That’s because the general public wasn’t aware of the producers manipulating their own narrative. Reality TV wasn’t really a thing. There wasn’t nearly as much fabricated sensationalism.
@@Tmac_305without Ricki and others these basic ass celebs being handed talk shows wouldnt exist. Notice how none of the talk shows today are like this? You must be young.
@@60wwediva you literally just said "and others", but you were originally speaking about only Ricki Lake. You literally just switch the narrative, and then made a false assumption about me just to fit it!... You remind me of Ricki Lake, I see why you admire her so much, js. And Ricki was no more than a basic ass celebrity when she got gifted with a talkshow... And if I remember correctly, didn't her show get canceled and she had to make a comeback or something? (🙄Oh I forgot I must be young, nevermind)
Most of these shows were about race. But they never come up with a solution for the problems. They give those who have a certain view that's usually negative a platform. I glad these type of shows were canceled.
I did wonder...however...whether that gal was really a guy 🤔 (Either then & there. Or previously.) Coz there's s'thing about her frame, head-shape, posture & hand-size that screamed "big black man" to me.
@briannaje5419 you must come from a different background. Foundational Black Americans rarely have some some white people in our family. That is more common with the african and carribean
@@mikejones-wn1sw I can see how it may seem that way. Both of my parents, great grandparents, etc. are black. It just so happens that my father’s siblings married outside of their race making my cousins biracial. And my husband’s brothers married outside of their race. Making my nieces and nephews biracial. My mom and myself just so happen to be the black women/wives to black husbands.
I’m from Georgia and graduated HS in the late 90s. The fall after I graduated and started college, I got a part time job at a call center for credit cards. I sat next to a very pretty white lady, late 20s who was married to a black soldier and they had 2 kids. She told me how her entire family disowned her for marrying her husband. They had not seen her children, their grandchildren at all. I could tell she was hurt. I’ll just never forget that, but wasn’t surprised. Even in the 90s I remember white girls liking us black boys but it was always a secret. We could never tell anyone that we were messing around. We are friends on Facebook and she and her husband are still married and had 2 more kids. She posts a ton of pictures of her grandkids. You can tell she dotes on them, perhaps because of how she was treated. I don’t know if she patched things up with her side of the family though. I hope she did.
I also appreciated Rikki acknowledging that she was the only person in the audience brave and honest enough to admit her feelings, when there were others who agreed with what she said.
My mom is white and my stepdad is black. They've faced discrimination in their life together and have been together for 25 years. They're soulmates and perfect for each other. I have no point just sharing.
We have really been bamboozled about what racism really is. It’s more than just who likes who. A racist person can laugh and talk to people. I’ve seen them even have kids with the opposite race still practice racism. Happens every day. I have been called the N-word by white woman with a black stepdad and black children. Interracial sexual access does not mean you cannot be racist.. It’s all about the power to do what you want to group of people who you don’t like. These white women just happen to fall for Black men but honey they are many of the Karens today
The 35 year olds from back in the days compared to now are completely different looking I remember thinking 30 year olds were old lol and now I’m 34 and think I’m still young 😂😂😂😂😂
Everything was different back then. Not too much political correctness. One could speak their mind and be allowed to have an unpopular opinion. Now its all gestapo
LOVE THAT PART!!! She started bobbing her head, "it's okay girl, don't fight it, he's a good guy. I get it. "who's gonna toughen up the child . Greg will teach him love and that will make him a "strong" man!
And there lies one of the biggest problems blacks and whites face. The black woman expects to be treated equally and with kindness, yet the first chance she gets, she insults the white woman. Her comment was uncalled for and made with hatred in her voice. She treats people like crap and then wonders why they dislike her race. It's people like her, black and white, who keep the hatred going.
My husband is black and I have Hispanic kids people have look at us funny but don't bother me we all gods children my kids r Hispanic n white and r beautiful to me
I like how this was so much calmer than nowadays. We have lost the ability to calmly debate in today's time. There's nothing wrong with interracial relationships. Free your mind and the rest will follow. Be color blind. Don't be so shallow.
However... colour blindness is bad. That's delusional. Let's not pull that bs. We all see each other's skin tones and features. And if you are intelligent, they way different races are treated so... stop promoting delusion. And I would say that to anyone's face. Because that is what that is. That's fake.
@@TianaThompson90s 😂😂wordd those screens people are behind BIG PROTECTION LOOOL 😂 In real life you'll at least ATTEMPT to draft a better received message OR you will say what you saying knowing you can handle it if it comes to that lool
Bc they’re actors lol. Think about it…the show said that 3% of marriages at that time were interracial. Does it make sense that a randomly selected audience was 40% interracial daters?
Most likely they scouted for the audience to fit the shows topic. Ehich is normal for these types of show. For example some shows will have members in the audience that oppose esch others views, leading to a debate.@@KristinA-xv4yk
OMG I remember this was one of my shows I watched back in the day growing up. It's so crazy to re-watch this and see how different things were back in the 90's compared today. Wow makes me feel old 🤣
I wasn't necessarily referring to the dating outside of your race thing but the whole 90's in general. But I do think that interracial relationships are more accepted today than they were then. @@yagga8885
i remember watching the Ricki show as a teenager and LOVING IT, it always had interesting topics….Looking back now at these episodes it seems like a completely different world. like the twilight zone how much as changed since then and how much has remained the same. No one could get away w/ saying this stuff on tv now, BUT trust and believe that doesn’t mean it isn’t still being said in private regularly to this day. i have black children, 18 and 13. We still have a long way to go. but they saw this and they were laughing thinking it was a skit or something like ain’t no way this was regular ass tv in the 90’s and they weren’t “cancelled”. 😂
@@MsT_ThatsMe omg yes! all the stand up back then was stellar! i loved eddie murphy too. Then chris rock in the 90s….early 00s. i miss them days! lol 😂
Yeah. Shes part of the problem though. I do agree that I personally would never date interacially to have kids cause as a biracial person I can attest that life was hard growing uo but only because black people themselves were the most racist towards me, no other race.
