We see these celebrities on our screens everyday, we know what they do and we also follow them on
social media But what we might not know is some of these faces are low key Black.
Yep she’s black.
Here are 9 Very famous celebrities who, you never knew had black roots, lets go
# 9 Halsey
Halsey is a talented artist with a pretty unique voice,
just looking at Halsey doesn’t
give any hints of her being black. She opened up about her father being African-American
"I look like a white girl, but I don't feel like one. I'm a Black woman.
When I was little, if someone saw me and my dad walking through, like,
a grocery store or a parking lot, they will stop and stare, women would come up to us and be like,
‘Sweetie, are you okay?’ Because they saw a little white girl walking with a Black man.”
She conluded, “Maybe people won’t accept that I’m half Black, but they could be not accepting me
because I am, and that’s much worse.”
# 8 Zendaya
Spiderman’s favourite person Gwen is no other than Zendaya, a gorgeous-looking actress. but
what most people don’t know about her is her black roots. "As a Black woman,
as a light-skinned Black woman, it's important that I'm using my privilege,
my platform to show you how much beauty there is in the African-American community."
According to her…its hard to say but Hollywood has tier list of what an,
acceptable version of a Black girl should be and that needs to change,
"We're vastly too beautiful and too interesting for me to be the only representation of that.."
# 7 Zhong FeiFei
Winnie Zhong, also known by her Chinese name as Zhong Feifei,
was born to a congolese Dad and a Chinese mom. Being a mixed child in China is arguably
the worst as china is for the most part-a closed society that shuns foreign influence
as much as possible. How Winnie managed to go against all odds to become a popular face
around the world is rather disturbing and yet intriguing at the same time.
She became on of the hottest participant of the show Produce 101
While Winnies fans around
the world have been supportive of her roots and interests, her encounters with racial abuse on the
Chinese internet, directed at her roots were quit uncivilized.
But Winnie has never been afraid of
facing down such comments. In a racist repost of of her selfies on Chinese microblogging platform
Weibo, a user asked whether ancestors of Chinese people would be angry at her calling herself a
descendant of Han Chinese people. Winnie commented back saying the user could go to ** and find out.
Today, Winnie is a musician and a model for Fenty beauty and vogue
# 6 Lisa Bonet and The
Aquaman the once beloved holywoods power couples had a good run together, it’s sad to see the two
go their separate ways…thanks Amber Heard Lisa Bonet has black roots and this came
as a shock to many. She said as a black kid growing up in the 70s,
the world wasn’t ready for what she represented, being born to a biracial couple at the time made
her different in her mom’s family, and school. So she sheltered herself by always withholding a bit.
# 5 Kimora Lee Simmons
And just like the
other beautiful humans on this list, she will easily pass for anything than black
She revealed that, she felt lonely growing up. She was a mixed-race girl with a Korean-Japanese
mother and an African American father, and none of the other kids at her school were like her
She cried all the time. But her mother wanted her to turn her tears into something positive.
So and that’s how she got into modelling after being called names like like giraffe neck
# 4 Dwayne Johnson The Rock
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard or at
least suspected that The Rock has black roots. His father is
former professional wrestler Rocky Johnson, who was the first black Georgia heavyweight
champion.
After a Twitter debate regarding how he identifies, Dwayne tweeted,
"Glad I came across this and I’ll give you guys some context [and] truth. I identify
as exactly what I am — both. Black/Samoan." Now you know why these two are inseparable.
# 3 Ariana Mamiko Miyamoto
Ariana is a Japanese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe- Japan
She is of Black and Japanese heritage.
She entered Miss Universe Japan as a way
to fight against racial prejudice after her mixed-race friend committed **. However,
she too has faced abuse and backlash over her skin color.
I'd be lying to say it didn't
hurt at all. I'm Japanese — I stand up and bow when I answer the phone. But that criticism
did give me extra motivation." Arianas childhood wasn’t easy at
all, "I used to get bullied as a kid, but I've got mentally stronger, to protect myself. When I was
small I stood out and always felt I had to fit in with everyone. I'd try not to bring attention to
myself, but now I say what I feel. I do things my own way. I want to start a revolution."
# 2 Logic
Born Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, It is quite unbelievable to see Logic as being half
black. He has on several occasions addressed the criticism he's received from media personalities
over his choice of lyrics as a rapper "People try to tell me like that, 'Oh,
you shouldn't be proud,' or, 'You're not this, or, 'You aren't that,' or
whatever the **I've experienced a lot of really f** terrible things as a child."
# 1 Zoë Kravitz
Zoë Kravitz has successfully stared in a lot
of Hollywood blockbusters, She may pass as white but the fact is she comes from a black background.
In fact, her parents are the Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet. She said she identifies more and more
with being Black, and what that means for her is — being more and more proud of that feeling
of being connected to ones roots and history. Growing up Zoe went to private schools full of
white kids. And that made her want to blend in or not be looked at as Black. But the white kids
will always talk about her hair in a disrespectful way. ‘I struggled of accepting myself as Black and
loving that part of myself. And now I’m so in love with my culture and so proud to be Black.
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