Birth Name:
Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Birth Place:
Saint Michael, Barbados
Date of Birth:
February 20, 1988
Race or Ethnicity:
Afro-Bajan, Irish and Afro-Guyanese descent.
The Barbadian singer was born to Ronald Fenty, a Barbadian man of African and Irish descent. Her mother, Monica Fenty is of Afro-Guyanese descent. This was stated in an article on the Los Angeles Sentinel, an African American owned newspaper.
It is interesting to note that people of Black, East Indian and to a lesser extent Native people make up the population in Guyana.
In an article for Allure magazine, Rihanna revealed that she was bullied in school and called ‘white’ by the other kids while growing up in Barbados.
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Lol! Ummm no.the woman in the picture who is supposedly rihanna’s mom is clearlyNOT light skinned. She and I are the same color and never have I tried to claim to be light skinned.we’re brown skinned or caramel. Also, I have hazel eyes and I’m black so the idiot who said “how can u have hazel eyes and be black” is reeeallly dumb.
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@ Ethnic, come on. Look at the white dude in the image, he looks extremely pink. Look at Rihanna, she looks extremely yellow, and her mom looks moderately light. That’s clearly the camera. Her mom is a dark-skinned woman. I saw images of her when she just came out. If she appears to be getting lighter than blame it on something else…beacuse she lives in the tropics. I don’t really see the pertinence of this discussion though. She a black girl with a mixed heritage, that’s it.
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People, Sheri doesn’t know what the hell she’s talking about!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her mom is a BLACK woman of Afro-Guyanese descent. She’s a BLACK dark-skinned woman. No mixture, West African ancestry. I repeat, her mom is NOT light-skinned. The woman you saw was probably her dad’s sister, a fam. member, or current girlfriend. Her dad’s MOM is apparently mixed with, what I’ve always heard, “Irish”.
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I agree with you Kitty, thanks for the comment.
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you know guys, quite frankly im shocked! someone please answer these questions: why is that that some people (especially AA’s) find it hard to believe that someone is really mixed for example in Rihanna’s type of mixture? Shouldn’t ppl be proud to say that they are part black, part this/ part that ect. if it really is true? why is it that some ppl only want to hear that your black & end of story?
i mean i know that once you have black in you, you are a black person, bt dont criticize mixed ppl who are proud of their varied background. if someone asks whats ur true race, you should be free to state what ur mixed with without being crucified.
i am mostly black (jamaican) bt is mixed with caucasian (irish & german), and indian. hey guys, im black & IM VERY PROUD bt im also proud to be a representation of other races too! ~peace~
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Isabelle
March 5th, 2009
LMAO. “How the hell is Rihanna black when she has hazel eyes?”
Congrats b/c that was the DUMBEST comment i’ve ever ever ever heard in my life!! U clearly need to get out more!!snh
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Sheri, thanks for the insightful comment. I guess you are from the Caribbean? if so its great to hear about the culture there.
Ive seen a picture of Rihanna’s mother and she is indeed quite light skinned so id agree that she is mixed.
here’s a pic of her mother
http://janetcharltonshollywood.com/images/spl92110_019_rihanna.jpg
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Rihannas parents
Break down MOM is light skinned of african decent and East Indian In GUYANA they are very mixed some of the prettiest in the Caribbean, Duglas are what Rihannas mom is when you mix East indian, Ameridian and black.
Father is light skinned of Irish , African and Bajan decent
So this is where Rihannas beauty comes she is EXOTICA.
Guyana actually has pretty women than that of Barbados like Rihannas mom where she gets 1/2 her beauty and many bajan like her father would probably agree or some Trini Imports
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rihanna is best in the world
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heres one article that says she’s mixed
http://www.showbizspy.com/?s=rihanna+bullied
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