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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I like the mixin. Its the best of both worlds, if of course u get the good parts. Exspecially the races mixed with any black.
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mariah can pass for white or latino if you didnt know! she is biracial and her background but in the united states if you have any black blood you would be considered black even if youlook white
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im sorry,but i dont care if its one drop rule whatever,its stinkin 2012,that shouldnt be the reason for discriminating the other ethnicities someone has,if someone is black & white,they are basically black & white,not just black & not just white,but both,there is no need for choosing sides,when you can simply be both,because they are,not one or the other.
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mariah is biracial.
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I think in 2012 America we could call Mariah white and it still be accepted that she has a mixed ancestry of African, native (latino), and Irish, and whatever else she has in her. If not, then America really needs to catch up with the rest of the world.
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i think biracial women are gorgeous
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i am biracial and look completely white my mother is english/german my father is irish/black/indian
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thats because your majority white.
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I dont get it. Why all this bi-racial celebrities take so much pride in their black side. I guess its cool to be black nowadays.
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Noo.. THE TRUTH. News flash, 21st century!
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She is not considered black.
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mariah is considered black but you can defitenely tell the irish and latino are there to she looks mixed
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She is only 1/4 black!
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she looks biracial
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how the hell can you tell she’s latino, when LATINO IS A FREAKING CULTURE???wth? realllyyy??
and she is not 1/4 black, she is 1/2 black
and it should say she is irish and afro-venezuelan, not irish, african, venezuelan, thats like saying Jay-Z is african, american, instead of african american
her dad is a black man from venezuela, there was a documentary about her family and early life on the bio channel and it stated that her paternal grandfather was a venezuelan of african descent, came too america and changed his name from Nunez to Carey, to feel more closer, and to be accepted by the african american community as there weren’t many afro-hispanics around at the time, now miss mariah claims that her paternal grandmother was venezuelan, and that her dad grew up as an african american, idk why she’s so ashamed of saying that she’s half afro-venezuelan , its not like she’s any less black since thats the race she identifies with the most, but i guess if she did say she’s afro-venezuelan then ignorant people will think she’s only a quarter black smh
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You can see the Latin in her very plainly.
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SHE IS CONSIDERED BLACK
IN AMERICA
WATCH
GEORGE LOPEZ SHOW
SHE SAID IM FEEL MORE BLACK
IM CONSIDERED MYSELF BLACK
BUT
FOR ME
SHE LOOKS MIXED AS HELL
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she is considered black but she looks irish to
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mariah is a mutt like most of us
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she is what she is biracial she looks biracial and her mother is 100 percent irish her father african american with latin roots which makes him mixed ! i am mixed with italian and irish look more italian though but i dont pick sides in both!
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How is she considered black? look at how glowing white she is!
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I think this is a real great article post.Really looking forward to read more. Great.
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mariah is pretty
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I am black, native american and scotch- irish and jewish.
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