@@60wwediva Just because you had a bad experience in the SMALL PART of this world we have, doesn't mean they represent ALL black people. Now it is YOU that is part of the problem.
@60wwediva my mom is biracial and also warns me about dating outside My race because of this, but in my opinion every race is treated unfairly and you have to teach them how to deal with it and be strong, not stop loving the person you love because you fear what others will do.
As someone who's been in a interracial relationship for over 20yrs my opinion is: I can never familiarise myself with anyone other than my partner regardless of their complexion, it's about knowing little things such as the mole on their arm etc that's what love is, being familiar with who your partner is not their complexion.
But their complexion is why you chose them. Be for real. Majority of "interracial relationships" are based off of fetishism. While the families are racist and perverted towards the person of the other race. Usually and always black. Period
As a teenager watching this back in the 90’s I remember being genuinely open mouthed watching this. The UK was totally not bothered about mixed marriages back then and we still aren’t. It’s heartbreaking to still read that there is such deep racial segregation in the USA. That’s one huge reason why Prince Harry’s marriage no one batted an eyelid. In fact not one person I know thought MM was mixed race. To call our nation and commonwealth racist is just mind blowing. It was the UK who actively called for the end of slavery and supported the civil rights movement. I just hope all of these families are now happy.
@@vivalaevaaa that’s awful. I guess I’m lucky living where I do. None of my friends or family have never experienced it but they have in other areas of the UK.
Think you would need to speak to the people of color. In reference to racism in UK. It can be complicated and often missed by those not of color. Simply because ppl of color are the intended target for racism and other racial microaggressions
I can't believe this was over 30 years ago. I used to attend tapings all the time. I loved that these topics were just as relevant then as they are now.....
She’s my great grandma, Laura is my moms momma.(also my grandma) and Marlene actually outgrew her racism when she passed away she wasn’t a racist women
@@Rae_Naeee I think people forget that our great grandparents were raised way differently than we were it’s not easy to do a full 360. We are lucky that she changed at all.
The girl in the denim dress and Black turtleneck top was so pretty and she’s right that women did not look 35 and kept insisting that she is “too young “ to be a grandma, that’s perhaps why she was being clowned
Too bad her nasty mouth proved that she may "look nice," but she is a rude, disrespectful person. It's none of her business or yours for that fact, how old the woman is, her age was not the topic of the discussion.
The girl in the denim dress came out talking about how it feels to get disapproving looks, treated poorly, and not being excepted then... says something hateful about someone's looks and their age. You have the right to feel the way you feel but... being mean and hateful totally washed out any point you were trying to make.
@@sherrimoon7732 lol oh please! The topic was about interracial relationships and she was sharing her experiences on that and also sharing her own individual opinion about the guests on the show and said that women did not look her age because she didn’t and you know that. 😂 it’s not “mean and hateful” it’s facts.
THE WAY how I looks at this type of story I ALWAYS HAD VERY,VERY MUCH INDEED BELIEVES in dealing with the kinds of the peoples who are real good FOR ME.
There needs to be a “Where Are They Now” version of this episode of “The Ricki Lake Show.” I’d like to know how these couples turned out. I don’t get the feeling these relationship were ultimately successful. Not because they were interracial, but because there are other issues going on (like the young lady who was impregnated by her boyfriend who was in jail for a “violation.”)
I always thought that love is color blind! Not blind. I was brought up racist and yet I still loved my parents even though they were white and ignorant. I did not raise my children to be racist and my home was filled with love, laughter, joy, loyalty and a beautiful balance of a variety of different races of people and we were all so blessed to know and love them unconditionally and yes that love was equally returned. We were all made in the image of God. I can truly say I love God and all his children. Hate the sin, not the sinner.
I feel these women's pain. I grew up in the 1990s in suburban Atlanta and everyone told me as black man I should not date or marry outside the black race. Even in college my black parents and my little brother told me not to date or marry outside the black race. Bottom line it is not just white people who forbids family to marry outside their race.
I am married to a white man. However, avoiding your own race like this lady is doing is a sign of self hate or just trying to piss off your parents. She fetishes black men that's why she will not date white men. There's a big difference between not discriminating and dating interracial only because you hate members of your race
For real, my dad is black and his family told him not to bring white girls around, also in Atlanta in the very early 90s. He still made a family with my mom, but white and black people didn't like seeing them together
This mother's honesty is refreshing. One might not agree with her views, but parents for millennia have had strong opinions about the relationships of their children. I wouldn't marry a girl whose parents were dead set against us. Too toxic, and not worth it.
@@Confessions089 The problem will remain if they are close together. Because over the phone you fan hear them talking down on you and what will happen on visits. The person who has a toxic family need to tell them that its or they change or he/she wont allow this negativity in his/her life anymore. Its nightmare and will bring to many argument with ppl like this
It doesn't matter if your parents like or dislike your partner. They picked their partner and therefore you need to pick who makes you happy. It's your life and you are the ones making your own life together. If your parents don't like it too bad, at some point you have to grow up and make your own decisions for your adult life. You can't be a child forever.
