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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“Woaw” u are a dumb ignorant piece of sh!t. There are blacks in mexico. Slaves were brought to mexico long before the US. Most dwell in the southern coast of mexico. On top of that the very first knowned people of the americas were the Olmecs. The olmecs were of negro decent, and that was said to be true by researchers in mexico. So learn some facts. And I am mexican myself, and I know my true history and heritage.
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i hate it when black people try to claim people who may be mixed with the black genes as their own. maybe i am not going to have kids with a black guy after all since its only going to be black and my precious genes will have dissapeared anyway.
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Facts for the persons saying Mexico has no blacks: Tens of thousands west african slaves were brought to Mexico by the spaniards and tens of thousands black slaves from the US crossed the mexican borders to escape because Mexico abolished slavery before the USA. N***a please.
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Come on peoples, she’s so bad she’s cool. She doesn’t bow down 2 Hollywood. who cares if she’s puerto rican, dominican, black or purple. My grandkids are mixed w/ puertorican, black, mexican, irish & native american. Yes that mix makes 4 some beautiful kids. It’s all in the mix brothers & sisters. Much love!
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Are you my grandma? Joking! Your grandkids sound like me!
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Ok I go to Mexico all the time and there are no black people. So I’m offended by fuzzybear saying Mexico has some black people cause they clearly don’t. We have every culture but black.
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To woaw
Yet another one,look it’s called assimilation .Certain traits disappear in favor of others.Ok I’m not going to write all that stuff again.Go to eva longoria and read all the stuff I left there,just look for my name.Now if you still don’t believe after all that,I don’t know what to tell you
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you might aswell call every one black then, if I keep reading you saying that almost everyone is black or has some.But still its what they most identify with right.I mean you black people have mix too,so it goes the same with other ethic,but I guess its whatever is dominent,so that makes everyone mix.
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To hapa
It’s not that I’m calling everyone black,because that’s clearly not true.All I’m saying is,if Africa is the source,then that means everyone has that heritage.Now whether it be 1000′s of years,or last week,it’s there.It’s everybody else that freaks out and starts crying I’m not black,your lying.Then you have cultures where the recent black blood has been assimulated into the group,and no traits can be seen.Also since everyone has been taught that black or African people come one way,and no one because what they’ve been taught,and the evil way people with any kind of visible black heritage are treated,no one wants to claim any black heritage.I’ve shown tricks they do to cover-up black heritage,like saying they’re jewish.Oh yes yes we black people have mixed to,lol.However that shows even more that except for what we look like on the outside,were the same on the inside,if we weren’t we couldn’t do that .
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you like being the kno it all huh? basically when I said that black people have mix in them,its because when you said that all these other races having black in them,I’m saying that well black people have mix in them too.It might be true that other people wouldn’t want black in them,but there other people who do,to me I remember when I was little I wanted to be black and other races,but I like what I am now so yeah,not saying that I didn’t want to be myself but that it would of been cool or whatever to have all these races and stuff and be apart of it all.
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just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there. there are traits that are probably in you that you have no idea about and with mexico being as big as it it i’m sure you haven’t been in every city in the country. so how would you know who’s there and who isn’t? because you don’t see it? that’s very close-minded of you
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Yeah there is blacks in Mexico. Why are u offended are u racist? I’m Mexican and I know my history. The blacks in Mexico are in southern Mexico. Such as Veracruz. Look it up if you realy don’t believe me and see for yourself.
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To Jesse
Those are just the ones with visible traits down there.The rest have assimilated into the population all over Mexico
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Yeah I know but I’m just trying to tell people where the visble afro Mexicans are. I’m pretty sure I have African blood in me very little tho when I grow out my I get a afro and my features to. I have a very wide nose and big lips. Not being racist jus saying
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Understood.Oh btw the other version,the Caucasian nose is just as big,just pointy.So don’t let your wide nose bother you,lol
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to Woaw,
sweetheart there were many slaves that were brought to mexico especially the coast. there are still sub groups in mexico today and some joke that everyone has the “black grnadma in the closet” you should really watch the documentary “black in latin america” that came on PBS by Henry Louis Gates… he focuses on the afro-peruvian, domincan, cuban, brazilian and mexican populations and interviews people as well. the mulatto or african population in mexico was mostly assimilated into the larger mestizo population which skyrocketed
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The average Mexican has 5% African ancestry. Mexico actually received more slaves than I believe any other Spanish speaking country in the Western Hemisphere. People who are 25% black usually don’t look black, let alone 5%. People who are hateful and in denial confuse you saying there are blacks there, for everyone there is black. Further proof that they’re dumb. I would say that most Mexican Americans that I’ve come accross don’t know about African history in Latin America. It’s interesting because, I have met many families that have a member or two that have visible ancestry that aren’t mixed with African American.
