Salli Richardson

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Birth Name: Salli Elise Richardson

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Date of Birth: November 23, 1967

Ethnicity:
*father – English, Italian
*mother – African-American

Salli Richardson, also credited as Salli Richardson-Whitfield, is an American actress and director. She is known for starring on the series Eureka.

Her father is white, and has English and Italian ancestry. Her mother is African-American. Salli has stated that her mother has Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this Native American ancestry has been verified/documented.

Salli is married to actor Dondre Whitfield, with whom she has two children. Dondre is African-American.

She has stated:

I mean, yes, my father is Italian and English, and my mother’s got Indian in her, but when you look at my parents you see Black and White–two halves… I was raised around both my parents, and I knew that my father is White and my mother is Black, but I never thought that I was anything but Black. It never crossed my mind that I could be anything else. No one ever said anything; no one ever made any comments in my family. It was just never a question. I think being Black is a wonderful thing to claim.

Salli’s paternal grandparents likely are Gerald Richardson and Geraldine Hope Higgins (the daughter of John L. “Jack” Higgins and Rose Page). Gerald was born in New York. Geraldine was born in Chicago, Illinois. Rose was the daughter of Anna, who was born in Italy.

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40 Responses

  1. transemacabre says:

    I’m 90% sure her paternal grandparents are Gerald Richardson and Geraldine Hope Higgins. Gerald was born in New York and Geraldine was born in Chicago, Illinois.

    Geraldine’s parents were John (Jack) L. Higgins and Rose Page. Geraldine was living with her aunt’s family and her maternal grandmother, Anna Page, in the 1930 census. Grandmother Anna’s birthplace was Italy. It may be that Page is an anglicized variant of some Italian surname.

  2. Ra says:

    She can identify as she pleases, you don’t get to decide for others. if she does not wish to acknowledge that side of her then she is free not to. Whites made up the One Drop Rule, so reap what you sow.

  3. andrew says:

    often described as part Irish on father’s side

  4. cwm85 says:

    Her statements, she seems to have a problem with her European side. She isn’t black. She is black and white. If both her parents were Black Africans hen she would be black. But she is both. She needs to accept herself and have more respect for her dad’s side.

    • Ra says:

      She can identify as she pleases, you don’t get to decide for others. if she does not wish to acknowledge that side of her then she is free not to. Whites made up the One Drop Rule, so reap what you sow.

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