@@JulieT.. it is very true but unfortunately many adults have not grow up and because they stick to their mommy it becomes very toxic Like living in a threesome household even when they live far away
They need to bring back Ricki Lake. She was the only host that was empathic/gentle towards her guests and put the audience in their place if they crossed the line/was disrespectful
If they did this show topic today, year 2023, the people on here would've been CANCELLED or fired from their jobs for being racist. 😅 this is what I liked about the 90s, people with different viewpoints could talk on a public platform and wouldn't have to worry about being attacked by the public for having differing (at times hurtful or conflicting) opinions.
@naev.3344 na today Foundational Black Americans would agree we should seperate. Integration was a detriment to our people. We are not our elders who fell for this set up. It is white people who make consistent commercials of biracial families. We do not promote that. It has never been a benifit for our people to have children with an open enemy such as Caucasians and the honorary whites from the rest of the world. We do not promote even having children with africans or asians etc. It is rare with our people to be with these people
@@mikejones-wn1swAbsolutely agree. We are continuously bombarded with interracial commercials with mixed children and degenerate filth in lyrics on mainstream radio for our children to hear. If you've noticed, there are also billboards popping up in white areas that talk about the dangers of opiod addiction and always use a black person's face, like they aren't the ones that have been addicted for decades. Same thing with billboards showing "pregnant and scared" and using a black woman's face. I'm sick of it. We have got to get something going that turns the tides to all of this backwards madness. Too many broken homes inflicting mental trauma on our children's minds.
The reason it impacts their jobs today is because it financially hurts the person being affected by racism and the company's brand. A racist person might be a leader at a company and refuse to higher women, poc or disabled ppl. That impacts ppl in that groups ability to make money even if they are qualified for the position. The comment loses customers if found to employ racist ppl as well as losses the ability to have a diverse workforce. Diversity matters in a workforce because has been proven statistically to generate better ideas, solutions, and innovation.
@@brespeed3633 i get what you are saying, as you are saying something the media states regularly about diversity in the workforce. However, I don't agree that a racist will not hire someone different. There are plenty of racist cooperations out here that don't mind using POC for labor or as clientele (for our hardearned money) but you won't see black or brown faces sitting at their private dinner table or hanging out with them after dark. A great example of this is the all the American wars leading up to WW2, blacks were fighting in the war alongside whites because they needed more bodies - all the while they were still lynching and barring blacks from whites only spaces. Blacks were American enough to fight in the army and pay taxes but not American enough to dance at the 50s sock hop with Johnny and Billy Jean. I do agree - You are right, the diversity did lead to some huge victories with black fighters like the Tuskegee Airmen changing the course of history but did it change the views of the racist? No. Imo at least it was no secret that someone was racist back then and that's better than someone smiling in your face pretending to like you when they are only tolerating you or using you as a token to fill some diversity quota.
The authenticity of this show is what is missing from television today
Yes. Exactly
Exactly
That’s because the general public wasn’t aware of the producers manipulating their own narrative. Reality TV wasn’t really a thing. There wasn’t nearly as much fabricated sensationalism.
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Actually these shows are fake. They are paid for content. It's entertainment
When Greg came out the door twirling…I lost it 😩😂
I thought he was gon start skipping across the stage😂😂
@@JuanMontefo 😂😂😂😂
@@JuanMontefo Gay!!
You can tell they just made that one up because they wanted to make it seem like it was some kind of equal treatment when its was a black female.
😂😂😂😂😂😂🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
Lol Ricki be running thru that crowd for them questions n reactions booooiii 😂
I thought I was the only one 🤣🤣
Her dress was so good and feminine.
THE 90S WAS WILD AF BUT ALSO AUTHENTIC AT THE SAME TIME 😂
hctiB, still better than the lame overrated 80's.
Aint nothing change
True. It was definitely wild l
@@akeelahtf9845 yes 😂
@@akeelahtf9845 Back then, we spoke our minds. We didn't care who we offended. As for me in 2024, I still don't care.
the ricki lake show is genius, thank God i grew up with it. still so relevant in 2023
Are you for real the woman is a NOBODY the show is a pile of garbage you need to get a life
No it's not 🤣🤣
@@Tmac_305without Ricki and others these basic ass celebs being handed talk shows wouldnt exist. Notice how none of the talk shows today are like this? You must be young.
@@60wwediva you literally just said "and others", but you were originally speaking about only Ricki Lake. You literally just switch the narrative, and then made a false assumption about me just to fit it!... You remind me of Ricki Lake, I see why you admire her so much, js. And Ricki was no more than a basic ass celebrity when she got gifted with a talkshow...
And if I remember correctly, didn't her show get canceled and she had to make a comeback or something? (🙄Oh I forgot I must be young, nevermind)
Most of these shows were about race. But they never come up with a solution for the problems. They give those who have a certain view that's usually negative a platform. I glad these type of shows were canceled.
“You raised her well” took me out 😂😂
Yes, that was a Great Comment! LOL
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@@onlyest3921 that one felt good lol 🤴🏾
I hollered! 😂
"Does he cheat on you?"
"..Yea.."
😂😂😂😂 I lost it
Right? And then she adds "and do I cheat on him?" People are crazy 😂
😂😂😂😂😂 hell no black ppl not putting up with that
🤣🤣, just 🗑️.
