Some say because she sounded "white" meaning she wasn't singing soul but more pop but thats bs.Plenty of black artists in the 1980's Janet,Michael,Prince were singing straight pop but never got booed but then again this was 1989 not 1985,1989 is when new jack swing was popular so I think maybe the booing had to do with the backlash of Whitneys second album.She met Bobby that same night and in 1990 released "I'm your baby tonight" but I think that booing is what destroyed her and is keeping her on drugs and I think that event has hurt her more than anything in her life.I went on a prince forum and the people hate Whitney they probably the same type of people that booed her because she sang ballads no funk or soul in it.Thats why I think the 1980's was a bad decade.Did people in the 80's ever say she sounded "white" or something I heard disc jockeys say or random people.