Birth Name:
Shaffer Chimere Smith
Birth Place:
Camden, Arkansas, United States
Date of Birth:
October 18, 1982
Ethnicity:
African-American and Chinese
The R&B singer, Shaffer Chimere Smith AKA Ne Yo, is of African-American and Chinese ethnicity. His Grandfather was Chinese on his mother’s side. His father is African American. He regards himself as ”Black and Chinese” and stated this on an interview.
Source:
http://artists.letssingit.com/ne-yo-wvp3c/biography
http://concreteloop.com/interviews-neyo
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to caublinasian142 not all light skinned blacks are mixed there are light skinned africans and africans with blue eyes so that not necessarily all true
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since ne-yo name is Shaffer chimere smith..i agreed that his father is originated from a nigerian igbos tribe which are the only people’s that are bearing the name “CHIMERE” white or black..that’s a very big shiit on a skin to denied an inheritance..a dad..a resolation…
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Lol why are people pissed that he identifies himself as black and Chinese? He IS black and Chinese.
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Wow! Black and Chinese,I wish he made the song Black and Yellow.It’s perfect for him! haha! ;P
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you forget that african americans are almost never 100% black, i mean, the only country in the americas where you can find 100% african people is in haiti, and the mixed people are actually 50/50 since there was VERY little racial mixing going on when they declared themselves a black nation. African AMericans on the other hand, have been mixing because they either had ancestors that were RAPED by slave masters, which brings up the question, why claim something that was forced into your family tree? Anyways I believe even though people who are African American who are light skinned or look less than what their parents phenotype is, its obvious that they got some admixture in their, but saying they should claim that devil racist rapist white blood? Fuck that, they aren’t denying they have it in their they just don’t need to report it. Sorry but its a HISTORICAL FACT that whites raped their slaves, sometimes to make more slaves. So don’t blame the victim for not wanting to claim any bit of that white devil blood in her, not saying all whites are bad im saying history is history. But Neyo on the other hand his chinese blood was not forced in the mix so why hate that he wants to identify partially with it? Sometimes I don’t get why people want others to be monoracial when everyone knows that shit is gonna disappear in the next century. Race wont even be an identifier as much as nationality(where you were born). It will be like a more equal Brazil(one where the racial whites are no longer existent) and color will literally only be skin deep( mean you could be light skinned or dark skinned but still be racially mixed like me or tiger woods) Shit is only skin deep anyway, the only things that matter for genetics really are the inherited diseases to look out for. And as for mixed people hating their black side, it depends I only see that when people grew up during the 50s,60s, or whatever but not during these times. Though I am in the New York- NJ- Philly area where black pride is well known and there are a lot more educated black people. I know more black people and hispanic people with extremely high IQ and test scores than I do asians and white people to tell you the truth. And the worst part is that the black and hispanic people I know study less than the latter and still do as good. So stereotypes are just IGNORANT slander made by IGNORANT people, and if that IGNORANT mixed person wants to deny one part or shit on one part of their heritage, let them, thats their shit they have to deal with, they can cry about how they hate being of black ancestry, and deny their parents heritage, then let them, that shit will be stuck on their inherent racist mind. I don’t deny any part of my ancestry, though my father does, but he changes from time to time, and its because of his circumstances, but anyone these days that denies themselves is just a dumb piece of shit, what in this day and age is their to be disgraced about, because all people of all races have shown that they are a disgrace to their kind.
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I have a male cousin (my mom’s aunt’s son) who has recently married a black woman. his mom was not very happy about it cause she wanted him to marry a chinese woman (as her son is chinese, obviously). makes me wonder if she’s going to make a fuss about him marrying someone out of his race will she accept her own grandkids from this union? i have no issue with the marriage …
well, it’s too soon to tell if this part of my family will continue to mix outside of their race or will one race gain dominance over the other in terms of genetics in the next generation after my cousin’s like Neyo’s situation. i dunno .. if that happens i’d still consider them part of my family whether they choose to identity as chinese or the latter.
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OM-GOODNESS! THIS IS NOT ANYTHING 2 B ARGUING OVER….DANG….THERE IS 3 CONVERSATIONS THAT WILL GET PEOPLE HEATED…..RACE….POLITICS…..THE BIBLE…..AND ALL FOR 1. BECAUSE EVERY1 THINKS THEIR OPINION IS RIGHT AND EVERYBODY ELSE’S IS WRONG…WELL GUESS WHAT…NONE OF IT EVEN FREAKING MATTERS! NO MATTER WHAT HIS ETHNICITY IS….HE IS HUMAN LIKE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. LET IT GO…….SHHHHHH……LET IT GO! :-)
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That explains his eyes.
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Lol
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