Birth Name:
Paula Patton
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A
Date of Birth:
1975-12-05
Race or Ethnicity:
African and German American
Paula Patton is known for her appearances in the films Idlewild in 2005 and Deja Vu in 2006. She is married to singer/songwriter Robin Thicke.
An article in Women’s Health Magazine states that Patton was born to a White mother and a Black father. However Patton identifies herself as Black and said in an interview that she finds being called bi-racial offensive to her.
I find [the term biracial] offensive. It’s a way for people to separate themselves from African-Americans….a way of saying ‘I’m better than that, I’m black because that’s the way the world sees me.”
Her mother Joyce Patton Vanraden is of German heritage.
Profile by: Lala and Ethnic
Source:
- http://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/paula-patton
- http://bossip.com/
- top photo by s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
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paula is biracial by blood there is white blood running through her veins as much as black
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Paula Patton knows she is biracial but self-identifies as “black” because she sees that that’s how most people will see her. Especially as an actress and the roles she will play. Biracial and multiracial people argue all the time for chance to define and categorize themselves(even as they define and categorize others) so why hate when one chooses to define herself as “black”? I think a lot of what Paula said holds true for many MANY people(bi- & multi-racial people included) and those people are offended because she called them on their own biases.
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My bad I meant to say tht her hubby has more soul in his pinky than she has in her whole body. I hate tht stupid obsolete one drop rule this is the 21st century stop being ignorant.
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My bad I meant to say tht her hubby has more soul in his pinky than she has in her whole body. I hate tht stupid obsolete one drop rule this is the 21st cetury stop being ignorant.
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That comment was totally uncalled for and her reaction to the title bi racial,is not only a overreaction but totally ridiculous and prejudice. it sounds like this lady is seething with self hatred and has grown somewhat acriminous over the ages. I find it ironic that she can make such a pro black militant response yet be the 1st to opt to marry a white man even if he does have more soul in his pinky than she probably has in one of her pinkies. She needs to seek help shes insane and paranoid and is going through a identity crisis. Its disrespectful to her mom for her to deny half of her heritage screw this airhead.
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SHE LIKES ONLY HER BLACK SIDE
AND
SHE HATES HER WHITE SIDE – HAHAHA
SHE IS JUST BLACK
SHE IS NOT MIXED
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Her face reminds me of the Scream mask.
She is still pretty, though.
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Firstly she is very attractive! Its her choice at the end of the day. However I wonder how her son will define himself? See link below: He looks pretty white to me!
http://theybf.com/2010/12/14/theres-baby-julian-robin-thicke-paula-pattons-family-pics
Yeah the One Drop Rule is pretty stupid, and mainly an American Thing. But with Multi/Bi-Racial& Ethnic Unions becoming a norm/acceptable, more and more Multi/Bi-Racial individuals don’t fit into the Black/White/Asia & Brown Mold. Unlike Paula we are proud of ALL of our Heritage and thus prefer the Bi/Multi Racial Category….
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Oh i didn`t know she had a son.I was wondering if she had kids if she would be upset if they did not accept part of the their bi racial background.She has cute kid.
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she is a black women with a white mother so what! do you know how many there are in this world by having a white parent!
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paula is beautiful you can tell shes mixed !
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NO – YOU LIE
SHE DOESNT LOOK MIXED
AT ALL
NOT EVEN CLOSE
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i am white with a biracial daughter i raised her on my own and my daughter looks alot like paula and she accepts all of her sides i sacrificed alot for us and she would never deny me and say she is just black she knows about her black side but she acknowledges her italian/german side
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it’a not about denying either side, it is about how the world sees you, plain and simple, like it or not, because if it was not so, we wouldn’t have racism in this world. Just be happy you are apart of the human race, because at the end of the day we are all born to die. Being mixed is nothing special!!!
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& dats where part of the problem is,saying “oh but its how the world sees her,blah”,SHUT UP WIT DAT.no,its not plain & simple like dat,cuz how do you kno dat the world sees her like dat,cuz i dont see her like dat,i see her as mixed(cuz she stinkin is,plain & simple,accept it).Stop with that ignorance(its annoying,& frustrating).Not you,or the stinkin world,or even paula patton can choose her ethnicity,sorry,but she is,what she was born with,& she was born black & white,nothin more,nothin less,plain & simple.stop wit that ignorance.
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