17 Celebrities You Didn’t Think Were Black - Page 17
Race can be a tricky thing in America—especially if you’re unarmed, Black, and in the presence of police. And while how people racially self-identify can be equally tricky, there are a number of celebrities you didn’t think were Black due to their ambiguous ethnicity.
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It makes for an interesting dialogue about race and culture. Hit the jump to take a look at 17 celebrities you didn’t think were Black.
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Soledad O’Brien
There’s a reason O’Brien regularly hosted CNN’s Black In America. She’s has Afro-Cuban and Australian heritage.
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Pete Wentz
Fun fact: this Fall Out Boy vocalist has a Jamaican paternal grandmother.
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Adriana Lima
The woman who was once the America’s most famous virgin is part African, West Indian, Japanese and Portuguese heritages.
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Derek Jeter
The former Yankee captain’s mother is white, and his father is Black.
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Vin Diesel
The action star is Black, Italian, and what he refers to as “a lot of other things.”
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Kris Humprhies
We know Humphries is half Black, half white, and fully anti-Kardashian.
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Slash
The famous Guns ‘N’ Roses guitarist is Black and Caucasian.
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
The Rock honors his Black and Samoan heritage.
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Nicole Richie
While Richie is known as the adopted daughter of Lionel and Brenda Richie, her biological parents are Mexican, African-American, Louisiana Creole, and distant English
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Rosario Dawson
Dawson’s mother is Afro-Cuban.
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Jennifer Beals
The star of Flashdance and The L Word is Black and Irish.
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Wentworth Miller
Miller’s multiethnic background is a portion of Afro-Jamaican, Dutch, French, Swedish, Lebanese/Syrian, Austrian, and Polish descent.
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Maya Rudolph
SNL alum Rudolph is the daughter of Black R&B star Minnie Riperton and her white husband Richard Rudolph.
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Daniel Sunjata
The Rescue Me actor identifies as African-American, Irish and German.
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Gabrielle Reece
Reece’s father was Afro-Trinidadian, which would make her about one-eighth black.
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Jessica Szohr
The former Gossip Girl star has white and African-American ancestry.
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Colin Kaepernick
San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick has a Black father, and a white mother.
