I don’t understand why people confused. Peurto Rican refers to geography. Black refers to race. A person can belong to both groups at the same time. Why are people so confused?

anytime someone has to keep defending there relationship….it’s a problem why don’t they ask Usher how that worked out.

Puerto Rican American of African descent. Ok, I can live with that. La La, Good luck on your marriage, family and career.

@ Gimmie – Because people refuse to understand that Latin people really aren’t a “race” per se. They are part of a Spanish-speaking diaspora that includes everything from racially white, Black and Native American peoples. That’s why you have Cubans who have blue eyes (Pitbull, anyone) and Domicanas who can be the hue of Alek Wek. It’s all good.

Who call her black? she’s mixed/light-skinned latino b’tch who love negro money!

but his son still dark-skinned! lol

mixed is devils sh’t

@ Gimmeabreak78

What I don’t get is, how can she have to defend herself against being a “trophy wife”, when she’s the exact opposite by definition (i.e., she has her own career)? I’m not crazy about her choices in men, but- Of all the things I’d say about LaLa, calling her a ‘trophy wife’ would not be one, as it is completely incorrect… SMH. Dumb @sses.

(Um, am I the only one who didn’t realize what a ginormous @ss she has???)

latino not f’ckin race!

pls my real dark-skinned black brothers and sisters in all the world stop doing mixed and light-skinned kids because you kill yourself!

Who cares!!! My boyfriend thinks the same with me. He- is eight years older than me, lol. We met online at an age gap dating site- A_ge_m_in_gle @ c.o.m a nice and free place for Younger- Women and Older Men, or Older Women and Younger Men, to- interact with each other. Maybe you wanna check out or- tell your friends.

Oh goodness! Idk why there was a problem in the first place obviously she’s mixed and she should be loud and proud of both her heritages, but I know black people get possessive however if we did more to make sure we were “successful” in our own right (I’ll use the boys of Engelwood Boys Charter School as an example) we wouldn’t feel the need to be so possessive.

As for her and Melo who cares…they are doing them. If I was LaLa I wouldn’t be explaining my biz to anyone. The only people in their household is her Melo and son. She needs to ignore other folks talk and keep it pushing.

@Sweetest Taboo

I don’t understand why the conusion exists for only Latins, and no seemingly no one else.

For example, if I say I am Texan, no one gives me a confused stare when I also say I’m black. But this girl says she’s Peurto Rican and black at the same time, and people look at her like she has a tree growing out of her neck. I don’t get it.

one disgrunted latina….shaddup n sit down

@Don’t Give A What

She’s clearly not a trophy wife. She’s a hard-working woman.

I also didn’t realize she had those a.s.s.e.t.s either, lol.

Melo…wise choice.

Whats to be confused about??? Its simple her race is black, and her nationality is PRICIAN!!!!

I feel ya girl, either way you bangin’..

Damn… every damn day!!

because latino’s dont like to be called black.
most of them think they white.

LaLa, get well soon

will she sit her punk a-s-s down dont nobody care what u are we already know there’s blacks in PR…gosh get over it why do u even care

Bish u black..and not a good looking one either.

Ofcourse she’s black…Afterall, she’s a BABYMAMA, ain’t she?

Don’t give a what- If I was a man I would disagree. Thats what I would call a trophey wife. One who works, takes care of the kids etc…the quote un quote trophey wives, you can call them divorced. They end up cheated on, and left behind. What do they do? Nothing and it reflects in the relationship. The actual definition should be boring.

Puerto Rico is a nation and Puerto Rican is a nationality just like American and just like in America there are different races of people that speak English, there are different races of people in Puerto Rico that speak Spanish. Spanish is a language(not a people) spoken by a variety of people of different racial lineages just like English.

Some of you guys are dumbarses

her ethnicity is Puerto Rican
Culturally she is PUERTO RICAN

however “race” wise she is Black/Afro

you folks need to go back to school and learn the difference between ethnicity and race

It is evident that she is black, but who really cares about this. It seems that she is the only one making an issue of it.

Same thing with Naomi Campbell, all over the world she is known to be a British woman which she is and she is clearly black as well. Stop being so small-minded and American about this! Lala has never denied her race she has merely expounded on it to explain her heredity.

THINK PEOPLE
3/13/10, 12:55:pm
Same thing with Naomi Campbell, all over the world she is known to be a British woman which she is and she is clearly black as well………

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Not sure how Naomi Campbell fits into this topic. Everyone knows that she’s black and she’s never made a statement that confused people about her being black. No one has ever debated this.

