Lauren Vélez
Vélez in 2011, Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 2, 1964
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican [African, Spanish]
Lauren Vélez, also credited as Luna Lauren Vélez, is an American actress.
She was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents moved there from Puerto Rico in the 1950s, and her father became an New York City police officer. Her twin sister is actress Lorraine Vélez.
Lauren is known for her roles in the television series New York Undercover and Dexter. She is considered one of the breakthrough Latina actresses who does not fit a European-Hispanic and/or Indigenous-Hispanic image. For this, Lauren has a large multi-ethnic following. Her father was of African-Puerto Rican descent.
hope..shut the fuck up. l”atinos” ARE mixed just like I said so your comments are pointless. continue living in your denial. But just know this. In spain you guys ARE NOT considered spanish. You are considered american or mixed. build a bridge and get over it. YOU GUYS ARE OF AFRICAN DESECNT. maybe even more than spanish.
She’s definitely of African descent too.
Everyone must be of African descent….
hispanics in the united states like to talk about the white heritage when its not part of them. i do find it strange that whenever u see someone talk about the “latin” heritage they only talk about spain or European or anything thats related to white in the spanish culture. majority of “spanish” people r black or mix with black but do not want to claim it, they rather claim the white side of the heritage instead of black. like the ones from the caribbean islands that say their not but from puerto rico and DR ur black and caribbean first …DEAL WITH IT.
I’m sorry but why a mixed person would be more black than white ? they’re both, we are both (I’m mixed too). But the thing is americans are obsessed with the race issue, especially african americans.
For you amercians, a mixed person, even a quadroon will always be black but it’s only in the usa. Actually in Europe a mixed person is just MIXED, not black nor white just mixed, multiracial. Most so-called black people in america would be considered white in Africa.
Anyway, in Puerto Rico it is the opposite, mixed people were considered white and not black.
I agree with hii, im so fucking sick and and tired of the “spanish” people in the us (Notice the ” ” around spanish becuase the so called spanish people in the u.s are NOT spanish they mixed and some look more black than anything *rolls eyes*) saying they are spanish when in reality they are mixed with BLACK WHITE AND SOMETIMES NATIVE. her puerto ricans ..yea you guys ..im no different than you, im 1/2 white 1/4 black 1/8 native. Get it? we are the SAME you guys are NOT white you are MIXED.
You sir are retarded. Latino is not a race. There are Mestizos, Castizos, Caucasians, Blacks, Asians, and Indigenous Latinos. Yes, I agreed. Latino Americans are not Europeans if they weren’t born there. UGH! Latinos is nor a RACE!
YOU need to travel DUMBASS!! Im sure you never travel out to USA!!!
and yeah the latinos we came from Spain and Indigenous from America, we are a mixed!!! in LatinAmerica are white, black, mestizos.!! YOU DEAL WITH IT FRIEND.
puerto rican is not an ethnicity its a nationality. the sooner people realize it the better. stop the ignorance and except who you really are.
you keep saying puerto rico is nationality
its a island
where all people have the same culture
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unlike americans
where all people stick to their own
and
there no such thing as asian american afro merican
white american or mexican america
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theres
only puerto rican thats it
mixed with spanish taino african
Why does she need these stupid prefixes “afro” and what not. She just Puerto Rican. She didn’t say she was a mixed black, white or native american or whatever. It’s just Puerto Rican. And yes I know that’s broad but that’s her ethnicity.
Why is it an issue if she defines herself as “Afro…”? Being Puerto Rican means you have ancestry from Africans, Spaniards, Taino and English. To omit any of these you would not be Puerto Rican. If she identifies more with her “Afro” side that is her peragotive. The real question Multiethnicchick, is why does it bother you so much???
Because no one needs prefixes, your probably the idiot who came up with that idea. Do people go around saying Euro American, Euro-Puerto Rican or Euro-Mexican. No. You know why? Because it sounds retarded and unnecessary. REad the goddamn paragraph under her description and tell me where it says that she is defining herself as Afro-puerto Rican. What you don’t see it? Oh that’s right, because she never did say that on this site. God, one day all stupid people should be crushed by gravity spontaneously. The only thing bothering me right now is your lack of understanding of pretty much anything in this world especially when it comes to ethnicities. The site says she’s Puerto Rican, no quote from herself on here denies that. End of story. And please before anyone comments back idiotically as I know they will, please read my comment first. *sigh* I do not suffer fools lightly
Because Multiethnicchick is “pressed” like Sunday morning church clothes. It’s so funny to me! Everything bothers her.
How does everything bother me please tell me? It’s like this site is full of a bunch of immature middle school girls(maybe thats it)
mestizos don’t call themselves “native american puerto ricans” the prefix “afro” is a way to say she’s less puerto rican than a white or mestizo puertorican which is completely stupid.
She’s not black she’s a mulatta, she’s mixed.
then why do mexican mestizo in usa call themselves native american
and say we were first here
we hear it all the time