20 People Whose Blackness Has Been Questioned

Who’s Real? Celebrities Whose Blackness Has Been Questioned

- By Bossip Staff
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People Said These People Aren’t Black

There’s nothing like growing up black, living your life as a black person then reaching a point when people feel like it’s okay to suddenly decide you’re not black anymore. It’s a crazy experience. These celebrities had to deal with the doubts and people telling them they weren’t really black. Not cool.

Take a look…

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Steph Curry – Kevin Durant infamously recalled the time he thought he was playing against a “white kid” when he first met Steph Curry.

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Barack Obama – His grandfather is white and he was raised by white people so some have questioned if he even counts as black. Sigh.

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The Rock – He’s half-black, half-samoan so people like to say he’s not “really” black. Silly.

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Tiger Woods – He’s called himself Cabacablasian or whatever, causing discussion about his blackness.

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Bow Wow – He questioned his own blackness by saying he was mixed.

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Raven Symone – She said she was from every continent in Africa when her blackness was questioned so take that.

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Amber Rose – Her racial ambiguity has been a thing for a long time, but she finally revealed she has some black in her.

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Vin Diesel – His racial identity has been a mystery for a while but it’s assumed there’s some black going on in there.

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Shaun King – The right wing folks tried really hard to say that he was a white guy pretending to be black the whole time.

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Keyshia Cole – She had to step back after telling people she was biracial and not black.

Rashida Jones – People who don’t know her dad is Quincy don’t know she’s black.

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Derek Jeter – People don’t even realize he’s black.

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Blake Griffin – He’s a ginger so he can’t be black? Some people have a hard time understanding.

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Colin Kaepernick – Rodney Harrison didn’t even know Kaep was black. Damn, man.

Wentworth Miller – Yes he’s black and no most people don’t believe it.

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Soledad O’Brien – When she decided to do a documentary on blackness for CNN, skeptics asked how she could do it since she’s “not black.”

Rosario Dawson – She’s played straight-up hispanic characters before without any mention of her blackness.

Kris Humphries – When people talk about Kim K’s black exes they don’t mention Kris even though his dad is black.

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Mariah Carey – Her blackness was definitely a topic in the 90s and people were questioning it heavy.

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