Birth Name:
Mariah Carey
Birth Place:
Long Island, New York, USA
Birth Date:
March 27, 1970
Race or Ethnicity:
Irish, Afro-Venezuelan
The American singer was born to an Irish mother named Patricia Hickey and a father of Venezuelan and African heritage named Alfred Roy Carey. Mariah stated in an interview that her mother is a third generation Irish American.
She also mentioned on Lopez Tonight that she has a Venezuelan great grandmother on her father’s side. Unfortunately, her bi-racial family was the target of racial slurs and hostility while young Mariah was growing up.
Source:
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_8_37/ai_n27364315/
- http://people.famouswhy.com/mariah_carey
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D2009 Her father is referred to as Afro-Venezuelan which means he is ethnically African. I would agree about the voice, its amazing.
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I thought Venezuelan people were latino.. lol. So wouldn’t that make her Half white, black & latina? I guess not.. She looks white though, but her voice is another story..
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Grizzle, Thats true but this site is trying to be as specific as possible in terms of ethnicity. Seeing that Venezuelan is an ethnic group in itself, it should be mentioned.
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The girl is half BLACK ok damn!
who cares about the Afro-Venizlaian crap
her daddy is a BLACk man
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He’ll be coming up.
admin
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How come nick cannon isn’t on here??
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stupid people!
her father’s RACE is black(african) his NATIONATILY is Venezuelan
example: African-American = Race:Black Nationality:American
GOT IT???!?!
…american this days….
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Most websites say that he is black or African from Veneuela.
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Is her father black or mixed-race?
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Wow thatz koo.She got a black Voice 4 sure!
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