So did the entire audience 🤦🏿♀️
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The first mother looks like Hank Hill with Peggy Hill's hair.😂
Bisssh, im hollering😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂 please log off 😂😂😂😂
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Lololololol!!!!!😂😂😂😂
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8:25 those stirrup pants!!!! I used to wear those back in the mid 90’s as a kid 😅😂 ahhhhhhh the memories!!
I was looking at those too. OMG and they were green. So 1980s🤣🤣
When I think about being a kid in the 90s my heart aches 😢it was that good!!
I love that people were able to speak freely
This show would get cancelled in 2024. #rickilake📺 #jewishicon🔯 #nyc 🇺🇸
That's the Gen X era for you....and I love it.
Never forget there's only 1 political party that censors freedom of Speech.
No Biden at that time, no wokeness.
@@mistersaoco It was Clinton so were you a democrat then?
A great man once said be careful who you hate because the same people who you hate might end up in your family, through your children.
Chris Rock?
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That's a fact.
It's wrong to hate a human being because of the color of their skin in the first place.
Oh I felt this. My father once said, if you really love your kids like you say you do, you wouldn't given them the father you gave them
"you raised her well" she ate that upppp lmaooo
Facts 💯💯💯
“You raised her well.”
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I hollered at the comment.... Because it was a backhanded compliment at the mother. 😂😂😂
@@dehende073 b c
Nice comeback😂😂
I did wonder...however...whether that gal was really a guy 🤔
(Either then & there. Or previously.) Coz there's s'thing about her frame, head-shape, posture & hand-size that screamed "big black man" to me.
Epic comment! Worthy of the daily prize.🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
My family is like a buffet at this point. My sister in laws, aunts and uncles are black, white, hispanic, etc. I love them all.
@briannaje5419 you must come from a different background. Foundational Black Americans rarely have some some white people in our family. That is more common with the african and carribean
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@@mikejones-wn1sw I can see how it may seem that way. Both of my parents, great grandparents, etc. are black. It just so happens that my father’s siblings married outside of their race making my cousins biracial.
And my husband’s brothers married outside of their race. Making my nieces and nephews biracial.
My mom and myself just so happen to be the black women/wives to black husbands.
@@briannaje5419 I feel you, yea on average that's not common for us would you agree?
What's wrong with a Black man...... Black or white they are all human beings. It's all God's peoples 🙏.
Mannn ricki lake was hitting some conversational topics back in 90 that still happen to this day
The most shocking part of this show was those 2 grannies who said they were 35.😱
Oh wow I'm 36 and both of them look like my grandmother, wow! 😮
40 odd years ago this is how we expected to look when we got older 😂👀 thank goodness the world has changed
Thank goodness my generation is stuck in nostalgia… and we aren’t looking how these women were.
I still think it’s crazy that it was commonplace for 50 year olds to be great grandparents in the olden days
The other lady being 27 is a shocker too !
“Do he cheat”? Well yeah 😂😂😂😂 …. I hollered 😂
Same
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Dewayne had me bust out laughing. My coworkers looking at me like I lost my mind. It was the soul glo fro that did it to me.
Ricki Lake rocking that 90s Gwen Stefani look. 🎶 Don't speak, i know just what you're sayin'🎶
Don't tell cuz it hurts 😭
Great Show! What I like is that Rikki allows her audience to participate in the program.
So please just stop explaining 🎶 🎵
That hairstyle and dress were such a fashion craze in the 90s.
You and me we use to be together everyday together
"You don't look 35." Let's be real, she just said what all of us were thinking 😂
True but that was mean 🤦♀️
It was the old hairstyles
@@Aryantics 😂😂😂 screaming! 💀💀💀
Lmao! 😂😂😂😂
@@yagga8885 Good
I’m from Georgia and graduated HS in the late 90s. The fall after I graduated and started college, I got a part time job at a call center for credit cards. I sat next to a very pretty white lady, late 20s who was married to a black soldier and they had 2 kids. She told me how her entire family disowned her for marrying her husband. They had not seen her children, their grandchildren at all. I could tell she was hurt. I’ll just never forget that, but wasn’t surprised. Even in the 90s I remember white girls liking us black boys but it was always a secret. We could never tell anyone that we were messing around.
We are friends on Facebook and she and her husband are still married and had 2 more kids. She posts a ton of pictures of her grandkids. You can tell she dotes on them, perhaps because of how she was treated. I don’t know if she patched things up with her side of the family though. I hope she did.
And for the lady over here, “You ain’t 35 yrs.”
Best part of the episode 😂
Time stamp?
I loved that. Her whole attitude was like "I said what I said". 😝
@@007FusiionAround 37:20. Watch the remainder of the clip though because she repeats it again when the woman tries to get fresh with her.
😂😂😂😂😂 best part !
@@courtneypalmer53too bad the woman didn't get up and back hand her for saying that
I respect the honesty of the woman in the audience at 7:25. She made her point without being hateful.
100%.
Abso-bloody-lutely!!!
I also appreciated Rikki acknowledging that she was the only person in the audience brave and honest enough to admit her feelings, when there were others who agreed with what she said.
I hope her parents are proud of her . Although Tim sure her views have changed
@@CarysCreatesThingsQUINN 😅😮😮😢🎉😂❤😅😮😮😢🎉😂😅😅
Bring back Ricki Lake again. Pleeeease.
When the lady on the far right end said she is too young to be a Grandma and somebody said “you look like one” I died 😂 ⚰️
😂😂😂💀
Watching these again remind me of how good her show was.
That side eye Adrianne gave when asked to be in her wedding took me tf out!! 🤣😂🤣
35 back than looks a lot different than 35 today 😂😂😂😂
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I’m 34 and there ain’t no way I look like them
Im sayin!!!!
