Birth Name:
Halle Maria Berry
Birth Place:
Cleveland, Ohio
Ethnicity:
African American, German, Irish, English
The American actress was born to an African American father and a Caucasian mother. She has been quoted in the media commenting about her ethnicity. For example she stated:
“I was raised by my white mother and every day of my life I have always been aware of the fact that I am bi-racial. However, growing up I was aware that even though my mother was white, I did not look or “feel” very white myself…”
- http://racerelations.about.com/od/celebritiesandrace/a/hollywoodtoday.htm
- http://www.wargs.com/other/berry.html
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She hates her white side. It’s so obvious.
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She’s beautiful. Yes, I think she identifies as being “black”. Black women are usually cool. Where a white woman will profess they aren’t materialistc and shallow, the black women I know will profess they care about money and materialistic things and if a man cannot provide that then they’re out the door. In reality however I’ve found black women not nearly superficial and materialistic as they say, and are in fact “cool” and not prone to leave you over an overdue bill. So basically, ya, she has a lot of nice things and that incorporates into her personality, she’s probably a lot cooler than she would be if she was not biracial.
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So if only 5 percent of blacks can claim to be 100 percent black who is black that is my question keysha cole is half white yet she is considered black malcom x mom was white but slave females were used as sex toys those plantation owners or there teenage sons had no condoms back then every single black american has irish or scottish ancestry people whites go by how you act if you speak perfect english you are asked if you are mixed why is that all blacks should be taught english ebonics is fake they are trained by music and street kids to speak ebonics to fit in J COLE IS ALSO HALF WHITE BUT HE GETS TO FIT IN CAUSE HE TALKS BLACK
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so keysha cole has a white father james earl jones has blue eyes a fact beyonce mother is creole french white and indian with black 95 percent of african americans are mixed or bi racial a fact but blacks go by how you talk both my parents are black from africa i am 100 percent black i moved to America USA at 4 years old i was raised around whites and went to school with whites i speak perfect English yet i am asked am i mixed because i speak perfect English but both my parents are from Ghana in Africa blacks go by how you talk every celebrity black is mixed as are non celeb blacks most slave owners used black female slaves as sex toys there were not condoms on those plantations yet we base how black a person is by how they use words or drop or slang words and act hood yes act most rappers live like kings they been out hood for ten years or twenty years but act like they steal are thugs thugs kill thugs rape thugs are mean and violent to women thugs let there homeboys have sex with there friends women thugs former ex thugs make rap music and fill there music with hatred toward women and insults as if women are trash thugs think its funny thugs dress like clowns see lil wayne see the ice cream tatooe on guici mane face its a fact guici man had a huge tatoo inked on his face
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