This chick is getting on my nerve.

SHE WASN’T EVEN BORN IN PUERTO RICO!!!!WTF IS SHE CRYING ABOUT?!?!?!?

SHE IS BLACK!!!! GET OVER IT AND STOP CRYING.

ugh I can’t stand some people nowadays, they just don’t want to say they are black, they want to say they are black and something else because they feel it will make them look or seem superior when compared to someone who is just black.

Damn them hips are a turn on. I’m glad she is finally getting her wedding but I don’t believe that mess for one minute that she was too busy doing her thang. Camillo is only 25. He wasn’t trying to get married at 22 or 23. Truth be told the nicca ain’t ready now but he is finally giving in. I just don’t hope he don’t pull what that other nba player did to his cheerleader girlfriend & leave her at the alter. Then again that dude was DL so that was probably his excuse.

@Me you’re dumb.

@La La stfu for crying out loud!!!

you’re dumb too.

testing… MTV

@ KellyK

You raise an excellent point! I think the term IS reflective of a deeper truth about trophies – in that as pretty as they are, they’re still basically USELESS for anything besides bragging… But the fact is, our society typically ain’t that deep… LOL. And trophies are still considered prizes. So since you pointed out that irony, I have to retract my former statement. LaLa IS a trophy wife… and so am I!!!

only in america is this, color or so called race crap an issue. people want to precieve me how they want to go ahead. i know what is a part of i know what i am. im not black (black is a color) im bajan. simple as that. why does she feel the need or want at that, to address this. tsk☹

Why are some of you saying LaLa is trying to distance herself from being black? She point out blank says it. Some of you really need to brush up on your reading comprehension.

@real chocolate is black You still am stoopid african a**hole cab driver.

@ Get REAL

Co-sign!! I quite honestly never cared about her heritage(s), or her explanations of them… but as far as my views of her *woman-to-woman* , I’m like, ‘girl, please.’ I thought she could do a lil’ better than a guy like ‘Melo, but hey….that’s HER man, not mine. If they like it, I love it. At least she’s getting married to her kid’s father, I guess… :-/

There are many black people in America who are black but not black in color. Bajan is an English patois, a mix of english and West African syntax. People aren’t not identified sorely on what language they speak. I have never seen really dark black people until I went to Barbados last summer.

Lala, please stop talking because people will only believe what they want to believe. How many times does she have to recite the obvious to people who have a bone to pick with her.

@ real black is chocolate
you know carmello anthony is mixed right!?!? SMH FAIL

Congrats to LaLa’s body for doing a 360 on the a.z.z. She used to have a gut, with no butt, now everything’s all good. Man, money sure does fix a lot of things (because she is not the type to work out and eat right).

This lady isnt even making any sense. I’d only understand her if she was from Africa because its annoying as hell being called black instead of where you are actually from. I was born in Canada but I’m Somali first. Bit©h u African not Puerto Rican.

Alani Vasquez

Race: Black
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican/African/Afro-Latino
Nationality: American

@Somali Ninja, why is that so hard for you to comprehend?

She’s from America, born in New York If I’m not mistaken and so are most of the Puerto Ricans living here. So she is a Puerto Rican American.

Whatever! She’s ugly anyway. Her nose looks like a pickle, her weave is ratty, her light contacts look stupid.

@ androidnancy
Sorry to offend you. Its cultural differences.

At the person who says that Lala wasn’t born in Puerto Rico, does it matter? Culturally speaking the woman is Puerto Rican. I’m a Cuban woman who was raised in America and I can surely attest to the fact that I was raised to identify with Cuba. However, that doesn’t make me any less black. What is wrong with being proud of my cultural background? Eff that! I’m black but I’m also reppin’ Cuba and anyone who has a problem with that just has to deal with it.

JESSICA ALBA IN HER DREAMS.

Who cares what race or nationality she is.We are all people at the end of the day. I don’t know why everyone is still caught up in race, it’s not that big of a deal since we all have one. We as a universe have evoloved so much, and I can’t wait to see the day when we can stop focusing on a characteristic that is only skin deep. By the way LaLa is a beautiful woman because God created her the way she is. Please people stop judging eachother,it’s just not right.

She may as well give it up. Most people look at you, make their mind up about “what you are” and then that’s it. You’re not going to be black, white, latina…you’re going to be blue. Blue in the face from trying to explain something to people who do not want to listen. Let people think whatever. As long as you know you, your pillow should still be fluffy when your head hits it at night.

