Blake Griffin
Griffin in 2011
Birth Name: Blake Austin Griffin
Place of Birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 16, 1989
Ethnicity:
*father – African-Haitian/African-American
*mother – English
Blake Griffin is an American professional basketball player. A power forward, he played for the Los Angeles Clippers, the Detroit Pistons, the Brooklyn Nets, and the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the number one NBA draft pick in 2009. He is 6′9″.
Blake is the son of Gail and Tommy Griffin, who is a basketball player and basketball coach. His father is black, with African-Haitian ancestry. His mother is white, with English ancestry. His brother, Taylor Griffin, is also a professional basketball player.
Blake has two children with his former partner Brynn Cameron. Brynn’s brother is professional basketball player Jordan Cameron.
Griffin’s parents
Blake’s maternal grandfather was Clarence Melvin Simmons (the son of Curtis W. Simmons and Mabel/Mable D. Hiatt). Clarence was born in Oklahoma. Curtis was the son of Edwin Cirby Simmons and Mildred Dixon Poarch.
Blake’s maternal grandmother was Fanel Owings (the daughter of Lyle/Lyles Greenwood Owings and Alice/Allie S. Pat/Patricia Speed). Fanel was born in Texas. Lyle was the son of Eldridge John Owings and S. Margaret “Maggie” Greenwood. Alice was the daughter of Patrick Milton Speed and Alice Elizabeth Burleson.
Sources: Obituaries of Blake’s maternal grandparents, Clarence Melvin Simmons and Fanel (Owings) Simmons – https://www.findagrave.com
Blake’s maternal grandfather, Clarence Melvin Simmons, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Blake’s maternal grandfather, Clarence Melvin Simmons – http://legacy.newsok.com
Nooo for me he doesn´t look like a Caucasian ,sorry.
He is fair skinned but his Facial Features are Black .
Why People call someone as racist when he told the truth ???
Him and Kris Humphries look like they could be brothers! …..ew
no but he is so ugly and odd looking…..
Sadly, some people cannot get off of the Jim Crow era’s “One Drop Rule”. It’s racist, ignorant, and invalid.
If you have one white parent and let’s say one black parent, please tell me how that makes you “non-white”? You have both genes. There’s nothing “non” about that.
Anyone still using the “One Drop Rule” has a serious issue understanding that we are in a new generation where racist rules used to separate – not classify – races are unacceptable.
So Blake Griffin- he’s not “non- white”, he’s biracial.
Are some of you like 100 and still living in the past? I can’t understand how anyone can see that rule as valid.
wow you are so open minded and cool. i look up to you
The one drop rule is when you have a small percentage of one ethnicity when you are primarily another.
By his looks he looks half black with the European blood being phenotypically dominant. Which is rare…
So being HALF white wouldnt apply in his case at all. He is NOT white because he is HALF black. He is also not black. He is a mixbreed. A mongrel. He doesnt belong to any primary race. That is why miscegenation is bad. Because an individual will never be able to identify with either ethnicity.
primary race?,I thought we were all members of the human race.Also as far as miscegenation being bad,that’s something your ancestors seem to think was ok,since they had no problem doing it,just like their descendants like it now.
(Because an individual will never be able to identify with either ethnicity.)
Here’ the thing,different color people have been laying with each other for thousands and thousands years,and seem to have gotten along just fine.It was evil minded people who cause all the problems
he”s features are not like whites its diff yeah he look lioke an italian but a bit african n t
he doesnt look like an Italian or any full european man at all
u said Christoph Waltz was part Egyptian..you’re only confused