Birth Name:
Mayte Michelle Rodriguez
Birth Place:
Bexar County, Texas, United States
Date of Birth:
July 12, 1978
What Race or Ethnicity?:
Puerto Rican, Dominican
according to Wikipedia, She is the daughter of Carmen Milady (née Pared), a native of the Dominican Republic, and Rafael Rodriguez, a Puerto Rican American. She starred in the films The Fast and the Furious, Resident Evil, and S.W.A.T.
Source:
http://www.filmreference.com/film/14/Michelle-Rodriguez.html
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She doesn’t have Black in her blood! She doesn’t look Black whatsoever. What’s with Black people trying to claim everyone who looks “ethnic”. Jeeezzuuss people….. come on!
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Are you asking a question, or making a statement? Because no one can make such a statement, not even she herself. No one knows their complete genetic make-up without dna admixture tests. Someone saying she MAY be of African descent is not the same as saying she’s black. Why do so many people that speak english very poor at comprehension? If they were one in the same, then many White Americans, and most Latin Americans would be Black. Many people in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic acknowledge African ancestry but don’t call themselves black.
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I have black ancestry and I have the same skin color -_-
So stfu.
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I hate it when people make it big its all about black people I’m puerto rican and I’m not racist I have a black bf and my son is half black but damn y can’t she just be hispanic like it ain’t always about black people that’s not the only race in the world
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Hispanic isn’t a race. It’s very likely she is of African descent. I don’t know that I can see it. But many “mixed” people look different in each picture and from different angles.
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Mariposa, I’ve seen quite a few of your comments across this site and I must say….very impressed. I will not assume your ethnicity by your name. What is your ethnicity if you don’t mind me asking? You are very knowledgeable and you don’t find many in the states who are intellectually inclined. You are correct in your statements. Hispanic/latino is not a race or ethnic group and they are simply mixed ethnic people. I was explaining something similar to an Anglo-American previously because he assumes all latinas/hispanics are “white”. I explained to him that “white” hispanics are mainly mixed people of Native American, German, Spanish, and/or Portuguese heritage. Correct me if I am wrong. I am not hispanic fyi. And that “black” hispanics are mainly of West African, Native American, Spanish, German, and/or Portuguese heritage. I am Louisiana Creole, father being of African, French, and Native American mix as well as Scottish all on his mother’s side. So it’s fairly close I’d say to how one can explain the hispanic/latino group.
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