Meeting Your White Boyfriend’s Family for the First Time - Marina Franklin

Marina Franklin recalls meeting her younger, white boyfriend’s family over the holidays and explains how Harlem has changed. (Contains strong language.)

Original Airdate: March 31, 2011

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[mikeCD]

She has an extremely expressive face. I feel like I'd be missing a lot if I just listened to the audio

[fuegodiego]

“He’s young and white so I’m also a black panther” 😂😂

[veerchasm]

She has great comic timing, love her use of uncomfortable pauses for effect. Can’t wait to see more of her comedy

[JampackGaming]

“They knew I was coming...they put their stuff away” that deserved more love 🤣🤣🤣

[sandradee]

That happened to me..I was 36..divorced black mom with 3 kids. ...he was 27, white single and no kids...I met his mom, she wanted cooking lessons, lol

[bigawesomewatermelon]

"I heard you're not supposed to do that"
That's so cute.

[sweettee]

"Do I have to explain why that was inappropriate?" 😂😂😂😂

[hospitalcleaner]

She keeps jumping between hood and awkward and I love it

[SpecialBeam]

So according to Google, Marina Franklin is currently 35. Description says this aired back in 2011 so she was 25/26 at the time. I HAD to look it up, because i'm over here like.. she does NOT look cougar age, at all lol.
But at the same time, if the boyfriend is like 18-21.. then yeah, I could understand her feeling that way.
I mean, I'm 27 myself and I don't know if I could see myself seriously dating anyone younger than like 22.

[Chrisslovessu]

“When the economy is bad I date white guys” lmao

[the_enamelator]

She says she's older but... She looks like 25?

[seonaidkabiah]

I'm not just a cougar, I'm a Black Panther 😂🖤

[mikeb]

She was genuinely funny.
I enjoyed her clever way of addressing issues.

[donteanderson]

There was an episode of Golden Girls about older Black woman dating Dorothy's younger White son --- episode was called "A Mixed Blessing".

[michelemiller]

She's really funny! I like how she plays with stereotypes & real situations. Like her younger white boyfriend being fascinated with her hair but didn't want to touch it, "No, I heard you're not supposed to do that!"

[blacclivesmatter]

She is dope.Something about her gives me Regina Hall vibes.

[WalrusJoy]

The delivery on "they comin'" was absolutely 👩🏾‍🍳👌🏾

[baby_ni_joonie]

In case you didn't get the wet hair joke, our hair shrinks when wet. Like really shrinks. Her hair being wet would be like one-third of its length.

[bruceburns]

I've never seen this woman before - she is fantastic!!

[bobtube]

That gentrification joke is so buried people probably didn't it. They coming...