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Birth Name:
Ashanti Shaquoya Douglas
Birth Place:
Glen Cove New York, USA
Birth Date:
October 13, 1980
Ethnicity:
African American
The singer/actress’s real name is Ashanti Shaquoya Douglas and is an African American. In interviews she has been quoted to say “I’m just black” when asked about her ethnicity.
Some sites have claimed that she is also of Dominican and Chinese descent, but these claims have not been verified.
Ashanti is also the name of a major ethnic group in the African nation of Ghana where the mother line is of enormous importance. The singer was named after this ethnic group by her mother.
Source:
http://ashanti.celebden.com/?cat=7
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yeh but I think Black people should be proud of their mixed heritage.people in general are getting more mixed so we should all be proud of our heritage.
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lol wowwww im mixed but most of the time i say im black lol every1 knows if you have black in you, ya black
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thank god a black celeb that says there just black, and doesn’t try to go all up in the family tree to find what their great great grandparents were and try and claim it. Loves Ashanti!
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Ashanti says, out of her mouth, she is black. Who gives a flying f#%@ about what those
articles say. They are not her family members they don’t know sh#% about her family.
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it would be nice if there was an interview with her where she says that.
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it’s a lie. she’s chinese, african-american, & dominican. duh
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u fuckin ppl are so stupid shes half indian and half black her name is ASHANTI thats a natie american name u idots get it strait ight fuckin im dominican and indian and dominican is black and spanish so shut the fuck up ppl cuz u dont kno shit
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Your so dumb, Ashanti is also an African name!
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Ashanti is afriican american,chinese, and dominican. Her mother Tina is Dominican and black, and her father is asian and black.
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Yeh i agree the Dominican and Chinese roots havent been provided from a good source.
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“Ethnic”, Ashanti is just African American. She never said that she was Dominican and Chinese also. I don’t believe those other websites.
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