Jessica Szohr
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Birth Name:
Jessica Karen Szohr
Birth Place:
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States
Date of Birth:
March 31, 1985
What Race or Ethnicity?:
Hungarian, African and Anglo
The American model and actress is famous for her role as Vanessa Abrams on the series Gossip Girl. It was revealed on an interview that Szohr is half Hungarian, a quarter black and a quarter Anglo American. She stated that many people ask her if her ethnicity is everything from Mulatto to Hispanic.
Source:
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Celebrities with similar heritage:
January 8th, 2010
Gorgeous blue eyes!
February 3rd, 2010
She is very pretty. I figured she was a quarter black but everyone was saying she is half black. If she were half black then her mom would have to be a very light skinned african american.
February 4th, 2010
@ anonymous A very light skinned african american? lmao tell that to my DARK skinned auntie and her DARK skinned husband with their LIGHT skinned daughter!
Ignorance is bliss and you’re full of it!
February 16th, 2010
It’s funny. No one ever seems to claim black. When I first saw her I knew she had black in her and yet she seems to claim that the least. Every BLACK celebrity I know claim all these other things EXCEPT what they clearly look like. Trust me I know how easy it is to be mistaken for something you aren’t. I ‘m fully black but, people often think I’m mixed but, because I’m proud of what I am I have no problem correcting them. Sadly there aren’t many people like that.
February 16th, 2010
She dosent look black so why should she throw that out there first
February 16th, 2010
She’s so gorgeous that it hurts, OMGodness.
February 16th, 2010
To Lauren ,
Your right,she doesn’t have to say it,but why hide it.Most of the mixed celebrities,seem to hide the fact they have black blood,like their ashamed of it,or it’s going to hurt their career.Take this woman carol channing:
http://bloggledygook.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/carol-channing.jpeg
She didn’t tell anyone until autobiography when she was 81
February 25th, 2010
no no no no, here comes the ignorant BLACK people that get mad and claim that someone looks “black” when they don’t. No, I have yet to see a golden-skinned, blue-eyed, curly-haired black person, and I’m 100% sure I won’t. This woman does NOT look black, people just see that she has black in her and go out and say, “I knew all along she had black in her, blah blah blah.” Bullshit.
February 25th, 2010
To gjhgbjkl
Maybe they saw this picture here:
http://static.gossipgirlinsider.com/images/gallery/jessica-szohr-yearbook-photo.jpg
she looks a little different here
Also what about Michael Ealy:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stron065/myblog/michael.jpg
http://www.naturallycurly.com/images/articles/0206Men/michaelEaly.jpg
http://media.torontolife.com/dynimages/features/MichaelEaly4999.w.jpg
isn’t he a golden-skinned, blue-eyed, curly-haired black person
February 25th, 2010
No Michael Ealy is MGM multi generationally mixed with white & black that makes him Mulatto
February 26th, 2010
To Lauren
I know what he is,but you didn’t read what he wrote.He said he would never see a golden-skinned, blue-eyed, curly-haired black person.I simply showed him one.Now I’m also a MGM Creole,and most of the time,people confuse me with other culture,usually samoan don’t know why.Another thing Michael Ealy ID’s himself as African American,so I don’t understand the attack?
February 26th, 2010
Ok so he is not black. MGM are not black. Mulattos are not black they are PART black.
February 26th, 2010
ok first of all, I am a SHE, and second of all, Michael Ealy is obviously not even close to being fully black.
February 26th, 2010
THANK YOU.
February 26th, 2010
To gjhgbjkl
First,I do apologize for calling you a he.But I did give you what was ask.Now even if he is not full black,he still ID’s himself as black.Now according to your rules,there is no black person in the States since at least 2/3 of us are mixed to different degrees
February 28th, 2010
To gjhgbjkl and Lauren,
Ok lets do it this way,since you both say what a black person isn’t, it should be real easy for you to tell me who is a black person.I want you to us only African American people,feel free to use pics
March 1st, 2010
um, Fuzzy Bear, why do you keep replying? Are you talking to yourself?
Nothing that you say makes any sense.
March 1st, 2010
I am not explaining myself any further, I have come to except that many people do not understand the concept of race or ethnicity.