@@sjor3569 I’m saying!!! We staying youthful!!
Yeah, looks like 50
I would love to see an update on these people.
I don't want to see anything
@@Leeslaughtrgood for you
@@Leeslaughtr😂😂😂😂
@@Leeslaughtr😂😂😂
I agree.
I would like to know if they're still together
Hearing the say “shade” “tea” is so funny!!!
What are the new terms?
My good sis said you are not 35 took me out! 😂😂😂
We were all thinking it😂
This show was so out of pocket😂😂😂! Bring back this show and its audience!!😂
This show would get cancelled in a hot minute in 2024. Go Ricki! 😊
@tudormiller887 meh depends how it is executed.
all the PC answers.. pfft.
this show would be great rn lol..
Does he cheat on you?
"yeah" OMG, what I am watching?😂😂
They all probably doing better today
My mom is white and my stepdad is black. They've faced discrimination in their life together and have been together for 25 years. They're soulmates and perfect for each other. I have no point just sharing.
I guarantee he cheats on your mother and I have no doubt that he moved into her house and she provides for him🤣🤣🤣
@@iwashere5956 wow. What a gross comment. And so far from the truth.
@@thejanitor769 🤣🤣🤣sure it is
@@iwashere5956 you want a juice box, little boy? Go play in the sandbox alone because you have no friends. Aww, how pathetic.
Stepdad is dumb. He should never be with your mother. He should have been with a African/Black woman. Dumb shit
Love how authentic this show is!!!! Miss it
“…I don’t think you’re 35” 😂😂😂 neither do we sis, neither do we.
😂😂😂😂
She looks 42. Or may be for us the say "Black don't crack" , Sorry if you are 38.
@@joycekisamo4896 True! lol she actually looks about 50
Greg is ZESSSSTYYYY
Greeeeegggggg! That walk had all the sauce it needed yes baby!
Sauce sounds about right, otherwise, quite indescribable..
“Where’s the sheet with holes?”😭😂😂 Get out.
We have really been bamboozled about what racism really is. It’s more than just who likes who. A racist person can laugh and talk to people. I’ve seen them even have kids with the opposite race still practice racism. Happens every day. I have been called the N-word by white woman with a black stepdad and black children. Interracial sexual access does not mean you cannot be racist.. It’s all about the power to do what you want to group of people who you don’t like. These white women just happen to fall for Black men but honey they are many of the Karens today
Absolutely.
facts
Yes this is soooo TRUE 👍
I've also seen this happen with white women who marry Hispanic men.
@@victoryvencesit works both ways.....stop pointing fingers at whitey. Especially in 2023!
They are the worst, like cynthia g says throwbacks
Awww Greg is so sweet 🥹 I mean real sweet, not 2024 sweet 😊I like how he also asks the cousin to be in their wedding
So true! He’s sweet, like fruit almost..
The 35 year olds from back in the days compared to now are completely different looking I remember thinking 30 year olds were old lol and now I’m 34 and think I’m still young 😂😂😂😂😂
Exactly 😂😂
Too much sun or she was lying about her age (she looked 45)
@kitkat3155 I hear white people age different.
@@sulite79 they do but not to that extent usually
I’m 36 and still think I’m very much young 😭
Greg is adorable!!😂 she can’t even say no to him😂 it’s like saying no to a baby🤣👌
Ur pretty fine yo damn self!
He sounds like he plays for the other team, 💅
@@mark84g5I live in NYC and have met very effeminate straight men. All kinds of people exist in this big world.
@@simpleplanfan011 preach
You raised her well 😂. BM were the best options for them. They treated them right 🤣
The glory days of good day time talk shows!!!
only in your dreams get a life
Good old Franklin his name speaks volumes
Ricki Lake, wow! This takes me back to high school. This has to be at least 30 years old.
Yes that show is old but still good 👍
Everything was different back then. Not too much political correctness. One could speak their mind and be allowed to have an unpopular opinion. Now its all gestapo
LOVE THAT PART!!!
She started bobbing her head, "it's okay girl, don't fight it, he's a good guy. I get it. "who's gonna toughen up the child . Greg will teach him love and that will make him a "strong" man!
YOU DON'T LOOK 35!😂😂
And there lies one of the biggest problems blacks and whites face. The black woman expects to be treated equally and with kindness, yet the first chance she gets, she insults the white woman. Her comment was uncalled for and made with hatred in her voice. She treats people like crap and then wonders why they dislike her race. It's people like her, black and white, who keep the hatred going.
And she told not one lie.
That black woman don't look 36. Lmao I'm 40 and I could pass for her daughter LmAO.
My husband is black and I have Hispanic kids people have look at us funny but don't bother me we all gods children my kids r Hispanic n white and r beautiful to me
My husband and I have been married for 44 years. We are Black and Hispanic.
In the hispanic world, there is no such thing as black. We come in all colors.
Hispanic isn't a race. So is it an interracial relationship ?
@@323aztecaIf there's no such thing as black, in Hispanic culture, then there's no such thing as White either.
@@tudormiller887 exactly, there is not. Not the way its discussed in the divisive racist media. No such thing.
What do you like about him ?
The 90s hairstyles are giving me life and I must say; Men in the 90s looked so good, like HANDSOME HANDSOME.
I like how this was so much calmer than nowadays. We have lost the ability to calmly debate in today's time. There's nothing wrong with interracial relationships. Free your mind and the rest will follow. Be color blind. Don't be so shallow.
