source: Atlanta Black Star
Last year, singer Keyshia Cole was hesitant about participating in the television special “Black Girls Rock” because she felt like she didn’t fit the criteria. When she sat down on the couch at BET’s “106 & Park,” the singer admitted that at first thought, she wasn’t sure her ethnic credentials were Black enough for the show.
The R&B singer said her mother is Black but said she doesn’t know who her father is and told the organization, “I’m bi-racial,” and not only Black when asked if she could be a part of the show.
On Naomi Campbell’s Oxygen reality show, “The Face,” model Devyn was asked if she identified as a “Black” model by interviewer Wendy Williams. After the apparently Black model answered the question, Campbell listened and responded in the background.
Wendy: Is it hard to be a Black girl model?
Devyn: I don’t really consider myself to be a Black girl model. I mean, I know what my ethnicity is, but I’m fair-skinned and I feel like I have an international look.
Naomi Campbell (in the wings): What the f*ck does she mean? That’s a disgrace! She’s a Black girl.
Singer Rihanna referred to herself as bi-racial and not Black in multiple interviews last year. While on the TV show “Ellen,” she said Mariah Carey is her idol and she can relate to her . . . because Mariah, who has a white mother and a Black father, is also bi-racial.
Early in golfer Tiger Woods’ career when the media asked him if he was Black, he went out of his way to construct his own racial group saying that he was “Cablinasian.” Woods said he developed the term because he is a mix of several races.
Earlier this year when Zoe Saldana was asked about how she racially-identifies herself during a BET interview, the actress avoided the question saying:
“I find it uncomfortable to have to speak about my identity all of the time. I literally run away from people that use words like ethnic. It’s preposterous! To me there is no such thing as people of color.”
In an interview with The Village Voice, Drake spoke about his racial identity saying because he is mixed, it may come with extra benefits.
“I think Canada’s very accepting. But at the same time I get a lot of love everywhere in the world for just being diverse, instead of just being straight out [one thing]. I’m all mixed up and people embrace that.”
Oscar award winning actress Halle Berry also talked about being biracial and said,
“Being bi-racial is sort of like being in a secret society. Most people I know of that mix have a real ability to be in a room with anyone, Black or white.”
During an interview with MTV, rapper Kid Cudi mentioned that he was bi-racial by saying he’s Black and Mexican. While explaining his alter ego, “Juan Pablo,” to the interviewer, he said, “I have little bit of Mexican in me,” while referring to being mixed racially.
In an interview with Sophisticate’s Black Hair, Melanie Fiona went out of her way to let her fans know that she was mixed racially when referencing her long hair.
SBH: What’s the secret to your gorgeous long hair?
Melanie Fiona: I was born with a full head of hair. I’m mixed – my mom is Black and Portuguese and my dad is Indian so I have a good mix for growth.
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Last year, singer Keyshia Cole was hesitant about participating in the television special “Black Girls Rock” because she felt like she didn’t fit the criteria. When she sat down on the couch at BET’s “106 & Park,” the singer admitted that at first thought, she wasn’t sure her ethnic credentials were Black enough for the show.
The R&B singer said her mother is Black but said she doesn’t know who her father is and told the organization, “I’m bi-racial,” and not only Black when asked if she could be a part of the show.
On Naomi Campbell’s Oxygen reality show, “The Face,” model Devyn was asked if she identified as a “Black” model by interviewer Wendy Williams. After the apparently Black model answered the question, Campbell listened and responded in the background.
Wendy: Is it hard to be a Black girl model?
Devyn: I don’t really consider myself to be a Black girl model. I mean, I know what my ethnicity is, but I’m fair-skinned and I feel like I have an international look.
Naomi Campbell (in the wings): What the f*ck does she mean? That’s a disgrace! She’s a Black girl.
Singer Rihanna referred to herself as bi-racial and not Black in multiple interviews last year. While on the TV show “Ellen,” she said Mariah Carey is her idol and she can relate to her . . . because Mariah, who has a white mother and a Black father, is also bi-racial.
Early in golfer Tiger Woods’ career when the media asked him if he was Black, he went out of his way to construct his own racial group saying that he was “Cablinasian.” Woods said he developed the term because he is a mix of several races.
Earlier this year when Zoe Saldana was asked about how she racially-identifies herself during a BET interview, the actress avoided the question saying:
“I find it uncomfortable to have to speak about my identity all of the time. I literally run away from people that use words like ethnic. It’s preposterous! To me there is no such thing as people of color.”
In an interview with The Village Voice, Drake spoke about his racial identity saying because he is mixed, it may come with extra benefits.
“I think Canada’s very accepting. But at the same time I get a lot of love everywhere in the world for just being diverse, instead of just being straight out [one thing]. I’m all mixed up and people embrace that.”
Oscar award winning actress Halle Berry also talked about being biracial and said,
“Being bi-racial is sort of like being in a secret society. Most people I know of that mix have a real ability to be in a room with anyone, Black or white.”
During an interview with MTV, rapper Kid Cudi mentioned that he was bi-racial by saying he’s Black and Mexican. While explaining his alter ego, “Juan Pablo,” to the interviewer, he said, “I have little bit of Mexican in me,” while referring to being mixed racially.
In an interview with Sophisticate’s Black Hair, Melanie Fiona went out of her way to let her fans know that she was mixed racially when referencing her long hair.
SBH: What’s the secret to your gorgeous long hair?
Melanie Fiona: I was born with a full head of hair. I’m mixed – my mom is Black and Portuguese and my dad is Indian so I have a good mix for growth.
Source: http://blacklikemoi.com
Source: http://newsroom.mtv.com
Source: http://necolebitchie.com
Source: http://www.clutchmagonline.com
Anyone who rejects who & what they are is full of shit! Fuck 'em! 
(looking at you Zoe Saldana...
