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Mixed-Race Celebrities
Excerpts from biographies, comments and interviews with mixed-race celebrities, those in mixed-race relationships and those who have been trans racially adopted.
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Meghan Markle - Actor 'To say who I am, to share where I'm from, to voice my pride in being a strong, confident mixed-race woman.' more... |
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Loyle Carner - Poet 'being mixed-race makes it even more difficult because I do not really have a side or allegiance.' more... |
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Halle Berry - Actor 'They didn’t like me because I was black. That was the beginning of my trying to be what I thought people wanted to be.' More... |
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Melanie Brown - Singer 'There are a lot of kids growing up who don't feel they belong anywhere. I had problems knowing where I fitted in sometimes.’ More... |
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Mariah Carey - Singer 'I could relate to, being the product of an interracial union, though my parents did not wind up happily ever.' More... |
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John Conteh - Boxer 'When she told the old man about it, he roared like a lion, shouting: ‘My children are not half of anything. They are full human beings.’ More... |
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Craig David - Singer The product of a Jewish mother and West Indian father Singer Craig David says he is 'pleased with the breadth of his gene pool'. More... |
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Curtis Davies - Footballer 'Choosing which room to go into? That's like choosing who to save from a burning building, your mum or your dad.' More... |
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Alesha Dixon - Singer/Songwriter/Presenter 'We like to think we live in an equal society but a lot of the younger generation who are black and mixed-race may still think that life will be a bit more challenging for them.' More... |
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Ryan Giggs Footballer 'I am proud of the black blood that runs in my viens. I do not wish to hide my origins, nor make it a subject of conversation.' More... |
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David James - Footballer People always commented on pieces of me - my hair, my colour - no one ever said anything nice about the whole of me.' More... |
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Jobi McAnuff - Footballer 'People tend to see me as black, but there's a big difference between black and mixed race. I can identify with Tiger Woods on that.' More... |
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Thandie Newton - Actor
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Nicole Scherzinger - Singer 'A lot of people didn’t understand what my nationality was or what race I was. So, they were a little confused on how to cast me or what my place was.' More... |
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Gok Wan - Broadcaster 'Some man has just screamed in my car "I'll have a number 42 and 2 egg fried rice!" how rude!!! Made me wee a little bit laughing though! X' More... |
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Rachel Yankey - Footballer 'I felt I had to explain. I said that my dad didn't bring me up, I didn't grow up eating African food.' more... |
