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Birth Name:
Meagan Monique Good
Birth Place:
Panorama City, California, USA
Date of Birth:
August 8, 1981
Ethnicity:
African-American, Jewish, American Indian (Cherokee), Puerto Rican
The American actress starred in movies such as Stomp the Yard and You Got Served. In an interview she said that she is a mix of African-American, Jewish, American Indian (Cherokee) and Puerto Rican. She said
“My mother’s mother is Jewish and African, so I guess that would be considered Creole. My mother’s father was Cherokee Indian and something else. My dad’s mother’s Puerto Rican and black, and his father was from Barbados.”
This interview can be found on Dallasblack.com. The link is provided below.
Source:
http://www.dallasblack.com/entertainment/interviewmeagangood
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People don’t understand that being Puerto Rican or from any hispanic places is a nationality not a race there are white,black,asian and brown Puerto Ricans. I have this one women in my class and she’s from Brazil, her skin is the same skin tone as mine, her hair is as coarse as mine but she has a relaxer and her features are like mine but when she’s described as black people say she’s not black she’s Brazilian. She’s Brazilian but she’s black, she’s a black Brazilian.What i don’t understand is when people describe a black person and there is a person with all that discription who is clearly black but born in a hispanic area and that all changes. Why are they no longer black anymore? they just are born in another area it doesn’t change anything. It’s like a white or black person born and raised in china, they are chinese because they are from china but they are still a white person and a black person. It’s like me saying i’m not black i’m Canadian like Canadian is a race.
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@liyah
What you said was 100% correct,but don’t drive yourself crazy trying to understand it.From what I can tell,black is a bad thing to be in those places,you even have people from here doing the same thing,they hate being called black
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To liyah
The reason why most people, even American blacks, reject black is because the term black is associated with so much negativity, even by black people. Black, in the USA, is nothing more than an Americanized form of identification involving connotations with the skin color of people of African descent. To some other nations it is not as offensive. People in that region reject the term because in most situations their race isn’t very important and they identify with nationality. They’re not rejecting their African ancestry, they’re rejecting being called a term that uses their skin color as a means of identification. I do not see why it makes people so uncomfortable to the point where they must reject that person’s Caribbean/foreign identity and force them to succumb to the racist ways of this nation.
I hate it most when ignorant people cite racism as the reason why that person is black. How is that going to help the cause? That’s the reason why they reject the term in the first place.
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@Gemini
Gotta disagree with some of this.People reject being called black,because they’ve been taught to do so.Your sugar coating what’s going on,for generations now people have been taught to see black as ugly plain and simple.The lighter or whiter you are the better,that’s the truth.That’s why they have come up with some many different names to keep from being called black(dirty Indian,wheat,etc).Why a certain kind of hair is preferred,or the shape of the nose.I saw a story the other day,about a club in the D.R.The story stated that the owner would not allow any black person in the club:
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2010/7/8/36255/No-blacks-no-gays-Dominican-Republic-bar-sticks-by-its-ways
Now I’m confused here,I saw some of the pictures of the people who were allowed into the club.Now I have 20/20 vision,and to me they looked like black people(excuse me,black Latinos).Now they say we want to be seen by their culture first,but that’s only because so many of them would be seen as black anywhere else.Now since the 1400′s to now black has been seen as bad,that’s honest truth
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To WTF
No there’s no sugar coating it but that is the reason some actually do. They just don’t identify as that or it was non existent. Ive met people like that personally. I was never taught to reject the term black yet I personally reject it in most situations because my skin is not black it’s brown and my ancestors don’t come from Blackland they are from Africa. Just as I don’t believe white people to be white, they are more pinkish. Their ancestors don’t come from Whiteland they are from Europe.
Black has become synonymous with negativity as I said but not all people reject it for the same reason. As I’ve learned some people are actually taught that they are a completely different ethnicity.
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@Gem
Well I do understand what your saying,but the funny thing is no ones skin is actually black or white;were all brown.Now you reject the name black,but you accept the name Africa,which was not the original name of the place;The name Africa also came from the Euro’s.Also while it was never called Blackland,it was funny enough called Negroland:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Negroland_and_Guinea_with_the_European_Settlements%2C_1736.jpg/800px-Negroland_and_Guinea_with_the_European_Settlements%2C_1736.jpg
This is of course after they stop calling black people Moors,and change to Negro.However most of the name Euro’s and others gave for Africans,like (Bilad Al Sudan,Sudan,Aethiopia,Ethiopia etc)meant land of the black,or burnt face.Sorry got off on something else.Anyhow I’m all for them saying they are a different group,because they have gone through different things.They have different traditions,language etc,that’s all well and good.But they as others have stated,will look you in the face,and say you are a black person.However when they are as dark as the Ace of spades,will tell you that they’re not;because they are Latino.Now in what cosmic universe does that make any sense?I mean you can put a suit on a duck,but it will still be a duck
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Seriously why even waste your time arguing about this LOL..I’m mixed with other things also..But what you see is a black women and Im going to leave it at that..And like most of you said PR is a nationality.
