Paula Patton
Patton in 2011, photo by s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Paula Maxine Patton
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 5, 1975
Ethnicity:
*father – African-American
*mother – German, English, smaller amount of Dutch
Paula Patton is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films Hitch, Idlewild, Déjà Vu (2006), Jumping the Broom, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, 2 Guns, Warcraft, and Sacrifice (2019).
Her father, Charles Patton, is black. Her mother, Joyce (Van Raden), who is white, has German, English, and at least 1/16th Dutch, ancestry. Paula has identified herself as Black. She has stated:
I find it [the term “biracial”] offensive. It’s a way for people to separate themselves from African-Americans… a way of saying ‘I’m better than that.’ I’m black because that’s the way the world sees me. People aren’t calling Barack Obama biracial. Most people think there’s a black president.
Paula has a son with her former husband, singer and songwriter Robin Thicke.
Paula’s maternal grandfather was Benjamin Alexander Van Raden, Jr. (the son of Benjamin Van Raden and Grace Read Alexander). Paula’s grandfather Benjamin was born in New York. Paula’s great-grandfather Benjamin was born in Nebraska, the son of Carl Edward Holeman Van Raden, whose father was Dutch and whose mother was German, and of Louisa Bergman, whose parents were German. Paula’s great-grandmother Grace was born in New York, and had English ancestry. Grace was the daughter of Robert Read Alexander and Laura Davis, who were from Massachusetts.
Sources: Genealogy of Paula’s maternal grandfather, Benjamin Alexander Van Raden, Jr. – https://www.wikitree.com
Obituary of Paula’s maternal grandfather, Benjamin Alexander Van Raden, Jr. – http://www.legacy.com
Marriage record of Paula’s maternal great-grandparents, Benjamin Van Raden and Grace Read Alexander – https://familysearch.org
Paula’s maternal great-grandfather, Benjamin Van Raden, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Paula’s maternal great-grandmother, Grace Read Alexander, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Paula’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Carl Edward Holeman Van Raden and Louisa Bergman, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Paula Patton told Women’s Health Magazine that she is biracial but she considers herself black.
I look at Paula just like Hallie, just plain BEAUTIFUL..
This message is for Emmanuela, while I do not wish to argue against what you have said, I do find it quite funny then your closing statement is “Did you even go to college? Learn some his story.”..One could ask did you go to college because the last time I checked history(correct spelling) only has one S not two. So next time maybe you should check yourself before leaving such a post because it kind of ruined the whole “I’m smart effect”.
Who gives a heck what race she is!! Not sure what all the fuss is because no one is sure of her race. I am watching her right now on the Monique show and she keeps calling Monique mommy so we could say she is Hispanic? Who cares, please get over it. You all sound like a bunch of fools arguing over something your not sure of!!!!!
LMAO! What is pure white and pure black or any race for that matter?
After all the oldest skeleton is suppose be African correct?
If you go with the evolutionist who have people believing we came from Apes and that that one day white man formed, but the apes kept going down the black race you once again have whites coming from blacks.
Can we shut this crap down please.
The lady is beautiful. I don’t care what race she is. It won’t change anything for me.