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Birth Name: Whitney Elizabeth Houston
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 9, 1963
What Race or Ethnicity?: African American
Whitney’s mother Cissy stated in an interview that she has Dutch and Native American ancestors.
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She is beautiful mix I love Whitney she’s the best singer with mariah carey
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liyah, lol I said the same thing! Not saying that all of them are fibbing, but it goes back to a time when everybody claimed they had a “Cherokee” grandma! LMBO hilarious
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@liyah
Its because of common struggles. Native Americans and African Americas got the short end of the stick and found themselves in similar areas. The were in the same social/economic status.
If you go to Detroit of Baltimore you see “”Ghetto Blacks” and “Traitor park trash” (not my words) living in the same areas, and often intermingling (going to the same places, and making babies with each other) that’s the nature of things.
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I don’t like when someone is something and people are still Ohh she black,no she’s a black Indian that’s some ones of African,and Native American anscerty. So u mean to tell me since im mixed with African-American,Caucasin,And three diffrent types of Native American that im black. No idenfy as Mullato which is a person having a black,and one white parent or more broadly a person of black and white,or native anscerty.
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Wow I’m shocked African American? Get out of here. lol *says with sarcasm* I would’ve been shocked if something else would’ve came up.
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Ok wait stop right there before you go BUT look it says “Whitney’s mother Cissy stated in an interview that she has Dutch and Native American ancestors.” Okay yeah shes still considered African American I am African American and have white blood in me as well BIG WHOOP most of us are mixed with something. What I meant by that previous statement is that I knew before coming here that she was a black woman,and in the end having distant relatives that were one race or another isn’t the same as being a biracial person that has 1 mother and 1 father that are 2 completely different races.
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Jasmine,
Get it together hon, your explaining to us that you yourself have caucasian roots! So your right when you say BIG WHOOP! Tell the truth honey and EXCEPT THE FACT THAT YOU ARE MULTI-RACIAL AND KEEP IT MOVING ! CASE CLOSED!!!!!lmao! You sound like an old slave that was beaten to say what your saying! This is the year 2011 and guess what hon? The truth has been let out! YOU ARE EMANCIPATED!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!! Whew! This answer is so on point I can’t stop laughing!!!!LOL!LOL!LOL!LOL!LOL!
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@ Jas
Why would you be shocked?You do know AA doesn’t mean your just black right?(btw I’m not trying to be funny,alot of people don’t know that)
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She Was Being Sarcastic! Whitney Is Dying! Whitney Does Not Have That Lung Cancer Thing….I Love Whitney!
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If most African Americans are more than just black, then ¨African American¨is a misnomer and this ethnic group needs to find another name to call themselves– American?
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If that the case everyone should change their name!! 33% of “White Americans” have African ancestry, acquired over the last 400 years.
People dont have DNA glasses, so… if you look black people call you black, if you look white people call you white.
Hell both my parents are blond and I have brown hair, nobody’s going to call me Blondie because of my heritage……
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is it just me or does every black celeb on this site has native in them
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Its Not You….But The Thing Is, Her Native American Ancestry Is Visible In Her Fathers Phenotype, And I Can Also See It In Her Mothers Face A Little….But Whitney Is One Of The Few People Who Know And Have Proof That They Have Native Blood And She Know Who Was Her Native Ancestor Which Was Whitney’s Great Grandfather.
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