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I hate to call a person stupid. But I hardly doubt that you combed the country with a fine tooth comb. Have you ever been to Costa Chica? How about Nacimento de los Negros? There may not be many blacks, but there are many people of African descent besides the people who call themselves black in Mexico. People who are racist and want nothing to do with blacks are quick to confuse the two. I bet if they took a dna admixture test they would claim that afro-centrics tainted their results just to prove a point.
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meagan: just cause shes dominican doesnt mean shes black she could be white or native. she looks like she has some taino ancestry to me
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To magdalena:It also doesn’t mean that she doesn’t have the heritage.I want to ask you why is it so offensive to you that she would have that in her?
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i didnt say it was offensive to me, im just saying that people automatically assume every dominican person is black, not white/native. its like saying all brazilians are white, when thats not true, im a mixed dominican myself
and i didnt say she isnt black, i said she looks like she has some taino indian ancestry. she has native features, well thats what i think, i didnt say she is native
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To Magdelena
Ok,maybe I got the wrong idea.However,you do know she could be all those thing,and still look the way she does.With that kind of combo,you can look any number of ways.It’s just funny to me that it is what people always focus on.It doesn’t matter how much talent,or how good looking the person is,the first thing people say is(what,he/she is part black,no way) like it’s the worse thing you can be.
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I think Michelle Rodriguez is a cool chick…she has this kinda edgy something about her that I like and I never knew that she had some dominican in her,I thought she was full hispanic or something
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Girl that is full hispanic, Puerto Rican and Dominican, Hey and we aslo speak the same language did you know that?
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oh well I feel stupid I was thinking of something else I guess
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It’s OK, U shouldn’t feel stupid:)
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the thing is that I do kno that dominican is hispanic but i was so caught up on realizing that she also has some black in her as well since dominican has some that I forgot about that but thanks)
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it’s okay
in america the largest latino ehnic group is mexican (especially in the west and southwest)- makes sense they’re our neighbors. so i think as a whole people have a certain idea of what hispanic/latino looks like and should be, based on their experiences with mexicans that they forget there are like 20 other countries in this part of the world with latin- based culture that speak spanish and Puerto Rico and DR are one of them.
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No offense,but she is full Latino.Black has been part of the mixture since the start.There’s not a country I can think of down there that Black has not been a part of the mixture
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if your talking to me… when i said that i meant like i thought she was full portirican or mexican.
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To hapa
Let me see if I understand you right.Are you saying you thought she was just one of them not two?
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no before i found out what her ethicity was i thought she was like mexican,portirican or both.
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Shes Hot ;-) && she Dominican ..
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oh well :)
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she acts like a man
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I meant to put a smiley face at the end :)
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Please people tell me why it is such a shock that she would also be part black?Plus it could come from both sides of her family,since PR are also part black(not all of them,ok)
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I’m not saying that its a shock that she could have some black in her,I was basically explaining that I forgot dominican was hispanic but was focuses on the black part of it.So what you thought i was trying to say is not what i’m trying to say at all.
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ok…i can see that my comment could be making you think that way,i think its just coming out wrong and i don’t know how to explain myself clearly or the way i want it to
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I get what your saying,just got a little hot,sorry
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To Hapa
Ok,but historically you do know mexicans are also mixed with black to.Although for some crazy reason,this part of their hertiage isn’t taught to them,at least in north mexico
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To hapa
Hey hey hey,just wait a minute.We voted on who was going to be the sites( know it all),and I won by 51%.It is a thankless job,but someone has to do it.Anyhow,lots of people want to be part of another culture,that’s just normal.Look at all the other cultures that copy black people.They don’t want to be black,but they like the attitude or the swagger black people have.Even I thought someone culture was cool.I saw this movie once called (once were warriors),and looking at their/your ceremonial dance,I thought that was the baddest thing every.I went to the bathroom,unbraided my hair,took my shirt off and started slapping on my chest ,doing the dance.After looking at kung fu movies,I tried jumping off roofs,almost broke my arm.I wanted to do that russian dance,where they kick on the ground(kozachok).Wanted to be a Samurai,I’m sorry,as you can see I can go on for hours with this
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It doest bother me but yeah I have seen a lot of Caucasian people wit wide noses too.
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