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The President and First Lady
The Obamas have raised the bar for Black love. Long before this couple resided at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, they were breaking down barriers individually and collectively. From Mrs. Obama’s awe-inspiring story of taking a chance on a funny-named intern to the way the Commander-in-Chief looks at his better half, this couple reminds us that beside every great man, there definitely is a great woman.
Meet the 22 other couples that made our list of Black power couples to watch.
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For those saying that Pres. Obama is not black, may I remind you that his father was a black African man, not mixed at all. That makes him a black man. His mother genes must have been really strong to give him that light complexion but he is as African American as any other in this country. His name alone should tell you how African he is. So next time people please get your facts straight and do your research. Please leave this man alone and let him do his best to get us out of this mess that George Bush left us in.
Posted at 2:43PM on October 30th 2009 by just concern
I clearly says: "Meet the 22 other couples that made our list of Black power couples to watch". It also states "The Obamas have raised the bar for Black love".
Posted at 1:04PM on October 16th 2009 by Proudly mixed black idenity!
Eddie and Taj don't have any real power, come on now they are both has beens
Posted at 8:20AM on October 16th 2009 by Haveityourway
I'm amazed at all the comments regarding "race" rather than the couples themselves. It's funny how we spend so much time on race rather than looking at the bigger picture. The title states "Power Couples on the Move" not Black Power Couples on the Move. How about we congratulate them on their efforts of making their union work regardless of race. Can we stay on track and comment about the Power Couples and not their race, or how stupid you think one is for staying committed to her union even though it was once broken by her husband. And for those that want to complain about Essence selling out, you can solve your own problem by not logging on to their site or purchasing their magaizine. They're not begging you to read what they've printed, it's you who made the choice to read. These are just my thoughts....onelove!
Posted at 2:33AM on October 16th 2009 by yjonas
Reggie bush is sooo cute! Why are these Kardisneen girls taking all the black men? And why do they date and marry them? They take all their money!!!!
Posted at 6:21PM on October 15th 2009 by Liz
The title is called Power Couples on the Move, not Black Power Couples on the Move (its assumed anyway as this story is on the Essence website). Who gives a damn if Robin Thicke isn't black, the article is talking about COUPLES!!! And they couldn't list everyone!
Posted at 5:56PM on October 15th 2009 by BRANDI
It saddens me to see that people are soley focused on race regarding this article. I thought it was titled, "Power Couple on the Move" - but maybe I'm missing something. I am also sadden to see that Bill & Camille, Denzel & Paula are not listed as well.
Posted at 8:25AM on October 15th 2009 by Joycelyn
It's just so sad that our Ancestor of yesterday that were brought over here of pure African heritage had their blood spoiled and tampered with and today have such identiy struggles within their own culture. Yet society will force justification and reasoning for this wrong doing and Blacks of today are still tortured by this seed that was planted in a community years ago!!! We find scriptures to quote to try and satify wasteful anger from a platform that was already set years ago!! A DIVIDED CULTURE! It's another set up to erase a race that God himself has created! Man's lust and lonelyness will not allow us to see what evils we are causing upon one another and it's genocide!! Genocide takes on many forms and it seems as though we are tangled up in it!!! Not a parinod statement, but a concern growing matter in a seemed to be lost community!!!
Posted at 11:34AM on October 14th 2009 by yo!
Hasn't it always been that you are identified as being black if you have any amount of African or African American blood or heritage? During slavery, were the people who were born having a African mother and a white father allowed to drink from the same fountain as white persons? No, we of black heritage have to realize that we are a race of people who have today become a race of mixtures. How many of us are of pure African heritage living in America today?
Posted at 11:51PM on October 13th 2009 by Proudly mixed black idenity
It does say that this is a list of "Black" power couples to watch, but why is it that some people feel that because you are half or a percentage white or another race you are not considered black? What does it really matter anyway? There are many mixtures of races in the United States today. What does it matter that President Obama, Boris Kodjoe, Nicole Ari Parker, Mariah Carey, Paula Patton and Kimora Lee Simmons are of mixed races. Probably Atty. Holder and his wife, Tonya Lewis, Beyonce' and many other black people in America have a percentage of two or more races.
Posted at 11:50PM on October 13th 2009 by Proudly mixed black idenity