March 1st, 2010
um yea while there arent any golden skinned blue eyed 100 percent black people is doesnt change the fact that ahe is part still part black. Nobody said she looks like she’s completely black. And i think thats the point fuzzybear is trying to make.
And it would seem like you’re the one who doesnt understand the concept of race hun.
March 1st, 2010
@Fuzzybear Uh Michael Ealy looks black. He may have blue eyes but he still looks black and has a very different complexion from Jessica.
Jessica http://theflarefiles.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/jessica-szohr.jpg
Michael Ealy http://www.babypredictor.com.au/images/celeb/888.jpg
Even when you posted this pic of Jessica http://static.gossipgirlinsider.com/images/gallery/jessica-szohr-yearbook-photo.jpg
,she looks hispanic in that pic. Anyway Jessica is only a quarter black end of story.
March 1st, 2010
No that would be you. I specialize in genetics and anthropolgy, Get on my level.
March 1st, 2010
im a big fan of the show, anyone else?
March 1st, 2010
TO gjhgbjkl,
I’m making perfect sense,you and others keep telling me who isn’t a black person.I simply said show me who is
March 1st, 2010
fuzzybear don’t listen to them, they don’t know or they would have shown you.
March 1st, 2010
To Kristie
I was responding to an earlier answer,when someone asked,what made them think she looked black.In the two pics,does she not looked different?Also what is a Hispanic,a mixture of (Spanish,Indian,and black in varied degrees).Next I just said she had black blood in her, so why be ashamed.She boosts everything else she is,except the black part
March 1st, 2010
wow carol channing is part black, like me:)
March 1st, 2010
To anybody
Please tell me,what did black people do that was so bad,so horrible that people will go out of their way to deny their black lineage,but boast their other sides?
March 1st, 2010
To Kira
Yeah a lot of celebrities were like that.Also in some of the autobiographies,they tell you the reason why they hid their ethnicity;it was because of their careers
March 1st, 2010
nothing at all dear, nothing at all. I don’t know anyone were i live to deny their heritage ,so this concept is completely new to me.
March 1st, 2010
To Anonymous
Yeah I know,but thank you anyway
March 1st, 2010
That’s sad that they had to lie for their careers
March 1st, 2010
To kira
Sad but true,and only when there careers were over did they say anything,or when someone founded out.
March 3rd, 2010
um to Fuzzy bear and anonymous, I am not replying as fast as you may because unlike you, I don’t spend my life on the computer waiting for replys from someone I don’t know. It’s not because I don’t know what I’m talking about.
Fuzzy Bear, you said that she “hides” that she is part black, so what if she did?! Maybe she knows nothing about her black culture. Have you ever thought that maybe her biracial parent was raised by a white person? Maybe she has no connection with her black ancestry. That’s why I don’t understand why you’re making a big deal out of her race, it’s her business.
She doesn’t look black so if she doesn’t want to state that first, she doesn’t have to.
Now don’t even bother replying because I won’t see it. It will be pointless, just like this argument.
March 3rd, 2010
-Claps- Agree 100&-
March 3rd, 2010
hey Lauren, you should make your name your link to your “girl in yellow”.
March 3rd, 2010
LOL @ kira
March 3rd, 2010
To gjhgbjkl
Well I feel like replying.If you read her bio,she know because she was told by her mother.No he was raised by his black parents.Now true it was her business,but she told everyone after her career was over,just like most of them do.Also,I didn’t make a big deal out of anything,I simply make a true statement.Your the one that’s upset.
Also your only upset because you can’t answer my question
March 4th, 2010
whats the big deal???????if she has black genes, she does. Im a mixture of black and white and im proud of it. fUNNY Enough if u look at me u wont think im black. but i categorise my self as black
March 4th, 2010
Fuzzy bear, I’m not so obsessed with people’s race that I need to look up every little thing about them. I’m not the one making a big deal, you’re making the big deal.
And I’m not upset at all, I didn’t answer your question because it was stupid and irrelevant.
Now why don’t you stop replying and be the smart person you want me to think you are.
