Birth Name: Rozonda Ocelean Thomas
Birth Place: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern, East Indian, African American and Native American.
The member of the female R&B group, TLC was born to a mother of African American and Native American ancestry and a father of Middle Eastern and East Indian descent. Her mother’s name is Ava Thomas and her father’s name is Abdul Ali.
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http://www.last.fm/music/Chilli
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I have always thought that Chilli was sooo pretty. In subtle ways I used to think that she and I shared a few similar features, especially when I was younger. Her look is so timeless; she seems to never age in the face or body or hair at all! She is indeed a very pretty girl.
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Chilli is not Muslim, she’s a Christian. Specifically a Seventh Day Adventist. That’s why she doesn’t eat pork. And obviously her father is not black, if you seen her show. And it does it really matter. All that truly matters is how good of person you are, not what color. We should stop letting the color of our skin divide us from other people and instead unite in this highly diverse world.
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his family is west indian muslims like the boyz from back in the day so is nicki manja is trini muslim thats why no pork
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amm….how do u no she is muslim?
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Why when someone’s not fully black they still call them black. That’s like saying I’m black and white but I’m basically white, I thought people who are black,and Native American were called Afro-Indian, or Black Indians.
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let people say whatever they want to say does it really matter? it should be whatever you identify with most or whatever you feel comfortable saying.
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Honestly, when a person is of direct descent of more than one race, they should be able to call themselves whatever makes them feel comfortable while giving proper respect to the identities of both his/her parents, in the ideal situation. IMO, when a person is of direct descent of parents who are TWO COMPLETELY different races, that erson is considered “biracial” or “mixed” in regards to political and demographic terms. Some ppl regard ppl who are of equal Black-White descent as “Black” because of still embracing the “one drop rule” mentality: If you have a speck of Black blood in you, you’re considering Black, disregarding the face that this individual represents more than just the Black race. Although everyone has their parameters in regards to what constitutes as “Mixed” or “Black” or whatever, we must also remember to not get agitated. Everyone has their own notion of what constitutes as a certain racial identity. This entire website is filled with comments of ppl having discrepancies of what “Black” or “Afro-this” or “Afro-that” means. Native Americans, IMO, are the tribes that resided in America and Indians are from India. lol. I hate that we have that confusion. smh.
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this is some bull***** so do f**** wit me yu r SOME races ASS MOTHER FUCKERS
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Chili has long Indian hair, so therefore she is bout half Indian. Her father is East Indian with Middle Eastern blood, and her mother is African American with some Native American blood in her, but not half of it. I’m not sure if her dad is even black, but her mother is obviously a black woman.
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long hair doesn’t automatically make you indian
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Her father is not half arab and Indian. He’s just Indian.
Wikipedia says he’s west Indian and her mother is Native American and African-American. I could swear though before it said she was African-American(Mother’) and East Indian muslim father. That’s it. Don’t know where Native American or Arab came from. Maybe because the father’s name is Abdul, but he’s muslim that’s why. Muslims don’t have to be middle eastern.
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But that’s crazy because this is mad incorrect…her father & in his family are from New Jersey…I went to school with some of her half siblings and first cousins…The parents (including Chilli dad, who according to her family is mister Hassan…I went to school with Hassan, Jr. who was all to happy to find out Chilli was his sister) are actually Arabian and African American born in Atlantic City. & they are a Catholic family not Muslim…
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* and his family
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