photo credit: joeltelling
Birth Name:
Christopher Maurice Brown
Birth Place:
Tappahannock, Virginia, United States
Date of Birth:
May 5, 1989
What Race or Ethnicity:
African American
The American R&B singer’s ethnicity has been under much discussion over the internet. He was born to Joyce Hawkins and Clinton Brown.
His mother is said to be of mixed Caucasian and African American descent however this has not been confirmed. While his father is of African American descent. A picture of his mother can be found at the link below.
Source:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060817205018AAM0Sxw
http://www.chrisbrownworld.com/node/236993
Celebrities sharing the same heritage:
i agree african american is to vauge. i hate looking through this and seeing that, can you please atleast put caribbean or african or go even deeper. and btw where is usher hes not on ethniceleb at all!
Not to give a history lesson but as it is known, our ancestors were either classified as Quadroon, Octroon or even mulatto. Mixed didn’t come about until maybe 25+ years ago. My heritage is of Jamaican, Cherokee and White descent. My parents are both brown and dark skinned. I came out light skinned then turned into the educated brown skinned sista. I embrace my roots and I wish some of you would get out of the microcosm that plagues us black people. We can still be of any heritage and still be black. Even .00005 percent of any race doesn’t make any one person 100% of that race. Some of these statements are so flawed. I have a degree in Sociology and had a class in African-American society. To me, Chris Brown is whatever he decides to identify himself as. Looks aren’t helpful in determining a person’s race.