That was because politics and legislation were not so much of an issue.
Because people are in each other's faces 😂😂😂 it's easy to talk in a bad way when the majority of the debates happen online. You get real slick online.
However... colour blindness is bad. That's delusional. Let's not pull that bs. We all see each other's skin tones and features. And if you are intelligent, they way different races are treated so... stop promoting delusion. And I would say that to anyone's face. Because that is what that is. That's fake.
@@Laura-sg6ssexactly 💯
@@TianaThompson90s 😂😂wordd those screens people are behind BIG PROTECTION LOOOL 😂 In real life you'll at least ATTEMPT to draft a better received message OR you will say what you saying knowing you can handle it if it comes to that lool
I'm not trying to be mean but does anybody remember in the 90s Ricki Lake was considered fat? It's weird now she just looks normal and super cute ❤
Yes, I remember that and it's a shame she was put down for her weight.
I always thought she was really, really pretty.
No, Ricky was a fat teen actress. She had lost weight before the talk show.
This was after Ricki got down to a healthier weight; she was much heavier when she was in her early 20's
Yes, I remember!
This world would be a better place if we all can just get along.
Exactly ❤
@@Carolina_Panthers145 It's not possible. Conflict is needed for balance
That's the talk show brings me back to my elementary school memories ❤❤❤🩷💕🩷💕🩷💕🩷💕🩷💕❤️
Damn, what a garbage ass thing to watch in your formative years.
Mee too 90s miss this decade❤
Thank you so much for uploading this full episode, much appreciated. ❤
No problem, thanks for watching ❤
@@TalkShowRewind your welcome have a good night 😴
Can we talk about how ABSOLUTELY Gorgeous the “friends “ are at the end of this episode??
Bc they’re actors lol. Think about it…the show said that 3% of marriages at that time were interracial. Does it make sense that a randomly selected audience was 40% interracial daters?
Most likely they scouted for the audience to fit the shows topic. Ehich is normal for these types of show. For example some shows will have members in the audience that oppose esch others views, leading to a debate.@@KristinA-xv4yk
The days of the talk show are sorely missed😢😢
Say what you want about GREG . He won Adrienne's heart ❤ right there on the stage
I was thinking the same thing Greg is not a bad dude at all
This was scripted girl.
@@theanalqueenno it wasn’t I was in the audience
@@theanalqueen😂
@@Dideeeee You realize what scripted means right? They tell you what to say and how to act. Jerry Springer, Maury, ect are scripted..
Man, I wish this show was longer. I lost it when that lady said the other one didn’t look 35 🤣
The 90s press n curl! ❤🥰🥰🥰
That was my go to style😂
Curly perm miss them
And those badly blended weaves. 😂
@@mykoniichistorychannelwhy are black men so obsessed with weave? So weird.
@@jesusisapiscesthank you, very weird lol
OMG I remember this was one of my shows I watched back in the day growing up. It's so crazy to re-watch this and see how different things were back in the 90's compared today. Wow makes me feel old 🤣
and white parents still feel the same
Not very different to be honest
its basically the same.... folks still hate it.. they just silent about it.. @@yagga8885
I wasn't necessarily referring to the dating outside of your race thing but the whole 90's in general. But I do think that interracial relationships are more accepted today than they were then. @@yagga8885
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"you dont look 35!" im rolling because she is absolutely correct
I'm a young black man and content like this tickles me a lot 😂😅
No, seriously '90s were crazy time
@@loversaregoingbacktogether7745 oh 👎
“You don’t look 35.” 😂😂😂
Thank you for the “making the apple rot” comment.. her shirt was driving me INSANE the entire episode!!
Thank you Ricki lake.I remembered watching your show in 1990 s and I was still in my junior high school
My family is mixed race and multicultural and I love it. We’re all happy and successful and we have grand babies who are mixed race ☯️
I haven't seen Ricki Lake in many of moons. Used to watch this show all the time on cable TV 📺
To more full episodes 🙏🏽🥂
To more full episodes! 🥂
i remember watching the Ricki show as a teenager and LOVING IT, it always had interesting topics….Looking back now at these episodes it seems like a completely different world. like the twilight zone how much as changed since then and how much has remained the same. No one could get away w/ saying this stuff on tv now, BUT trust and believe that doesn’t mean it isn’t still being said in private regularly to this day. i have black children, 18 and 13. We still have a long way to go. but they saw this and they were laughing thinking it was a skit or something like ain’t no way this was regular ass tv in the 90’s and they weren’t “cancelled”. 😂
There are so many things people said and did on TV back in the day,. Remember Andre Dice Clay ?
Yep 😂 omg I’ll never forget 😮Jack and Jill went up the hill, both with a buck and a quarter. Jill came down with $2.50, that f’ing h@e 😂😂😂
@@MsT_ThatsMe omg yes! all the stand up back then was stellar! i loved eddie murphy too. Then chris rock in the 90s….early 00s. i miss them days! lol 😂
@@MsT_ThatsMe
Andrew Dice Clay
If your a caucasian women, you have BIRACIAL CHILDREN..and that's okay.
A caucasian women CANNOT birth black children,
Dang I feel so old lol, Ricki Lake was always my fave as well as Sally Raphael. Both legends ❤
Glad Ricki gave the 1 audience woman kudos for being both brave and honest
Yeah. Shes part of the problem though. I do agree that I personally would never date interacially to have kids cause as a biracial person I can attest that life was hard growing uo but only because black people themselves were the most racist towards me, no other race.
