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2015 US Open Celebrity Sightings - Day 9

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#CelebritiesOnlyBlackPeopleKnow went viral as the black community discussed all of our favorite actors from 1990s biopics, TV shows and black movie classics.

I love when #BlackTwitter comes together to laugh. It’s like, a digital version of your family reunion with hashtags and retweets as your potato salad and cornbread.

Exhibit A: Leon Robinson. The indisputable star of The Temptations (because nobody was coming to see Otis). 

I’m mean he’s totally A-List in our heads.

Here are some more examples:

When they did this change up on My Wife And Kids we were like, okay is this Aunt Viv part II?

We are still crying over this Soul Food moment:

Guilty, we still get Kym and Jackee confused:

*Sings* They don’t know, abouttttt ussss

Do you beauties have anyone else to add?

 

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