Soledad O’Brien

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Birth Name:

María de la Soledad Teresa O’Brien

Birth Place:

St. James, New York United States

Date of Birth:

September 19, 1966

What Race or Ethnicity?:

Afro-Cuban and Irish

The television journalist is well known as the host of CNN Special Investigations Unit. She stated in an article about the issues of being Black in America, that she herself was born to an Black mother and a White Australian father.

More specifically her mother, Estella is of Afro-Cuban descent and her father, Edward is Australian of Irish descent. Despite her Hispanic heritage she is not fluent in Spanish.

Source:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/23/btsc.obrien/index.html

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