Anyway, her body looks good in these pictures.

I don’t give a damn what descent she is. I know that body is fake! She aint never been built like that!

her race is black her ethnicity is rican, just like black americans race are black but are ethnicity is american

the ignorace that goes around, is just horrible, and sad. WE ARE BLACK AMERICANS NOT JUST BLACK DUMMIES JUST LIKE SHES CONSIDERED A BLACK PUERTO RICAN, JUST LIKE SOMEONE IS CONSIDERED A BLACK JAMAICAN A BLACK CUBAN. THERE ARE WHITE JAMAICANS WHITE CUBANS. AN ETHNICITY IS NOT A RACE IDIOTS. IM A BLACK AMERICAN SHE IS A BLACK PUETRO RICAN, BLACK IS A RACE NOT A ETHNICITY, BLACK IS BLACK PERIOD, SHES JUST A BLACK PUETRO RICAN, WHY ARE BLACK PEOPLE SO SMART AND YET SO DAMN DUMB AND IGNORANT AT THE SAME TIME? HOW DID SHE DISOWN OR SEPARATE HERSELF FROM HER RACE? SHES BLACK, A BLACK RICAN, JUST LIKE WHERE BLACK, BLACK AMERICANS WAKE UP IGNORANT A**ES, madd dumb lol its it just baffles me, lol got me bringin out words that i dont even say, i just never realized how stupid and ignorant people are. ima repeat it 1 time, black is a RACE not an ethnicity, where your from is an ethnicity, dumb people. we as a people gotta wisen up and be smarter on how we represent ourselves, were not just black like the white man tells us, were black AMERICANS, and we gotta understand that theyre are other countries other than the USA are small minded thinkin got us thinking in a sandbox. africans call us americans, brazilians call us americans, euopeans call us americans, were not just “BLACK” over in their country, we are from somewhere, we were born in AMERICA so what does that make us? BLACK AMERICANS FOOLS! lettin the mainstream define you cuz your too stupid to know the difference. i dont even write comments but i had to cuz were gainin up on our own black people because we consider “ALL BLACK IS AMERICAN BLACK SUBCONSCIOUSLY” but then when black people say, “that dude aint black he’s jamaican, dominican,haitan, african wtf? u see how backwards we are? just cuz their ethnicity is different theyre not black? or cuz they consider themselves as black dominican or black african theyre anythin less than black? we are backwards, we gotta fix that, its just said that we lack common sense, we think we got all this stuff figured out, but we robbin, shorthandin, stealin and killin eachother, and we cant even determine what is race and ethnicity. but yet in still we jump on our own people. sh*t is ridiculous.im out

I wish Mello would put something in her mouth to shut her up. Lala enough already we get it.

@ real black is chocolate
but he’s mixed!! you said mixed ppl are “devils sh’t”. Who cares if the kid’s dark, the kid is still mixed. U know that no African American, Black Latino is 100% African. Therefore ur most likely mixed w/ African, European and/or Aboriginal blood. Ur quite hypocritical

since when is lala a actress.

Somali Ninga

nah you just hate me!!

mixed is devils sh’t

@ real black is chocolate
so ur devil sh’t then? I dont hate you, in fact your comments make me LOL becuz they’re outrageous.

leonard mckelvey
3/13/10, 13:56:pm

I wish Mello would put something in her mouth to shut her up. Lala enough already we get it
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After reading some of the comments in here I have to disagree because there are still ppl in here who are choosing not to comprehend what she’s saying.

What’s so hard to understand about what she’s saying smh illiterate ppl….college ain’t that expensive!

I wish them the best of luck.

How did she get to b on the cover of latina? Is there really not enough latinas out there?

She rests my case Just another gold-digging latina. thats All and F.Y.I. I know puerto ricans blacker than you. So you ain’t special. i know columbians that don’t look white either. People who think alll altinos are white . are just ignorant why entertain them. She has issues with herself deep inside. Girl kill yaself.

@ real black is chocolate

I’m a dark skinned Cuban. Get over it.

Good for her. Own it.

If she know who she is inside why worry about what others migth think. She brought this upon herself..she should’ve kept her remarks and concerns to herself too. Now she’s kinda backing out of her statement which has come back to bite. When were she an actress?

If people can’t get it right, oh well, some people just aren’t bright and never will get it. She spells it out quite loud and clear, so whatever. As far as you calling out her and Carmelo’s “problems,” I guess that’s really their business and not yours, so again, whatever.