March 4th, 2010
No, that’s not how it works.First you insult me,then you want me to be quiet.Next, I don’t need you to think I’m smart,I know I am.However since I didn’t come here to fight with you,I’ll let it go
March 4th, 2010
To kira
It’s funny I had no idea that was her
March 4th, 2010
iuyftrdersrfchj now Im curious to see your pic. :)
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March 5th, 2010
My ethnicity btw is French,Irish, Polish, Creole, Slovakian Gypsy,German
=basically white kinda lmao:^)
March 6th, 2010
To Kira
Are you Louisiana Creole or other?
March 7th, 2010
I think other because my grandads mom was born there but moved to penns. as a baby.
wait does that count? oh yeah she was french ,black and something else she wouldnt tell n e body. Nobody knows why.
March 7th, 2010
oh and i just found out from my other gma she has irish:)
and gypsy is just anothr name for poverty level darker people.
March 7th, 2010
* i mean darker like just looking spanish compared to other slovaks, jeez i need coffee:)
March 7th, 2010
To kira
Yeah that counts,and I understood what you meant by gypsy.They say that gypsies after migrating here assimilated into the Melungeon community or maybe there just black Dutch,but that’s just me guessing,I don’t know much about them
March 16th, 2010
Regarding this young ladies ethnicity – you would never think that she had any sub- Sahara African ancestry unless she openly stated it (which she does) and then in that case you can then look for it and see it in certain photos (for instance the link that Fuzzybear supplied and even in those 2 photos the black and white photo is the one where you can see it the most if you are looking for it and no pun intended here) only because you are now actively looking for it in her otherwise you would never see it in her upon her appearance.
By the way, what is amusing about this discussion in a sad way is that we are all part of the same human race and as a result we are all mixed from an ethnic perspective if we go back far enough but I think the real point here is that we are trying to identify or label ones ethnic heritage from the strongest observable physical traits and from this perspective I would categorize her as being mostly a caucasion of European ancestry.
March 16th, 2010
To Randy
Randy,if jessica feels she’s more caucasian,then the more power to her;I could care less.All I saying is yes she has black blood,no big deal.However people are acting like she’ll suddenly transform.That black blood as well as the white blood helps to make her what she is,I don’t understand the problem.Does having black blood make you evil?I have white blood as well as black,and I’m not doing anything.60yrs ago I could see people hiding there black lineage,but now no.So to wrap this up,she has black blood,no big deal;it’s not shameful to have.
March 16th, 2010
She doesn’t look black, but I kind of sensed that she was. Kind of like how I could tell someone who is part filipino (like vanessa hudgens or Nicole Scherzinger) but doesn’t look like it. I think it’s, because I was raised by filipinos, that I kind of developed a radar for it. Maybe it’s the same for people who were around alot of blacks.
March 16th, 2010
you guys crack me up,when you use the (BLACKS)
March 16th, 2010
meant to say use the term(BLACKS)
March 16th, 2010
Black people can tell she is black, first, by her hair. And if you hung around more black people, you would come to understand how diverse we are and how much pictures and lighting affect how we look. Take Beyonce for example; sometimes she looks fair and sometimes she looks medium brown. Not a big deal. The girl is black and some of us can tell. Learn to love our differences instead of analyzing who is what and why and criticizing. She is a gorgeous mix of races. Get used to it. Soon this country will be over-taken by mixed race ppl.
March 16th, 2010
I still don’t understand why I see all this crap on ppl’s boards who are black or mixed with black…why doesn’t this argument occur on white celeb boards?
March 17th, 2010
To HelloKitty:
Bi racial people have more of a complicated identity issue, i think. It’s hard to tell if they are bi racial sometimes and like all other races, they have their own stereotypes that people want tack onto them. In my opinion, different people of color tend to obsess over it, possibly, because they may want to label the traits that make that certain person beautiful as belonging to a certain race. My kid sister who is mixed with black and asian gets these shallow comments from adults like “if you were part white instead, you could’ve had blue eyes or good skin” or “you’re beautiful, because you’re black. You know that, right?” That could attribute to self esteem issues that many people suffer from that may cause them to over analyze a person’s genes. Or maybe I’ve just been thinking about it too much and they’re just curious about what a person is.