Birth Name:
Robert Nesta Marley
Birth Place:
Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
Ethnicity:
English Jamaican and Afro Jamaican
The legendary Jamaican singer/songwriter was born to an English Jamaican father and a Black Jamaican mother. This was stated on his biography, The Words and Music of Bob Marley. As a youth he was a target of racial prejudice because of his mixed ancestry.
He was quoted saying “Me don’t dip on the black man’s side nor the white man’s side. Me dip on God’s side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white.”
Source:
http://www.intermix.org.uk/icons/icons_03_marley.asp
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Tama, thanks for the comment. Ill look into his father’s background.
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I think his father is was English not Jamaican I think he went back to England and left his mother in Jamaica after marrying her….my mother is Jamaican and my father is English and they have been married for 32 years :)!!!!! yeah white girls do hate on the Black woman White man scenario …. one love like Bob said “lets get together and feel all right”
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actully u take ur dads blood and he mix cuz if he wasent it wouldent ay it everyone as sumthan in them kuz their ancesters im puertorican dominican hawiann black white japanee and indian
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Bob Marley Is Black, To Be Black Is To Be Born Of The Black Woman’s Womb.
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AWESOME A WHITE GUY SPERMINATED IN THAT WOMAN.SHUT UP
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I you say that, I think some Black guys get jealous when White guys get with Black girls.
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they shouldnt be tho cause some black guys are the first to say they would never date a black girl…wat are we supposed to do…we have feelings and need love too like every other race…black girls should start really dating asians too!
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Lol well I date Asian guys but I’m black native American and puerto rican and I’m medium tone . Its a shame that people can be so ignorant ! I don’t discriminate along as yur sexy holla at Shikera ! XD
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I’m a white/tan person lol, my mix on my dads side is Cherokee and German, moms side Italian and French…. I date black guys and most of my close girlfriends are black, they dont have a prob with the fact i date black guys and neither does my family. I HAVE noticed that when I’m out in public with a black guy, whether hes the guy im dating or just my homeboy, a black woman or should i say MOST not ALL black women will give you the most hateful look because i’m the “white b*tch with one of THEIR men” . Another thing I’ve noticed, at least in my area in Atlanta, Ga, is that you rarely see a black woman with a white man, it’s mostly vice versa…. just sayin
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i am very white skin and i only date dark girl because i like mixed baby and some white girls get jalous when iam with a dark girl or black girl
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that why too the black guy see that sothey go for the light skinned one to because of that shame on you ppl.
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iam white and african haitian and i haed that white ppl get very jalous when a black with a white guy jaloussssssssss
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white ppl just jalous his mom is black ,specialy white girls they r so jalous when a white guy married to a black girl
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im half Jamaican half white we are a beautiful mix :)
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Alicia Keys is also half Jamaican half white and So is MYA. They are both gorgeous.
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jamaican = NATIONALITY; white = ETHNICITY…WTF
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