La La Anthony
Anthony in 2010, Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Alani Nicole Vázquez
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 25, 1979
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican [African, Spanish, possibly other]
La La Anthony, born Alani Nicole Vázquez, and also known as La La Vázquez, is an American radio and television personality, author, businessperson, producer, and actress.
La La was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, to Puerto Rican (Nuyorican) parents. She has described herself as a “Black-Puerto Rican,” and stated:
I embrace being a Black-Puerto Rican and think we are plentiful and do exist! I am more “black” than people think… Since I don’t look like J-Lo, it’s hard for me to get the Puerto Rican/Latin role in a movie. I speak fluent Spanish, but get cast as being black long before they put me as the Latino.
La La has a son, basketball player Kiyan Anthony, with her former husband, professional basketball player Carmelo Anthony, who is of Puerto Rican and African-American descent.
Anthony with husband Carmelo Anthony in 2011, Rena Schild / Shutterstock.com
You people need to get around more. You can be of African descent but still claim 100% Rican. Latino/Hispanic is not a race it is more of a classification. There are black latino/as and white latino/as and tan latino/as. Puerto Rican is not a race. She is 100% Puerto rican because well both her parents are from Puerto Rico. She is just black rican and there is no problem in that.
Puerto Rican is a race/ethnicity but, it branches off from Hispanics!! DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
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Actually (Who Cares)is right,it’s not a race.Hispanics is a language group/culture,any color can be it.Same thing for African,and the same for European and Asian;any color can be it
Spanish Is A Language ! Do you not know anything! Hispanic is a race!
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Well I do know this,we all belong to the same race called homo sapiens.We are not a different species from one another.Were only different because of physical appearance( brought on because of thousands of years adapting to a certain climate or environment).This giving us a different phenotype(skin color,hair,and maybe facial features).I say maybe facial features.because I know you have seen black people with a caucasian phenotype,or asian eyes,so no Hispanic race.To tell the truth,race is just a social construct people came up with 600yrs ago to say one group is better than other,which is obviously nonsense.
thats correct PEUrto RICAN is not a RACE! there are black peurto ricans and white puerto ricans, the funny thing is LALA herself has said in countless intereviews that SHE IS BLACK herself! latinos need to get ovr this racial thing they have and accept that they have african lineage ESPECIALLY DOMINICANS who color is darker than mines and im full black american thnk you
Some Latinos. Not all Latinos it all depends on the country.
Actually I can get you the numbers of African descent for each country.
Let me just make it simple I will just put percentage of African ancestry for each Latin American country. Starting with the highest to lowest. Some studies range in percentage. The best thing to do is just take both studies and divide the 2 & get the middle number. I will just list both numbers.
1. Haiti >95%
2. Dominican Republic 84%
3. Cuba 60% to 34%
4. Brazil 53.%
5. Puerto Rico 40% to 23.5%
6. Venezuela 26.5%
7. Colombia 21%
8. Panama 14%
9. Nicaragua 9%
10. Uruguay 4%
11. Ecuador 3%
12 Costa Rica 3%
13. Peru >3%
14 Bolivia >3%
15. Honduras 2%
16. Mexico >1%
17. Argentina 0.25%
18. Chile 0.1%
leave argentina, uruguay, chile out of this. there white.
mexico has natives.
guatemala has natives.
el salvador has natives.
the rest have very little black.
only puerto rico. dominican, cuba, and brazil have large African population. so not all latinos have black. so before you talk non-sense inform yourselves. haiti don’t count there not latinos.
