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
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HEYYYYYYYYYY PEOPLE we african american/black did not create the 1 drop rule.Still today from alicia keys to very far bi racial people in this country regardless if they are 10 % percent black you have people that embrace them and those who hate them.For instance I dont care how many times Tiger woods deny his blackness he is black / he is not getting threats because he is half Asian, a dash of white and a dash of blackness he is getting hate letter because he look upon as black. So is OBAMA people forget he was raised by his white mother and her family but regardless of him beng half white people see that he is black ; they love him for it or they hate him for iT. My next point I DO not see people getting upset with many actress and actors or sports player and so on claiming only one side of their race WHEN THEY ARE ACTUALLY TWO. I mean for instance , you have actors that are Native American and some type of white especially those Native Americans in Twilight only claiming Native AMERICAN in reality they are mixed. You have many bi racial Asian and white actors and many bi racial and hispanic actors who all tend to claim the minority side . So why is it a problem with mixed black claiming just black. Now white who made the rule see many succesful biracial blacks ; now want to call them mix even they are very far skin . ITS LIKE THROWING A ROCK AT A WALL WITH NOTHING TO HOLD IT UP BUT NOW SOMEONE WANTS TO CLEAN IT THE MESS BUT ITS TO LATE.
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