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Birth Name:
Carmelo Kiyan Anthony
Birth Place:
New York City, New York, United States
Birth Date:
May 29, 1984
What Race or Ethnicity?:
Puerto Rican and African American
The NBA basketball player was born to a Puerto Rican father and an African American mother. His father died when he was only 2 years of age. Carmelo still has family residing on the west coast of Puerto Rico. This was mentioned in the Puerto Rico Herald.
Source:
http://www.puertorico-herald.org
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We are mixed ,brown,white,black etc. puertoricans have it all.
We are en example of unity with colors. No racism but ONE .
Carmelo is puertorican cause his father is . Da affrican in his mother is da same african mixed in da puerto rican DNA. Spaniard,taino indian,african and a few others from europe mixed during da colombus daysand even before!!! Att.da spanglish rapper zavi cypher….google for info.
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there are many colors in puertorico so what the heck you mean a person looks a certain way so they are not boriqua they are still boriqua. even if he half and she is 100% you must have media brain…. ( blinded from reality)
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Who gives a f*** if he doesn’t look puertorican or if his son looks black! You people have no lives!!! Do you think he cares?? He’s making a bunch of money while you guys argue about if he’s PR or not lmao
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Nxte8 that is truely beautiful what you said. And wonderful. Thatone of the most beautiful thing I ever read. Some people really need to hear that
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Melo is Half Black & Rican & LaLa is 100% Rican, but there Son looks 100% Black
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Melo is Half Black & Rican & LaLa is 100%, but there son looks 100% Black
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That’s because there son is 100% black by American standards!, LaLa is a black puerto rican, carmel anthony is african american and probably mixed with black puerto rican heritage, so I would say that child is majority black!
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well carmelo dad is rican but he is aro rican like tego
nuthings wrong with that im just saying
and my boyfriend is afro rican to
and hes lite borwn and kinky hair
and his bro his dark skinned like and african
so theres differnt ricans
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I think if I was a reporter at press conference today I would ask him if his puerto rican to justify what people think! He is half puerto rican if his pops was puerto rican n moms african.
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LaLa is 100% Puerto Rican! Both her Parents are Rican
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Not to throw stones, but “anyone” who speaks of race, when referring to another person’s descent is off base. We are of one race, the human race. Red, yellow, black, white and brown, we all originated in East Africa. Man migrated from there; Northward, into and through Europe and into Asia and the Indian sub-continent. From there, we crossed the Bering land bridge, into North America, and down into Central and South America. The final leg of the migration of man, was into the South Pacific, Australia; i.e., the Australian. The long and the short of it is that everyone is East African in origin.
All of the different “races” are mutations of the original East African man. The mutations that have taken place throughout man’s existence, have had to do with environmental adaptation. There is a nickel’s worth of difference between the “races.” There is about the same amount of difference between the major (and minor) religions. The differences between cultures are what is problematic, and that is because “people” make them so.
Open your eyes people! We are really all the same.
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that is one of the most intelligently correct comments I have read in years. Keep speaking the truth to the people who need info
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