Phoebe Snow

Great voice. Unfortunate face.

R1, what does your mother look like?

Somebody's lying

I knew a South African woman who was 100% German Jewish. She totally looked black though and people thought she was "Cape Coloured" which annoyed her no end.

Was shocked to find out she was white. I thought for sure she was just a very fair-skinned black woman. Love her voice. Very sad but inspiring life story. Would've made a great TV movie back when they still made inspiring TV movies.

Her mom liked BBC.

When she was replaced by Aretha Franklin on the theme song to A Different World, she never recovered.

One of the professors at my school looked 100% Black, even wore braids. You should have seen the jaws drop when she revealed both of her parents were White Jews.

Phoebe was EVERYTHING. Love her, love everything she did.

DON'T NOBODY BE TRYING TO SHADE MISS PHOEBE!

Literally, eh, R9?

What you say? She's not black, not even a little? Come on.

Phoebe Snow was adopted.

She was not adopted. Phoebe Snow was born Pheobe Ann Laub to two Jewish parents in Edison, NJ. I k.ow several Jews who are often mistaken fof Black.

[quote] I k.ow several Jews who are often mistaken fof Black.

Me too.

So, I see the "There's absolutely no way two White parents can produce a Black looking child" troll is conveniently absent from this thread. Interesting.

I don't think Phoebe Snow looked black. Classic Sephardic Jewish look, down to the extra-curly hair.

She was actually intrigued by the idea and was going to have a DNA test to find out. Her attitude was that it was possible that somewhere in her Sephardic Jewish ancestry there could have been some ancestry from Africa. Unfortunately, she had a massive CVA before she could get around to it.

Why didn't she have those moles removed from her face?

My favorite of Phoebe's: Harpo's Blues.

Like brown eyes, I believe our DNA defaults to African coding for detailing.

Aren't Jews at least part Middle Eastern? Maybe that's where the exotic look comes from?

How the HELL could you not tell she was white? You people are really racist.

One of the highlights of the 70s:

Verda Byrd, a 70-year-old Texas woman, found out only recently that she is white after having been raised by black adoptive parents. To me she doesn't look white, though.

Well I really guess it gives true meaning to the term jewfro.

Yes it does.

She sho was not conventionally attractive.

[quote]How the HELL could you not tell she was white? You people are really racist.

Oh, please. Give that shit a rest. Everybody thought she was black.

You think she got that "Different World" gig for being a white girl?

Love her. But I also always thought she was black.

[quote] Very sad but inspiring life story.

Why sad?

Her daughter

Truth...

Her Different World theme was much MUCH better than Aretha's.

She grew up next door to Beverly sills and would hear her doing scales. They both were on a talk show (merv?) And discussed the connection.