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yall cant be mad at her jus cause she siad she wasnt jus black wtf thats so dumb so if a mexican person siad the mexican and italion does that give mexicans the right to be mad cause they jus didnt say i mexican or like a white peron saying i white and jewish and white people getting mad because they jus didnt say the where white now thats ignorant for real
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you make alout of sence i mean why do people get so mad
say for instance im 50% black and 25% white and 25% mexican somebody on hear would probly be like why dont you jus cliam black because im not just black im much more im 3 beautiful
ethnicity’s and im not about to just cliam just one because theres
a bigger percentage
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Omg megan did you have to say all that i mean my moms creole and my dad is Haitian and black same thing i guess but im not finna go on and on about they mamas mamas and they daddys daddys cus im black at the end of the day and so are my parents and creole is actually native, black,french that shows how much you know about the race you claim and what that person said was right about alot of african americans trying to feel exotic alot of us dont feel like all black is beautiful wich is dumb because im pretty sure no african american is fuly black now anyway but megan your black no need for all the ancestor trace back look at any african american and trace back there history there ethnicty is going to change all the way through!!
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HA–she claims to be all these ethnicities, when the most apparent one is hardly mentioned. Sell out.
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how is she a sell out she telling you all the ethnicitys she is
and she aint just black she’s more then just that hello damb
why do people have such a problem with it
i mean its so obious she’s black duh
lord how merccy
and learn what a sellout is before you call her that
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i ddnt kno u had all tht mixed in u well on the movie b girl it said ur name was drew sadora but thts ur name in the game so is megan monique good ur real name or is it jst for sho im really courious dnt lie to us megan we need to kno well i ned to kno cuz if ur liein ill get very mad cuz i kinda loom up to u so dnt lie ur also in tht movie with tyresse is tht fun and by the way im only ten years younger then u so jst guess if ur 21 jst do the math ok so u kno im young and anyone who reads this dnt b nosey ok thanx omg girlz at the mall in 5 4 3 2 lets get it ok dueces
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Drew Sidora & Meagan Good are two completely different women. Drew was on The Game before BET took over the show, Meagan was in the first episode of the show this season as you might know her character had an affair with Malik.
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I dont see why people feel as though she has to prove herself. If she is more than black what the hell is she supposed to do? Disrespect her ancestors who aren’t by saying “I’m just black cuz that’s what the world wants me to be and that’s what they think I look like.”
And a question why the hell is it that when a black person or a person who looks black claims they are anything other than black, they have to prove themselves? Why the hell can’t we just be mixed? Why do people focus so much on our skin color?
I am a proud mixed race person regardless of my skin color
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Puerto rican is a race Smh education is important
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To mrsbella
Sorry love,but Puerto Rican is not a race,it’s a nationality
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please, i think she’s full of shit. notice how she babbled on about all her other mixes, and barely said black. typical BLACK american. they just want to be and feel exotic. XDD
and since when did jewish and african = creole and puerto rican a race?
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To Brianna
Your words(typical BLACK American. they just want to be and feel exotic)Now really,how many have you met?Pretty much every black person I’ve met,no matter their skin or hair ,just says they’re black,they don’t try to be anything else.Now Meagan might be a little different
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I meant typical black american from MY experiences. I cannot tell you how many times black americans I know try to cling on to every race & ethnicity (which 90% of the time they don’t even have), except their own. It’s typical where I’m from. You can’t discredit what I said if I’m speaking from MY experience, which differs from yours. Same w/ you Rebellious.
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To Brianna
Your right,I do tend to forget that black people in different areas are just that;different.Hopefully no harm,no foul
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cause black is boring brianna.. nobody wana claim that boring ass shit thank god im mixed
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First off I would have respected your comment if you didn’t go on your little rant about typical black american, who the heck cares about being exotic no one especiall not me,most people in fucking america are mixed with someting no one is a 100% percent anything not even you believe it or not my family is mixed with different things and guess what I still consider my self black because because I’m am, I don’t go on a rant telling people what other ethnicities my family is because no one cares unless they are ignorant.
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pretty girl but and airhead and why all the mix? I DO not BElieve her at alll! beauty can only take u so far then u need to learn about your history…
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ummm please, there are people of major mixed heritage.. Me for example: My father is Dominican/ Irish, Gheeche/ Jewish. and my mother Colombian/Native American, White and Black. Its possible, look at you history and you might be surprised.
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ummm im sure I am mixed; however, Im a Proud black american despite my quarter This and That so called “MIXED” heritage which btw was probably due to rape of slaves ancestors….so not surprised about any so called “mixed” heritage
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kickup i think ur totally riqht. its wit all of us but prolly cuz of the rapinqs cuz im mixed but my skin is dark and my hair is thick but im very pretty
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