Christina Milian
Milian in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Christine Marie Flores
Place of Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 26, 1981
Ethnicity: Cuban [African, Spanish]
Christina Milian is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She has starred in the films Love Don’t Cost a Thing, Torque, Man of the House, Pulse, and Falling Inn Love, and on television’s Movie Surfers and Grandfathered. She has also been credited as Christine Flores-Nash, the latter name from her former husband; Christina Flores, Christine Flores, and Christine Milian.
She was born in New Jersey, to Cuban immigrants, Carmen and Don Flores, who are of African-Cuban descent, with Spanish ancestry. A picture of her father can be seen here. She uses her mother’s surname. Christina was raised mostly in Waldorf, Maryland.
Christina is able to speak Spanish.
Christina has a daughter with her former husband, singer, songwriter, and record producer The-Dream; and two children with her partner, French singer and songwriter M. Pokora.
Christina’s paternal grandfather was Cuban boxer Jose Ramon Flores.
Pictures of Christina’s paternal grandparents can be seen here and here.
It’s true…in south africa we have mixed ppl who are called coloured…this is usually a mixture between black and white…what really upsets me is that these ppl are always more than happy to acknoledge their white side…but ask them about their black heritage…they usually know nothing about it, or just never acknoledge it as a part of their history…how crapy is that???? but when its time for affirmitive action which is meant to benefit black ppl more than any other previously disadvantaged group…because we definately had the hardest time during Apartheid (racial segregation)…coloured ppl don’t mind being classified as black…only when it is time for affirmitive action though…it really really pisses me off that they only want to be black when it suits them…when it will further their own interests…I’m black everyday and, everyday I have to deal with whatever challenges may come with being a black person…not when I feel like it…not when it suits me…everyday…and during apartheid my parents had to deal with being black in a country that treated black ppl like they are some kind of curse…everyday…not when they felt like it!
to duke : i totally agree with you . Nowadays it seems like being “black” is a real plague. Like everybody want to escape the black identity saying they’re part white native or anything else but non black. And, like you said in your post, it’s the consequences of eurocentrism. It’s sad.
AFRO CUBAN MEANS THAT SHE IS CUBAN WITH AFRICAN ANCESTRY. ALTHOUGH, CUBANS, DOMINICANS, BRAZILIANS, AND SOME PUERTO RICANS HAVE AFRICAN BLOOD AND SPANIARD BLOOD AS WELL
Admire the majority of the responses regarding issues of race. Glad our notions regarding this issue are being challeged more. For too long “we” have been defined according to a Eurocentric definition, which is heavily rooted in negative bias toward anyone not white! And, that distinction of “white” didn’t even fit for some Caucasians (remember the Iris were the “n$%^&^%” in for a long time in early america). Eurocentric thinking regarding race remains an issue and is still very prevalent today and we all are impacted by it! Unfortunately many of the varied cultures, ethnicies and races attempt to align themselves with situations that they percieve, improve their social standing. ie.. Many Latin, Hispanic (island of Hispanola), cultures and ethnicities define themselves according to national origin and not race. But, don’t be deluded into believing that the racial social structure isn’t prevalent! White latinos (or fair Latinos) are still the majority of the ruling class in these countries and as you move closer to the darker end of the social structure, these people tend to be the more disenfranchised and poor segment of society. So, when you see some of our Latin brothers and sisters getting angry by the distinction “black” you can’t really be angry with them. 1. Many don’t know the history (or care to know as long they are part of a group they deem accepted and relevant 2. Many “think that Latin or Hispanic is a racial category 3. Because they don’t know, they fall victim to misnomers like “racial categories: Black, white, Indian, mongoloid (Asians) and Latin” WTF! White Americans in the early 1900s would tell fair Latinos to always say their country of origin instead of their race due to the negative implications. It’s still happening today and more groups than ever are doing it. Downplay what you are to fit in! Had a obviously Asian friend that was raised by a white family… He would define himself as “white” because he felt saying Asian was somehow negative! Racism cuts every which way but loose and will continue to be a burden unless we learn to love ourselves, know our history and define who we really are!!! Peace!
People please forgive me for my emotional outburst,Oh the heck with that,NO,NO,NO