Well I remember she once said when people look at her they assume she’s just black like she can’t be both black and latina. She said to her she self identifies as a black latina bcs she CAN be both black and latina. But u can tell she’s actually a mixed (black, white and maybe N.A) latina. I just find lations/latinas really hilarious bcs if u ask them what ur race they always go ”oh am latina” like it is supposed to be a race.No it is a nationality or ethnicity not race. Most of u are either white, black, N.A or a mixture of those three races and more. Get a grip they so get offended if u call them black even if their skin is as black as charcoal lol Bcs i’ve seen latinas way darker than my African behind
“A lot of people don’t realize that I’m Latina, which is fine. One thing about being Latina is that there isn’t one look that comes with the territory. I don’t expect people to know my cultural background just by glancing at me. I do, however, expect that when I tell people my family is from Puerto Rico, that I will be believed and not accused of trying to be something that I’m not. It usually goes something like this: a person having a conversation with me discovers one way or another that I’m Puerto Rican and fluent in Spanish. That person then expresses their shock over these realizations for any number of reasons—common responses are, “You don’t look Latina” and “I thought you were black!” I never said I wasn’t black. And since when does being black and being Latina have to be mutually exclusive?
In my experience, people tend to have an uninformed and rather narrow view of what it means to be Puerto Rican. For me, not looking like some people’s idea of a typical Latina has been challenging and often painful. I constantly find myself trying to justify who I am, and why should I? I’m proud of my heritage and my family. Both of my parents are from Puerto Rico. They raised two kids in Brooklyn and later in New Jersey, where we ate arroz con gandules and pasteles and listened to salsa music. I feel just as at home in Puerto Rico, where I still have tons of family, including aunts, uncles and cousins. Puerto Rico is in my blood. And that has nothing to do with the color of my skin.
I’m not angry with anyone who doesn’t understand the complexities of race and culture. And I’m also not interested in having long, drawn out conversations about how it’s possible for me to look like this and speak Spanish. In fact, sometimes I make it a point not to mention my parents’ birthplace because I don’t always feel like having the inevitable discussion that follows. Instead, I let people look at me and come to their own conclusions. As I start to get my feet wet in Hollywood, I already know that there are certain parts I won’t even be considered for. The character can be Puerto Rican and speak Spanish just like me, but Hollywood defines Latina as Jennifer Lopez and Sofia Vergara. As beautiful as they are, we’re not all one race in Latin America. But I don’t go to auditions so that I can give history lessons to film executives. I’d rather skip the entire process.
I’m raising my son to understand who he is, and it’s my hope that he’ll never let others define him. It reflects poorly on us when we don’t educate ourselves about the rest of the world and what it looks like. I encourage people who are interested to learn more, do research and ask informed questions. If you’re lucky enough to visit various countries in Latin America, you’ll be baffled to see the blackest of the black and the lightest of the light living together. And I dare you to ask one of them to prove their latinidad.”
http://popularcartel.com/2010/01/la-la-vazquez-im-black-but-im-puerto-rican-too/
The problem i have with LaLa is I read in a magazine interview and she was talking about how she’s 100% Puerto Rican with NO african ties, which we canCLEARLY see is false! Both of my parents are from Puerto Rico and my dad is VERY dark skinned, but I still consider my self Afro-Rican. How the hell are you going to act ashamed of your background but marry a black man! WTF? She’s a disgrace!
Damn! Get off her ass! Y the fuck does it matter wut she is, yall stressen on sum 1 else who is doin they own thing n gettn money. Shouldn’t yall b doin that?
Why does it matter what she is? But yet still you’re on a site to find out her ethnicity!!! Please!!!!
dear truth
why on earth would you say something so disrespectful
and why on earth would you target black people?
thanks for adopting the oppressive ideology that your group falls subject to
please excuse yourself and emigrate right on out this country if you’re hear if you cant stand black people- becuase we clearly deal with enough race bashing minding our own business without the help of other less fortunate minority groups who really need to see to their own needs.
thanks
management
ps
please send me a picture to you. i have this awful feeling you’re not at all attractiv ebut riding ont he coattails of these “other beautiful puerto ricans” you’re gushing about.
Dear OMG
While I agree with you for the most part (on how ignorant “truth” sounded), I have to say you also sound very anger-filled here.
Did you know that Puerto Rico is part of the USA? lol.. it’s not a “free country” or anything, so! If truth were to just “go back”, wouldn’t really matter much, since PR is becoming Americanized.
Within every culture, or group of people, there are physically attractive, and not so physically attractive, lol. I hope everyone is aware of this and keeps their minds open!