mahree bok
i don't understand where you get your information but the movie "The Color of Friendship" is based on a trur story of Piper Dellums family hosting Mahree Bok from South Africa, Dundee to be more exact. back in 1977 when apartheid was in it's threshold. now i've heard that mahree bok name is apparently fictional and her real name was Carrie but last name unkown. i don't know if and how far California Congressman Ronald V. Dellums of Oakland had to do with the free elections of 1994, but i've done my research and have found out that Mr. Nelson Mandela did little to nothing to prevent apartheid. i've heard too many ins and outs. what's the bottom line, is Mahree Bok real or a fictional character? if her real name is or was Carrie, who is or was she? i suppose Steven Biko was also fictional, i don't think so, his name relates to apartheid and south africa. he was apparently beaten to death by the south african police and i also read where Mahree Bok may have also been beaten to death for her involement with the Dellums family. i was watching an interview with the real Ronald V. Dellums on live video and i don't remember the journalists name who conducted the interview but the question was asked about Mahree Bok, and former congressman Dellums was unable to eleborate, he just said he doesn't know of Mahree Boks whereabouts or if she's still alive, even his daughter Piper doesn't know Mahree's fate at this time, the Dellums family broke ties with Mahree in 1980. since then Ronlad Dellums and his wife Leola "Roscoe" Dellums have divorced in 1998, Piper is an accomplished producer/writer and residing in southern california and i've tried dilegently to contact one of the Dellums family on Mahree's fate, no response as yet, this movie has mad my wife and me quite angry and not with the way Walt Disney Productions made it but the way Mahree reacted with the Dellums family until she fully understood them. she was the one who broke the first knot by requesting Roscoe the mother that she would like to stay with them. these 2 youg ladies fast became like sisters and i was so happy and proud to be an american when Piper accepted her like her own sister. the bottom line with apartheid? IT STINKS FROM THE HEAD LIKE A DEAD FISH!
this response to you isn't to mock you it's just i've done extensive research and there's still too many unanswered questions about Mahree. the world many never know unless someone goes to dundee, south africa and finds out personally. i would like to go there myself but am afraid of what i might see, i know there's sporatic parts of the country where it still exists. i've 3 friends from south africa who i recently contacted and they've all confirmed, apartheid is still existing sporatically. 1st is from Johannessburg, 2nd is from Durban, and the 3rd is from of course, Dundee, and they all agree with me, the movie may be fictional as far as the characters, but the whole plot is true. they've all invited my wife and me to their homeland but my wife is uncomfortable with the situation there. i really wonder if apartheid will really seize to exist. this movie is fantabulous but sad as well, and my wife and i both cried in certain parts of the movie. my wife and i never liked Nelson Mandela. who's their leader now?
thank you
thomas
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