@@60wwediva Just because you had a bad experience in the SMALL PART of this world we have, doesn't mean they represent ALL black people. Now it is YOU that is part of the problem.
@@60wwediva if she's part of the problem then so are you... you're literally agreeing with her.
@@60wwedivaPeople who invalidate your experience don't like the fact that black people can be racist themselves.
@60wwediva my mom is biracial and also warns me about dating outside My race because of this, but in my opinion every race is treated unfairly and you have to teach them how to deal with it and be strong, not stop loving the person you love because you fear what others will do.
I want an update on the black girl with the gay guy and how her sister told you so moment 😂😂😂!!! Pulleasseee😂😂😂
I literally just Google their names lolol nothing! I need updates!
@@winterqueenkelprobably because his name isn’t Greg anymore 😂
@@Ishbikes😂
"You don't look 35!" took me out! 😂😂😂💀💀💀
As someone who's been in a interracial relationship for over 20yrs my opinion is: I can never familiarise myself with anyone other than my partner regardless of their complexion, it's about knowing little things such as the mole on their arm etc that's what love is, being familiar with who your partner is not their complexion.
Same here happily married for 20 years 3:beautiful children 19 year old twins and 16 year old
One human race. Interace is cats and human
please don't act like an idiot, i'm sure you're fully understanding of what the comment and video are referring to.
@@princessprincess7708
But their complexion is why you chose them. Be for real. Majority of "interracial relationships" are based off of fetishism. While the families are racist and perverted towards the person of the other race. Usually and always black. Period
@@princessprincess7708my ancestors says different!!!
Classic 90’s hairstyles! Love it!
We’ve come a long way. 😂😂
@@mykoniichistorychannel yes we have my friend! However I’m still rocking the big hair! 😂
"What do like about him" ? "Everything" "Everything" 😂
As a teenager watching this back in the 90’s I remember being genuinely open mouthed watching this. The UK was totally not bothered about mixed marriages back then and we still aren’t. It’s heartbreaking to still read that there is such deep racial segregation in the USA. That’s one huge reason why Prince Harry’s marriage no one batted an eyelid. In fact not one person I know thought MM was mixed race. To call our nation and commonwealth racist is just mind blowing. It was the UK who actively called for the end of slavery and supported the civil rights movement.
I just hope all of these families are now happy.
As a black woman from the uk, 40 years old… this comment is 🧢
@@simone6803 depends where you came from, I suppose.
I’m sorry but with many friends and family members living in the UK I can say that prejudice in the UK is rampant.
@@vivalaevaaa that’s awful. I guess I’m lucky living where I do. None of my friends or family have never experienced it but they have in other areas of the UK.
Think you would need to speak to the people of color. In reference to racism in UK. It can be complicated and often missed by those not of color. Simply because ppl of color are the intended target for racism and other racial microaggressions
I can't believe this was over 30 years ago. I used to attend tapings all the time.
I loved that these topics were just as relevant then as they are now.....
Guest on Ricki Lake show they probably doing better today
RICKI LAKE TALK SHOW: 90’s:
Ricki Lake has the grooviest theme show opening 🎵 🎼 🎶 love the drums and that funky bass guitar!
“You don’t look 35❕”
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I’m 35😂😂😂
Even Ricki had to laugh at that lol
The lady said if she’s prejudice then so be it. As a man of color I applaud her. Own it.
I prefer my racists out and proud cause I can do the same thing but more rude.
I was very confused about the entire audience applauding that statement.
She’s my great grandma, Laura is my moms momma.(also my grandma) and Marlene actually outgrew her racism when she passed away she wasn’t a racist women
@@marleehinkle Good for her but it’s sad she waited so long to make that change
@@Rae_Naeee I think people forget that our great grandparents were raised way differently than we were it’s not easy to do a full 360. We are lucky that she changed at all.
The girl in the denim dress and Black turtleneck top was so pretty and she’s right that women did not look 35 and kept insisting that she is “too young “ to be a grandma, that’s perhaps why she was being clowned
Too bad her nasty mouth proved that she may "look nice," but she is a rude, disrespectful person. It's none of her business or yours for that fact, how old the woman is, her age was not the topic of the discussion.
I swear I thought she was in her 50s. There’s no way she’s near my age.
@@dewilew2137 insane lol
The girl in the denim dress came out talking about how it feels to get disapproving looks, treated poorly, and not being excepted then... says something hateful about someone's looks and their age. You have the right to feel the way you feel but... being mean and hateful totally washed out any point you were trying to make.
@@sherrimoon7732 lol oh please! The topic was about interracial relationships and she was sharing her experiences on that and also sharing her own individual opinion about the guests on the show and said that women did not look her age because she didn’t and you know that. 😂 it’s not “mean and hateful” it’s facts.
THE WAY how I looks at this type of story I ALWAYS HAD VERY,VERY MUCH INDEED BELIEVES in dealing with the kinds of the peoples who are real good FOR ME.
There needs to be a “Where Are They Now” version of this episode of “The Ricki Lake Show.” I’d like to know how these couples turned out. I don’t get the feeling these relationship were ultimately successful.
Not because they were interracial, but because there are other issues going on (like the young lady who was impregnated by her boyfriend who was in jail for a “violation.”)
I always thought that love is color blind! Not blind. I was brought up racist and yet I still loved my parents even though they were white and ignorant. I did not raise my children to be racist and my home was filled with love, laughter, joy, loyalty and a beautiful balance of a variety of different races of people and we were all so blessed to know and love them unconditionally and yes that love was equally returned. We were all made in the image of God. I can truly say I love God and all his children. Hate the sin, not the sinner.
