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    Laulau: I haven't watched the whole movie, so this is just based on the clips, but (a) I didn't see the culture clash between the (in herself quite awkward) D... more »
    PrisonBreakShaker: As some one who's BARELY multi-racial, VERY fair-skinned (and who's well aware that hair has been addressed a million times here on Jez), WHY DO PEOPL... more »
    dietgrrl: One of the girls in my psych class this year is a princess from Nigeria (if I recall correctly)...I kinda want to ask her about it, but it might seem ... more »
    KnickersFace: aha, I got confused when I read the title.. in my house, a Fufu was your ladybits. more »
    TheUptightMidwesterner: I just loved this show last night. I learned so much from it and I have been doing Wiki stuff all day about Ghana and chiefs, and Dickinson college an... more »
    AdleyClotho: It's crazy how this mirrors my experience, even though my family is from Nigeria. My mother and I are currently having major clashes because I'm about... more »
    Lana Leigh loves Meryl Streep: Her and her roommate seem close (and a total sweetheart) though. She's not a stranger and I'm sure Rocky didn't mind. "I do like to moisturize my fee... more »
    angelheadedhipster: Aww, the roommate scene was actually much sweeter than I thought it was going to be. more »
    PhillyLass: My mom cried like that when she dropped me off at school. But the culture clash in my case was white people from blue collar New Jersey town at bucoli... more »
    Mangoglutton: Ghanaian food hasn't really taken off in the US... I think that in part has to do with the consistency of Fufu, which has an acquired taste. more »
    IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: It must be some universal mom thing that makes them ask "What are they feeding you?". My mother did the same exact thing. Although instead of rice she... more »
    commieginge: Ok, the look on her mom's face in the last video, when she praises her food...aarrghhh so sweet. more »
    futuremouse: When my aunt met her freshman year college roommate for the first time, upon learning my aunt was jewish, the girl asked her where her horns were. Tr... more »
    ObtuseIntolerant: Go Lily Allen! Outgrowing your friends is hard...and it sounds lonely...but when you become more comfortable with yourself, it is harder to feel lonely. more »
    STICKSnSCONES: Pete Wentz I live in the Boogie Down and I am pretty sure that if the Bronx knew you, it wouldn't like you. So enough already. You gave your kid a stu... more »
  • #princessdiaries

    "Mom, You Think They're Giving Me Fufu At School?"

    The documentary Bronx Princess is all about culture clash. Rocky is a literal princess; her father is a chief in Ghana. We watch her take two journeys: her first trip to Africa, and Freshman year at couldn't-be-farther-from-the-Bronx college. More »
  • #dirtbag

    Britney On Hunger Strike?

    • Britney's big eff you to her (chef) dad: Skipping dinner: "Britney thinks that if she doesn't eat much she will lose weight, then people will notice," an insider says. [MSNBC]