She looks lovely on the cover, BTW.

Wtf she been doin? I only know her as host on flavor flav.

i still dont get it how can u black and a 100 percent puerto rican she needs 2 make up her damn mind

ALL THESE CELEBS ARE SO FAKE IT IS HARD TO TELL WHO IS AND KEEPS IT 100!! I READ WHAT SHE SAID AND SHE SAID I AM NOT BLACK NOW YOU WANT TO RECANT AND SAY I DID NOT SAY THAT BLAH BLAH BLAH!! THE ILLUMINATI CONTROLLED INDUSTRY IS ONCE AGAIN UP TO THEIR OLD TRICKS OF CONFUSION!!

I dont even care about the story I jus wanna kno when n how she got all that a$$ bc it was never there b4 on the NoH8 add her a$$ was flat as a pancake

NoBueno to the fake azz and hip girdle.

That is a horrible picture of her on the cover

La La alright with me.

The real question is…

Why they got her looking like Kim Kardashian on the cover?

nice nose job lala

Yeah, right Carmelo is so full of sh*t. He was at Rehab last year in Vegas and was practically stalking my friend, trying to hook up with her. He may be ready to seal the deal now but it has nothing to do with waiting for Lala’s “career” to slow down, he’s just now finally ready.

LALA , Just remember it’s BLACKEntertainmentTelevision you work for not latinaET or PuertoRicanET

why do you keep deleting my posts ???

she’s not mixed she’s puerto rican. she identifies as black due to the life she has lived. If both your parents are puerto rican, what does that make you? PUERTO RICAN stupid! And there is no such thing as a white jamaican be real. They moved there and decided they liked it enough to stay. White jamaicans…hahahaha

I can’t believe how ignorant some people are. Please explore the cultures of the world beyond the one you immerse yourselves in everyday. LaLa’s parents are from Puerto Rico and of African descent making her Latino and black. I don’t think in any way that she was trying to distance herself from being black. She was merely trying to acknowledge the fact that she is more than her skin color and a part of another culture. This is no different than those of us (black people) who claim to be Native American or any other ethnicity. She is who she is and she should not have to clarify who she is to people who have no bearing on her life.

MELO IS HALF PUERTO RICAN

androidnancy, u r right on the money.

i remember when lala use to dj on some wack show on bet right before she got a job on mtv… nevertheless, she had no butt, a gutt, skinny legs and a jacked up weave… money sure does wonders

she’s pretty!

U can claim latina all u want whitty still considers u blk….do like I did and bleach

Lala You are acting like a lame azz dominican right now. Snap out of it, dominicans are usually the latino group that runs around screaming out they are not black when they are black!!!

Puerto ricans are better then that, we know our history. He have less african ancestry then DUMB-IN-A-CANS yet we claim our african ancestry proudly. We aren’t delusional, wake up lala.

you weren’t even born in puerto rico. You are American, and you are a black woman. You have a latin culture, so what? So do I and I identify as black. Leave this ” DON’T CALL ME BLACK” talk to the dumb-in-a-cans seriously.

To the foolio that said Spanish isn’t a people

what do you call people that hail from Spain?

Um, Spanish! DUH!!!

Ain’t NO ONE checking for LaLa…..

Who is this heffa kidding???

NO ONE CARES!!

Sheesh!!

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She’s cool with me.

WHY SHE AIN’T HOOK UP WITH ONE OF DEM ‘PUERTO RICANS’ INSTEAD OF A BLACK MAN?

REAL TALK.

Who really cares? Is she or her fiance paying any ones bills on this blog? If they want to silence the nay-sayers just get married. And truly, I am an American citizen, proud and arrogant, period. I hope she is too. Who cares where you came from ’cause you know what, if it was so good you would still be there. Stop showing that the events in your life are so insignificant that you would actually worry about and address what people whom you don’t even know are saying. I really hope this was all done for publicity. If not this a really high paid time wasting stupid couple. Get married for goodness sakes and make some babies.

If you don’t like being considered a black American with “Hispanic Origin” then you know how to make it back to the country where your actual loyalty is located….Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

I did not know that people cared one way or the other about Carmelo and La La. By the way, what is her real name? I am confused; is she saying both of her parents are of African/Black decent and they birth her in Puerto Rico and she simply can speak Spanish? Why did the responses hurt her: is it because some people took it as she didn’t want to be Black or she is tired of people referring to her as Black? Because to me, you stand up for who you are and your heritage.

