Ebony & Ivory: 8 Celebrities In Interracial Relationships You Might Not Have Known About

September 4th, 2012 - By Nicole Thompson

Love is blind. And, even if it wasn’t, it would welcome the differences that set people apart. Love acts independently of orientation, religious affiliation, gender, deformity, handicaps, weight, height, nationality and ethnicity. This sentiment is even shared in Hollywood. Some famous interracial couples are more popular than others, take for instance, Robin Thicke and Paula Patton, Iman and David Bowie, etc. So how about we direct some attention towards couples who are working in the background to keep their relationship working well? If you’re down, keep a-clickin’!

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Essence Atkins & Jamie Mendez

Best known for her roles as Yvette Henderson on “Smart Guy,” Dee Dee Thorne on “Half & Half” and Suzanne Kingston-Persons on “Are We There Yet?,” Essence Atkins married Jamie Mendez in 2009 after meeting him online through Match.com. Hey, who said online dating couldn’t yield great results? The two welcomed a son, Varro Blair Mendez, into their lives on December 25, 2011.

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  • 13jerimybyrd13

    The real issue is not about dating another race but are you giving back to your race once you obtain a certain level of success. We should only question race when we seek other races out of vain ego centered reason.

  • Primal fear

    I thought the articles was great and informing, it’s nice to know there are people who are out there that are obviously color blind. We need more people like this and the world would be better off for it. The people who are complaining about probably have a few issues they need to work out.

  • http://PolyKhromeGames.blogspot.com/ Brian Lockett

    All this article did was show a list of couples you might not have known were in an interracial relationship. It didn’t seek to:

    a) make a big deal about interracial relationships
    b) make some statement about interracial relationships
    c) make it seem like relationships of a homogenous “racial” nature are less noteworthy
    d) highlight interracial relationships as more special than any other relationship.

    While interracial relationships are more common today than ever before in the West, it’s still not the most common thing. Simply because this article is showing interracial relationship doesn’t mean we’re surprised about the nature of such relationships–it simply shows some relationships that might surprise some well-known here (like George Lucas, though I already knew that one). While it is more common nowadays, it’s still rather peculiar among are still largely homogenous societies, so >i>naturally, it’s interesting when we see it.

    I see some people complaining about this article, and yet, for some reason, they’re here anyways… Why? Simple curiosity. We were all curious learning something surprising about some people well-known people, and that’s brought us all here. Stop trying to make so much of a “moral” issue about it.

  • Lexie

    Not sure if this was mentioned but twins are determined by the woman. Sometimes she releases multiple eggs, resulting in maternal twins, sometimes an egg splits, resulting in identical twins. So Chambers being an identical twin has nothing to do with the fact that wifie had a set of twins.

    and yeah, we gotta get past the interracial bit. We have a whole host of other issues we need to bring awareness to.

  • Daina

    they keep promoting interracial couples why not show black couples or white couples It’s .

  • Milton 754

    All I can say is, OOOOOOKKKKKAAAAAYYYY.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1133843803 Travis Russell

    Most of America is color blind and care nothing about his. The only reason racism(a misnomer since we are all of the human race) is prevalent in our culture is because the media points it out.

    • http://PolyKhromeGames.blogspot.com/ Brian Lockett

      You forget the simple fact that there’s a lack of respect towards different cultures that contributes to persisting racism. Also, I would identify excessive pride of ethnicity as also being a contributing factor.

  • Robin

    The fact that Justin Chambers is a twin has absolutely nothing to do with his wife having twins. Twins happen one of two ways: Either she ovulates twice and both eggs are fertilized ( dizygotic twins) or her egg splits resulting in monozygotic (identical) twins. All he does is fire the shot. Now, his daughters may have a tendency to twin, but still he has nothing to do with it this time. Simple science.

  • Jake Kiloe

    why is this so important? inter racial relationships??? really??? so what, why is there a need to put an emphasis on the race of people who are in love??? do you really not have anything more important to write about???

  • realblackwoman

    I am sorry but why is this blog obsessed with the swirl? white websites aren’t concerned with you.So why are black magazines/ blogs so damn thirsty! If you like white peen go and get some but dont got to be singin about it from the rooftops

  • http://twitter.com/JA_beautyblog jamaicanbeautyblog

    I am so tired of “swirl” articles . Get over it the world is getting smaller let it go already its 2012 almost 2013. Move on smh. People are people

  • goo

    essence atkins marrying a hispanic man is not interracial more like intercultural…hispanic is not a race its a culture mixed with man different races…explaining her husbands mix of facial racial features.

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  • SighRN

    Not one of these couples is new..they have been well publicized; so I am not sure the reason for the re-play…nothing against them but I would like to see happy, thriving BLACK couples…the how, why , when they decided to get and STAY together.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001496807494 Rhonda Jackson-Duppins

    Thank God for the stereotypes about us Black women because we get more privacy! Yes, save the stories from the white magazines, they are none of your damn business anyway. We are priceless darling! Oh and we will get very physical if you step over the boundaries. Who would have “thunk” it?! YES!:)

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001496807494 Rhonda Jackson-Duppins

      Black women, you can love WHOEVER you so choose to ladies. Your love should not have a price tag attached to it because it is priceless. The world is who applies the price but you don’t have to be a victim of capitalism. People aim to make you feel bad for being assertive but don’t buy into their crap. I LOOVVE being an assertive women and I will not give up my power, that is why I am happy, it’s God-given Baby; and my husband LOOOVES IT! *fingers snapping*:)

  • http://www.chonilla.com/ Chonilla

    I am loving this #Chonilla love momevement… YEAH!

  • http://twitter.com/Fredweazy Fred

    Thats for others. I dont want that for myself. Im not into race mixing. I love my black women

  • KamJos

    Wow! George Lucas’s wife is stunning. How old is she?
    I didn’t know about Alfre Woodard. She is definitely low key.

  • Z

    Why do so many people criticize these types of articles? People need to relax. What’s wrong with interracial relationships? People are people and they can love who they want to. I love these articles. I think they’re great.

    • mrsgotrocks

      Do you feel the same about articles that feature Black couples? Just asking.

    • imadime

      i think you completely miss the point. i don’t believe the complaints are about interracial relationships, but why does there need to be “this week’s list of interracial relationships”??? what is so special about them? why can’t we all just be focused on love instead of whether or not someone’s partner is of the same race as them? it’s played out.

    • Nivek

      The true fact to any article is this, if you react to what is said, you give it power. If someone is called a niggar and reacts to it as to reply, you have given that person what they have been seeking( a reaction).If you simply ignored the word, the article, or whatever the case might be, there is no power to react to. Wake up people, you are human beings. Not just colors to be approved or disapproved of. Humans can never move ahead until they stop taking on the past. Remember it and learn from it, but never let it define who you are. The world needs more love, a place where a person can achieve his or her goals, a place where we better the future, not dwell in the past, a place where we can come together to stop hunger, put people back to work, and stop the hate that holds us bound to reaction. The world is not perfect and it,s up to us all to make it a better place to grow as one race( Human Beings).

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