“I Got Some Indian In Me”: 9 Celebs Who Want You To Know They’re More Than Just Black

November 19th, 2012 - By Ashley Brumeh

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As a genealogy buff, I’m fascinated by the composite of different races within blacks of African descent. Apparently, I’m not alone. Some of us love to let others know that we are more than just black. This almost goes hand in hand with people that love to tell others that their curls aren’t as tight as the rest of ours because they claim to be mixed with something. Yeah, whatever. But there is something to be said about being proud of one’s origin. Knowing where we came from is an integral part of knowing who we are. Unfortunately, many of us don’t know our genetic makeup due to lack of historically relevant data, money (for genealogical testing), or interest in knowing our backgrounds. Maybe if more of us did, we too could be like these nine celebs that are proud (some maybe too proud at times) of their diverse lineage.

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  • sistaB

    Many African-Americans have some European ancestry/DNA and not Native American DNA. There’s no history of close proximity and intimate relationships between African-Americans and Native Indians. On the other hand, blacks and whites had close proximity on the plantations and later on in the wider society. I thought Professor Louis Gates had cleared this up for black Americans.

    Blacks in the Caribbean are much more likely to have Indian ancestry/DNA. There’s a long history there of the two having proximity and intimate relationships. Nicki Minaj hails from the C’bean and indeed had a mixed with Indian look before her plastic surgery.

  • http://www.facebook.com/whydid.youblockme.5 Whydid Youblockme

    #7 – Montel Williams —> How tha FK can you be 1/4 caucasian??? Tiger Woods said he was 1/4 African
    American, 1/4 Chinese, 1/4 Thai, 1/8 Native American & 1/8 Dutch. WTF????? Do these muthafkkr’s have a MEASURING CUP in the delivery room when they’re born??? How does anyone know the “percentages” of their heritage(s)?? People are SO FK’ING BUSY TRYING TO BE “SOMETHING” OTHER THAN BLACK, that they’re layin’ claim to all these other “heritages”. To be of Cuban descent or to have an Asian grandmom is one thing – you can claim that heritage but how the FK do you MEASURE your sh***t??? That is just plain stupid.

  • B. Jae

    During that Loreal commercial, Beyonce’ has “French, Native American, etc….but same commercial shows JLo with 100% Puerto Rican (not Spanish, African, etc…) I lost respect for Beyonce’ then and there. One drop and you’re still Black. Be proud.

  • gallantgesture

    I’m descendant from the slaves the half French and Choctaw who was the last chief of the Choctaw nation. I was shocked to find out my dad’s mother wasn’t black but half white and Cherokee. Being Black in this country is viewed with such contempt that they passed a law that made you legally black if you any black progenitors which made J.Edgar Hoover a “spook” because his birth certificate said that he was a Mulatto. There are few black americans of pure African descent whose generations go back to slavery. Miscegenation has made us a hybrid race and it is language that defines a culture, therefore, embracing the African culture is as foreign to us as being Chinese. Whites proud of their European roots who like to yell “go back to Africa” need to know that our indigenous roots make us genuine Americans and them pseudo Americans fools.

  • http://twitter.com/DocRockefeller Doc Rockefeller

    When white people claim to be part Indian its so they don’t have to fell guilty about steeling their land, when black people claim it, it’s a hair thing.

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