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"Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies"

http://music.yahoo.com/news/whitney-houston-superstar-records-films-dies-005927033.html

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"The New York Times wrote that Houston "possesses one of her generation's most powerful gospel-trained voices, but she eschews many of the churchier mannerisms of her forerunners. She uses ornamental gospel phrasing only sparingly, and instead of projecting an earthy, tearful vulnerability, communicates cool self-assurance and strength, building pop ballads to majestic, sustained peaks of intensity."

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Her decision not to follow the more soulful inflections of singers like Franklin drew criticism by some who saw her as playing down her black roots to go pop and reach white audiences. The criticism would become a constant refrain through much of her career. She was even booed during the "Soul Train Awards" in 1989.

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"Sometimes it gets down to that, you know?" she told Katie Couric in 1996. "You're not black enough for them. I don't know. You're not R&B enough. You're very pop. The white audience has taken you away from them."

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Some saw her 1992 marriage to former New Edition member and soul crooner Bobby Brown as an attempt to refute those critics."

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. Rest in peace in God's love, wonderful and phenomenal Whitney Houston.

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Does the above text remind you of something? Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey? Too Black. Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr.? Not Black enough. Barack Obama? Un-ending bitter criticisms by his own people.

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No one is perfect. Let's take the good that each of our leaders has to offer and leave the bad, until the next one comes along (you maybe?) and tries to do better, if she can. It is okay to criticize, but it is NOT okay to undermine, sabotage, or destroy.

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Obama 2012! Let's Fall in Love/Do it Again.

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Sylvie