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CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22 - Jan. 20)
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SOPHIE OKONEDO,
Actress
D.O.B.: 01/01/1969
(Capricorn) |
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Mother:
European-Jewish
Father:
Nigerian |
"What
interests me is that I've been
brought up in a white family,
and, being black myself, I can
really relate to that side of it
– questioning your heritage and
where you're from; asking, "Is
this really my parent?"
Particularly when you're young,
and everyone says, "That can't
be your mum." Nowadays
everyone's mixed race, it's not
such a big deal, but in the 70s
when I was growing up it was
more unusual. I used to say,
"Mum, am I adopted?" So I can
really relate to that – knowing
something's not quite right but
not being quite sure what it is.
My mother's Jewish, so my family
is Jewish, and it was hard to
believe this young girl with a
huge afro had a Jewish mum. But
nowadays, anything goes.
Interesting fact:
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Academy-Award winning actress
best known for her role in
Hotel Rwanda.
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Okonedo was raised attending
synagogue Her father left the family when Okonedo
was five, and she was subsequently raised in poverty
by her single mother.
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In 2005, Okenedo became the first
black actress since Angela Bassett in 1994 to
receive an NAACP Image Award nomination for the same
role in which she was nominated for an Oscar
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TIGER WOODS,
Athlete
D.O.B.:12/30/1975 (Capricorn) |
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Mother:
Thai, Chinese,
Dutch
Father:
African-American,
Chinese, Native-American |
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On his
mixed background:
"Growing up, I came up
with this name: I'm a 'Cablinasian',' Tiger Woods told Oprah. "I'm
just who I am, whoever you see in front of you."
Woods was heavily
criticized by the African-American community that interpreted the
above statement as his denial of his Black heritage.
In response, his
mother told Sports Illustrated:
"Why don't they ask who half of Tiger is from? In the United States,
one little part black is all black. Nobody wants to listen to me. I
been trying to explain to people, but they don't understand. To say
he is 100 percent black is to deny his heritage. To deny his
grandmother and grandfather. To deny me!"
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AMERIE,
Singer/Songwriter/Actress
D.O.B.: 01/12/78 (Capricorn) |
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Mother:
Korean
Father:
African-American |
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On her
mixed background:
"I
can say I've had the benefit of being able to get the best of both
cultures, you know?' Amerie said in a Tavis Smiley interview. "It's
funny because when I was growing up, I never felt like I didn't
belong and this is just my own experience. Of course, other people
who are mixed, they sometimes feel like they're not one or the
other, but I guess being in the military, your friends are all mixed
up, so you don't feel like something's weird or you're strange or
anything, but I was always taught that this is who you are, you are
what you are. Your mother's Korean, your dad is black. You're both.
You're not just one and if you were just one, you wouldn't be who
you are."
"Korean was my first
language, actually, 'cause I lived in Korea at the beginning of my
life. So, I spoke only Korean, didn't speak any English until I was
a few years old. And that's only because my mother stopped speaking
Korean when we moved to the States so I could learn English, you
know. But culturally, we ate Korean food. We didn't wear shoes in
the house. My mother says my mannerisms are really Korean. That's
what she says." |
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