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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Black, White, Brown, Yellow, Purple, Green, whatever, I would do her!!!!
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This is to Lil Vacha,
That’s normal for her to say she’s black,because that’s how she would be seen despite what she’s mixed with.My family makes her look black,but you couldn’t tell them they are anything other than black,plus they know what they are mixed with,but they don’t want to hear it.The same goes for my brothers and sister,they don’t want to hear it
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Actually she is African American and Caucasian. I read in a magazine I had and it said she was born to a White parent and a Black parent. But she talks about how she considers herself Black.
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i agree those peole who say that are holding humanity back!
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people need to stop using the ignorant and stupid one drop rule.
If you are 2% black, you are most likely not going to claim that 2%. If you are as much white as you are black, you are biracial, NOT BLACK. I am biracial and look more white than black. I have light brown curly hair, light freckles on my cheeks and nose, (from my white mother,) green eyes, and light skin. I will not consider myself JUST black or JUST white, because I am neither of those, I am both and will embrace both. The people that force biracial or multiracial people to say they are just black are ignorant fools.
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When you people say/post statements like: “I get so tired of seeing some of the most beautiful black women on the arm of the white slavemaster” you know that person is ignorant & probably racist themselves..I mean seriously, GROW UP and get a grip….. PPL like you DO hold humanity back.
Emmanuela, IF you went to college, it didn’t do any good and you should ask for a refund….
I know I shouldn’t dignify such ignorance with a response but I couldn’t help myself!
You two are atrocious and should be ashamed of yourselves!
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Obviously most black women are not JUST BLACK.. thats what makes the BLACK RACE so different and beautiful we are considered to be every mixed group.,,, black/white… black/hispanic…black/indian…black/asian…etc..
BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL.
PERIOD. that’s probably why she doesn’t get caught up in the whole “i’m mixed” thing because hell….most of us are…so why not just say BLACK… all the colors mixed together:)
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IMPORTANT FACTS TO REMEMBER:
#1) There is NO SUCH THING as a so-called
“Light Skin Black” / “Light Skinned Black” person
boards.mulatto.org/post/show_single_post?pid=35284580&postcount=4
ourfilmspace.com/forum/topics/2045657:Topic:42413?page=5&commentId=2045657:Comment:246022&x=1#2045657Comment246022
answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjwuxYj8agKY7yGgqaJ7i.Xty6IX?qid=20070704121228AA7ZMsA&show=7#profile-info-ezQwEaJLaa
#2) The ALLEGED ‘Light-Skinned Favored’
SLAVE-HIERARCHY is a PROVEN MYTH
(at least on the ‘continental’ United States)
ourfilmspace.com/forum/topics/2045657:Topic:42413?page=5&commentId=2045657:Comment:245713&x=1#2045657Comment245713
boards.mulatto.org/post/show_single_post?pid=34070161&postcount;=13
mgmix.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=879:light-skin-curse-a-different-point-of-view&catid=36:biracial#comment-1271
#3) The ALLEGED prevalence of Colorism-inspired
“FEATURES TESTS” ARE also proven MYTHS
(at least on the ‘continental’ United States)
newsblaze.com/story/20090621155502zzzz.nb/topstory.html
boards.mulatto.org/post/show_single_post?pid=34070414&postcount;=14
ourfilmspace.com/forum/topics/2045657:Topic:42413?commentId=2045657:Comment:246405
#4) For more information on this topic,
please feel free to direct contact ‘A.P. Gifts’
at the email address of [email protected]
GROUPS:
groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed
groups.yahoo.com/group/MGM-Mixed
groups.yahoo.com/group/FGM-Mixed
OTHER:
mgmix.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=561:why-do-biracials-and-blacks-look-similar-&catid=45:commentary-essays-articles-writings#comment-1479
mgmix.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=331:when-did-the-term-biracial-become-popular&catid=45:commentary-essays-articles-writings#comment-1480
mgmix.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=410:why-do-blacks-want-dominicans-and-puerto-ricans-to-be-black-&catid=66:commentary#comment-1269
diverseeducation.com/article/7469/1.php
– Source: AP Gifts, © ARR, 2010
email: [email protected]
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I agree with MSM. Racism still exists and it’s never going to NOT exist. You should hear what ppl are saying about the Haitians during these hard times for them. Saying why are Americans donating to Haiti when we didn’t donate during Katrina. How stupid is tht? I think mixed couples are so cute, wonderful and beneficial. We need diversity. If there was a disease tht killed a kind of person and everyone was the same we would all die.
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Emmanuela you are so freaking stupid. I’m white, my parents and grandparents are from Greece. In America, my lineage only goes back to the 1940′s when my family immigrated here. So, does that mean that my family was responsible for American slavery just because we are white?? We weren’t even in America during that time! Same for many many white people! The Greeks and my ancestors were salve of the Ottomon Empire (Turks) for 400 years until the mid 1800′s so does that mean I have to go around still whining and crying about that? Get over yourself and move on and quite playing the blame game it’s not going to get you anywhere. Almost every culture of people has been demeaned or enslaved or used or whatever at some point in history. It is not OK and as a human race we should learn from our mistakes. However, the most important thing we can learn is how to move on from it and how we react and act as a culture beyond that is the real tell all as to the success of one’s culture, being African American, European, Mexican, etc. etc.
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