photo credit: Urbanworld Film Festival
Birth Name:
Jennifer Lynn Lopez
Birth Place:
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Date of Birth:
July 24, 1969
Ethnicity:
Puerto Rican
The American-born actor and R&B singer was born to Puerto-Rican Parents. She is married to Latin singer Marc Anthony who is also of Puerto Rican descent.
Source:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1093638,00.html
Celebrities sharing the same heritage:
meant to say shouldn’t have been born
to truth: now it is true many were brought there as slaves,but many came there freely.However to say it was a mistake,is to say you should have been born,see how silly that sounds?Now those who deny that part of their heritage,do so only because that how they’ve been raised.and how it seems your culture has been set up.The system that has people of whiter skin set above all others.However as they have stated on many sites including this one,that no matter how light your skin gets,they will see you as nothing but(their word:niggas),they repeat this over and over.Now that African lineage helps to make you who you are,and to hate that part of you is just dumb
p.ricans deny black heritage cuz it was a mistake dey wer bought as slaves and forced on the island it contaminated our culture so did white we rather say we have taino indian in us but it happend nd we cant control it there for we are boricuas.aka puerto ricans
Well whether p.ricans deny it or not, its apart of their heritage and it makes them who they are today. Another thing, African and Spanish culture influenced the music and dance of that part of the world and created Latin music like Salsa.
to cici:first I have to disagree with you in the fact that black have never just stayed in Sub-Sahara Africa,they’ve always been in the North also.Also during the begining of colonial time ,they refer to black people as Moors,negro came later.Next,in the begining Arabs never refer to themselves as white,because they were either brown or black in color,as many are still;calling themselves white wasn’t until fairly recent.Also most of the middle east people as much as they will deny it are mixes with recent black blood,just because people can’t see what they believe are the only black features black people have,doesn’t mean they aren’t mixes with black people.People all around they world have been trained for generations to deny the African heritage,and promote they other
well first you haven’t seen all of Africa lately have you.Next ,she has African lineage,you don’t have to have black skin to be part of that culture.Like I keep saying you guys love the benefits of a bloodline,but hate the source.You people really need to stop it
Are some of you blind? She does not look African.
to sham, i agree with you that jlo is american, everyone born or raised in america is american. In latin america we see jlo as an american.
but if you dont mind i have to disgree a bit with “latin backround”
the words “latino” and “hispanic” are complete social construct of the united states, the words hispanic and latin do not exist in latinamerica like they do in the u.s.a. jlo is simply an american from new york , both her parents were from puerto rico, so jlo is first generation but shes american. jlo is not latinamerican and she will never be. its ridiculous that the u.s.a calls people like jlo, jesica alba “latinos” like what the hell is that. all the countries of the american Continent are nationalities not ethnicities fro example Canadian is a nationality but there no such thing as having canadian blood or being of the Canadian race, American is a nationality too not a race or ethnicity, same go’s for Puerto rico, its a nationality not a race or ethnicity, same rules apply for Mexico, all the countries of central america, the Caribbean and south america. but many americans actually believe that Puerto rican is its separate race , or that Colombian is its own race etc, but that is ridiculous its just like saying Canadian or American is a race. for example this is the ridiculousness , lets say we have a european descended candian, a native american descended canadian and a sub saharan african descended canadian, now if all 3 of these people moved to america, the euro descended canadian would just be seen as any other “white” guy, same gos for the “black” canadian as he will be seen as any other “black” guy and the native american canadian would just be seen as native american. and if black Caribbeans immigrated to america they would just be seen as any other black person but if a black colombian, white colombian, and native american colombian immigrate to america they are not seen as black, white or native american they are seen as this whole “latin thing” which is ridiculous.
an american would call an american of native american descent simply native american, they would call a canadian of native american descent simply native american too, but a native american of mexico are called “latinos” its ridiculous.
Yes, it’s fine I didn’t know how to call it so I put “latin background” =P. I agree with you, the people from that country speaks very wrong and it’s annoying. But here is a question for you, if a person born in the U.S.A. have parents that were born in Colombia then that person is of latin background or something? That person will be from the U.S.A. but with latin origins… I don’t get it xD you tell me. And another question, do you speak spanish?.
if a person is american of immigrant parents then they are 1st generation, so you could be 1st generation italian, irish, lebanese, chinese etc. so an american with immigrant parents from colombia would just be a 1st generation colombian,they are american with a colombian backround, i wouldn’t say “latin backround” because thats just a made up blob that u.s politicians created. there is a big difference in being a 1st generation colombian from being a 1st generation mexican, i couldn’t put both of these people in the same bag because it would not be right.
and to answer your question yes i do speak spanish.