I thought the next step after dating and being engaged for about 3 years was marriage not having a baby before you even got engaged. BABY MAMMA MESS.

the problem is that people dont have lives of thier own .. who cares about race she is if she said she wasnt black why would it offend people? with all thas going on in the world this is what were suppose to care about smh

La La got butt implants or fat injections because her behind was not that perky or that round. She was actually bad bodied and chubby for most of her some what career on MTV and even when she was a boot-legged dj on BET, on some stupid game show.

DAMN HER STORY I THINK LALA GOT WORK DONE UNLESS SHES WEARING BUTT AND HIP PADS CUZ SHE DID’NT HAVE NONE BEFORE I ALREADY KNOW ABOUT HER BOOB JOB LOL.

WOW!! I don’t understand why she excessively has to stress the piont that she is 100% “Puerto Rican.” Puerto rican is NOT a race; its an ethnicity, i.e., culture. No one is 100% anything in the western hemisphere. We’re all mixed with something. It sounds like she has some issues with being considered black. . . Poor Thang! BTW. she is the ugliest bugg eye puerto rican I have ever seen! Maybe she shuld go on George Lopez’s show and do one of those DNA tests that he often has his guess take. Jessica Alba did one and he clowned her because her results came back and she was 97% european and 3% Native American. (Jessica’s mother is white and her father is Mexican). He basically told Jessica that she was not really a Latina as she thought based on the DNA results.

Born in Spain = Spaniard

Well, I’m from the ol’ skool, and when I was growing up in the 80′s/early 90′s, you often heard, “I’m not black, I’m puerto rican”. Back in the day, in many cases it was used as a “superior” mechanism to show one is not “all Black” which meant one was better.

In this world no one “wants to be black”, so if there is a opportunity to claim something else, many people try to. And in many cases, many Black people recognize this and frown upon it.

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Is she famous or something? Really stop making these unknown women celebrities.

I get what she is saying, but in the past she has always tried to distance herself from being Black/African American. I personally have always identified her as African American because 1) She was born and raised in New York, 2) Both of her parents were born and raised in New York.

I want to know why does she care? Why do she have to prove what she is? Why?

I am glad I was born and raise in America!!!

@ TEE: I couldn’t have said it better!!!

There’s something about LA LA I have never liked, she just seems so contrived.

Gimme a break didn’t get it right. Puerto Rican IS a race – NOT just a geographic place. Just like Mexicans.

Puerto Rican heritage consists of the mix of the Black and SPANIARD (Spain) races. That’s what BIOLOGICALLY makes a person Puerta Rican

Mexican heritage consists of the mix of the NATIVE AMERICAN and Spaniard (Spain) races.

IT IS A BIOLOGICAL THING

i like how yall act like if youre not black and american youre not black period….listen yall dont think TRUE AFRICANS, you know those from the African Continent think yall busted american blacks are imitations of the real thing?….before yall talk nonsense about this beautiful Latina realize what YOUR ARE!…and its def not a true african….thats why you sill consider yourself african-AMERICAN

I think the trailer to this documentary is worth looking at. It breaks down the situation a little bit.

http://vimeo.com/8974846

Enjoy and learn.

#105, I am a proud, conscious, educated black Dominican/afro-Dominican woman. You, my friend, are as ignorant as those sheeple you run that prejudiced shithole of a mouth about. Keep up the good work, avionauran! {0_ô}

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I AINT GOING TO LIE, I DONT UNDERSTAND THIS AFRO CUBAN, BLACK LATINA OR WHATEVER ELSE STUFF. NEVER KNEW OF SUCH UNTIL I GOT ON THESE BLOGS A FEW MONTHS AGO. MY FAM IS ALL FROM THE SOUTH, THATS THE ONLY BLACKS IM USE TO. DOWN SOUTH COUNTRY PPL. NOT SURE ABOUT NONE OF THIS OTHER SHIT, ITS NEW TO ME. BUT WHATEVERS TO THIS, LET PPL BE WHATEVER THEY THINK AND SAY THEY ARE. BLACKS ALWAYS TRYING CLAIMING SOME DAM BODY. LET THESE MF’S BE. TIGER, MYA, ALICIA, PAULA P, HALLE, LALA, OBAMA AND ETC. U GET THE POINTS, BLAAAAAAAHHHHH TO ALL OF THIS SHIT.

she is latin and black they are both a race… she speaks spanish..dont say she is black and thats it she is mixed..latin/black