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

James Earl Jones

This deep-voiced actor is of African, Irish, and Native American ancestry. And according to the Huffington Post, while he’s been open about his diverse background since stepping in the spotlight, when he was younger, he was taught not to be so vocal about it. In fact, he’s even come out to talk about how he dealt with a racist grandmother who tried to teach him to be hostile to white people and others:

I’d go to school with white kids and Indian kids. I knew they weren’t the devils that she said they were. I had to start thinking for myself, and I had to start understanding the extent to which she was right too. But I can now live in the shoes of racists. When I hear about racists, I know exactly what they’re feeling. I said ‘I’m gonna allow myself to feel that, just for the hell of it.’ So I know what they’re going through.