Derek Jeter
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photo credit: Rafael Amado Deras
Birth Name:
Derek Sanderson Jeter
Birth Place:
Pequannock Township, New Jersey, USA
Ethnicity:
African American, Irish American
The Major League baseball star was born to an African American father and a mother of Irish descent. Jeter stated this in his Biography called Derek Jeter ‘Ovations’. He also mentioned that people would always guess that he was Italian, Jewish or Spanish.
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April 27th, 2009
wow…i didnt know he was mixed either! im sorry but the people mixed with irish and black just look white
May 15th, 2009
Yeah well I know he was mixed and I knew that he was black I just didn’t know what he was mixed with!
May 16th, 2009
I tend to agree with CoolCat, another example is Jason Kidd. He is half Irish and Black and looks more on the white side. Jennifer Beals is another irish black person who looks just white.
September 12th, 2009
It is a general known fact that any person mixed with african american blood is generally considered as black or african american person. Now what is all the fuss about. As far as I am concerned, all people are human beings with shades of black
March 15th, 2010
douglas murphy you are an ignorant racist person who is the reason that there can be no racial harmony your anti-white and elitist attitude that everyone is black and black rules all sickens me and you are the very reason that there is no unity and i pray you don’t have children you bigoted close-minded black pantered mentality hate-monger!