariah's # 1 single "Oh Santa!" Oh s**t. Nobody let HolidayGuy see this. ^Yeah, I know, but even he knows that that's label PR 'spin'. Of course, some will blame Mariah for this misleading stat. ;) No, he doesn't. He implied that Mariah is chart-obsessed and therefore dictates press releases.
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Cautionme11/16
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Post by Cautionme11/16 on Nov 9, 2010 12:57:16 GMT -5
This afternoon. Final soundscan numbers will be out tomorrow. Thanks. I hope she lands closer to the 60K mark by the time they're complete.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2010 13:13:44 GMT -5
MARIAH CAREY - All I Want For Christmas Is...: 0.745 (+ 0.153)
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Post by Candy Bling on Nov 9, 2010 14:25:46 GMT -5
Should have gone to Specsavers. Is there no update for Oh Santa!
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worldwide
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Post by worldwide on Nov 9, 2010 14:30:35 GMT -5
Is she planing any promotion in Europe?
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