Yes😊
Some how ended up on rickitube 😂 im here for it 😂
i love how even tho the girls were arguing they were smiling and being goofy
People take themselves so seriously anymore
Mannnnnn…….the nostalgia of watching ricki lake 🤣☠️🤣☠️
Watching from Johannesburg South Africa 🌍🌍🌍🌍
I feel these women's pain. I grew up in the 1990s in suburban Atlanta and everyone told me as black man I should not date or marry outside the black race. Even in college my black parents and my little brother told me not to date or marry outside the black race. Bottom line it is not just white people who forbids family to marry outside their race.
💯👌🏾 I'm East Africa I can't date or marry West Africa my family would be mad
I am married to a white man. However, avoiding your own race like this lady is doing is a sign of self hate or just trying to piss off your parents. She fetishes black men that's why she will not date white men. There's a big difference between not discriminating and dating interracial only because you hate members of your race
For real, my dad is black and his family told him not to bring white girls around, also in Atlanta in the very early 90s. He still made a family with my mom, but white and black people didn't like seeing them together
Poor franklyn
SPEAK!!!!
It would be interesting to know whether these individuals are still together now, furthermore, how life planned out for them.
Me too. We need ALL the follow ups🤌🏿
I agree 💯. I bet half of them probably not together today
They are not ..this is Franklin wife lol ..
“You don’t look 35”!! 😂😂😂
I loooooved watching this show when I was younger ...
This mother's honesty is refreshing. One might not agree with her views, but parents for millennia have had strong opinions about the relationships of their children. I wouldn't marry a girl whose parents were dead set against us. Too toxic, and not worth it.
Me neighter..... I think it's ok to just date in their own community.... I'm Black
Yeah I agree with you on that. If their family don't like you then it's not worth it. Unless you move far away from them and live your own lives.
@@Confessions089 The problem will remain if they are close together. Because over the phone you fan hear them talking down on you and what will happen on visits. The person who has a toxic family need to tell them that its or they change or he/she wont allow this negativity in his/her life anymore. Its nightmare and will bring to many argument with ppl like this
It doesn't matter if your parents like or dislike your partner. They picked their partner and therefore you need to pick who makes you happy. It's your life and you are the ones making your own life together. If your parents don't like it too bad, at some point you have to grow up and make your own decisions for your adult life. You can't be a child forever.
@@JulieT.. it is very true but unfortunately many adults have not grow up and because they stick to their mommy it becomes very toxic
Like living in a threesome household even when they live far away
They need to bring back Ricki Lake. She was the only host that was empathic/gentle towards her guests and put the audience in their place if they crossed the line/was disrespectful
"Oh wow, you raised her well." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I know that's right!
If they did this show topic today, year 2023, the people on here would've been CANCELLED or fired from their jobs for being racist. 😅 this is what I liked about the 90s, people with different viewpoints could talk on a public platform and wouldn't have to worry about being attacked by the public for having differing (at times hurtful or conflicting) opinions.
@naev.3344 na today Foundational Black Americans would agree we should seperate. Integration was a detriment to our people. We are not our elders who fell for this set up. It is white people who make consistent commercials of biracial families. We do not promote that. It has never been a benifit for our people to have children with an open enemy such as Caucasians and the honorary whites from the rest of the world. We do not promote even having children with africans or asians etc. It is rare with our people to be with these people
@@mikejones-wn1swAbsolutely agree. We are continuously bombarded with interracial commercials with mixed children and degenerate filth in lyrics on mainstream radio for our children to hear. If you've noticed, there are also billboards popping up in white areas that talk about the dangers of opiod addiction and always use a black person's face, like they aren't the ones that have been addicted for decades. Same thing with billboards showing "pregnant and scared" and using a black woman's face. I'm sick of it. We have got to get something going that turns the tides to all of this backwards madness. Too many broken homes inflicting mental trauma on our children's minds.
Agree. Today the speech police is on everybody's mouth
The reason it impacts their jobs today is because it financially hurts the person being affected by racism and the company's brand. A racist person might be a leader at a company and refuse to higher women, poc or disabled ppl. That impacts ppl in that groups ability to make money even if they are qualified for the position. The comment loses customers if found to employ racist ppl as well as losses the ability to have a diverse workforce. Diversity matters in a workforce because has been proven statistically to generate better ideas, solutions, and innovation.
@@brespeed3633 i get what you are saying, as you are saying something the media states regularly about diversity in the workforce. However, I don't agree that a racist will not hire someone different. There are plenty of racist cooperations out here that don't mind using POC for labor or as clientele (for our hardearned money) but you won't see black or brown faces sitting at their private dinner table or hanging out with them after dark. A great example of this is the all the American wars leading up to WW2, blacks were fighting in the war alongside whites because they needed more bodies - all the while they were still lynching and barring blacks from whites only spaces. Blacks were American enough to fight in the army and pay taxes but not American enough to dance at the 50s sock hop with Johnny and Billy Jean.
I do agree - You are right, the diversity did lead to some huge victories with black fighters like the Tuskegee Airmen changing the course of history but did it change the views of the racist? No. Imo at least it was no secret that someone was racist back then and that's better than someone smiling in your face pretending to like you when they are only tolerating you or using you as a token to fill some diversity quota.
My goodness. I'm 34 and I wouldn't want to be a grandma at this age 😮
I love rickis hair 😍I want mine like that 😩🖤🖤🖤🖤