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        Our Stories, Our Experiences: Defining who we are      

 


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FREDDIE  PRINZE, JR. Actor                                                                                            
D.O.B.: 3/8/76, (Pisces)
Mother: Italian-American

Father: Puerto Rican/Hungarian Jewish
On his mixed background:

"They wouldn’t even speak to me in Spanish. Because I’m not Spanish enough. Now, when they need something then I’m very Spanish. Then they need me when they need crap. And if you’re Dominican? Forget it. You’re out the door. So if one day my people could kind of pull together, that would be nice. If they don’t, then I’ll just claim my mom’s Italian half. I’ll just go in that direction."

"I speak better Italian than any New Yorker in this town. They butcher the language so much. It makes my mom sick. My mom speaks fluent Italian and is very proud of her roots. Didn’t let me watch The Godfather until I was sixteen because she hated the fact that everyone thought Italians were mobsters – even though some of her family I think were. (laughs) Her brother. But I spoke Spanish and Italian before I spoke English. I didn’t learn English until I was like ten."

Interesting fact: 

  • He collects comic books.
     
  • Married to actress Sarah Michelle Gellar
     
  • His father, comedian Freddie Prinze committed suicide when Freddie was 10 months old. He was raised by his mother and grandmother
 

 

 
 

MARK-PAUL GOSSELAAR, Actor                                                                                            
D.O.B.: 3/1/74, (Pisces)
Mother: Indonesian

Father: Dutch

Interesting fact: 
  • Fluent in Dutch
  • Had to dye his hair blonde for every episode of Saved By The Bell
  • Dated co-star Lark Vorhees (Lisa Tutle) for three years during Saved By The Bell.

 
 

 

 
CORBIN BLEU, Actor/Model/Dancer        
D.O.B.:02/21/1989 (Pisces)
Mother:  Italian-American

Father:  Jamaican-American
On his mixed background:

"I believe that it's a beautiful time right now. I walk in the street and I definitely see more mixed races which is awesome," He told Blackvoices.com. " I grew up in New York and during the early parts of my life, it wasn't looked upon positively. When my parents were together they received dirty looks, but I think it's a time right now that's blossoming and accepted. Cultures need to come together because every culture brings something so beautiful about themselves. Putting them all in the pot and mixing them together can only make something brilliant.

Interesting facts:

  • He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Flight 29 Down television series and the High School Musical
  • As a child, Bleu studied dance for several years, focusing on ballet and jazz.

 
 

 

 
HINES WARD, Athlete                                                                                                          
D.O.B.: 03/08/1976 (Pisces)
Mother: Korean

Father: African-American
On his mixed background:

"I was teased for a lot of things when I was growing up, and so much of it was confusing. I was black, but I wasn't black. I was Korean, but I wasn't Korean," he told the Tribune Review. 
I didn't know who I was. I didn't understand it."

Ward has come a long way from that "confused" little boy. A wide receiver for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steeler's and voted MVP of Super Bowl XL, Ward is today a staunch advocate for mixed-race children in Korea, developing an international offshoot of his Helping Hands Foundation to raise awareness of the prejudice against mixed-race Asians.

"There is nothing I can do about the past. The future is what it is really all about," Ward said. "If they only like me in South Korea because I am the Super Bowl MVP -- fine. Let's use that. Let's go out and take that and give back to the biracial kids. Let's make the most of this chance."

 
 

 

 
RAE DAWN CHONG, Actress/ Daughter of Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong            D.O.B.:02/28/1961 (Pisces)
Mother: Black, Cherokee Indian

Father: Chinese, Scots-Irish
On her mixed background:

"You get used to being on the outside looking in,” Chong told Asian Week. “You are either/or. You’re not Chinese –– you’re not full-blooded Chinese. There’s a little bit of shame to it.”

Chong also said that it was a bit difficult growing up with her grandfather who she says was "embarrassed of being Chinese."  “I think my grandfather had great racial shame," she said. "“I think he aspired to be gaijin, to be white. He was definitely the opposite of Shanghainese. He wasn’t proud to be Chinese-Canadian at all.” Her grandfather eventually embraced his heritage however, Chong said that she "grew up desperate to know anything about our Chinese culture."

Chong's film credits include Quest for Fire (1981) & The Color Purple, (1985).

 
 


 

 
CRYSTAL KAY WILLIAMS, Japanese  R&B Singer                                                              D.O.B.:02/26/1986 (Pisces)
Mother: Korean

Father: African-American
Interesting facts:
  • Speaks Japanese & English but not Korean
  • Popular pop star in Japan

 

 

 

 
 

 

 
NICOLE LYN,  Actress                                                                                            
D.O.B.: 02/24/1978 (Pisces)
Mother: Black

Father: Chinese , Jamaican
 
  • Lyn has appeared in television films such as On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story, Dying To Dance, the Showtime miniseries Anne Rice's The Feast Of All Saints, and she appeared in the feature film Deliver Us From Eva.

 

 

 
 


 

 

Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, Singer/Actress                                                                          
 D.O.B.: 08/27/1971 (Pisces)

Mother: African-American, Native American

Father: Arab, East Indian
On her mixed background:

"When you look different it is a big deal, all the girls wanted to beat me up, pull my hair," she told People.com. "A lot of people would wonder what I was mixed with, and I never knew because I didn't know my dad."

Interesting fact:

Chilli's father was a soldier at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga. who left town after a brief affair with her mother, Ava, not knowing she was pregnant. A producer for the Sally Jessy Raphael Show helped track down her father, and it was then that Chilli discovered that he is part-Arabic, part-East Indian heritage. After meeting her father, Chili said she could look at the mirror now and feel "complete."

 

 
 

 

 
RASHIDA JONES,  Actress/Model/Musician                                                                            D.O.B.:02/25/76 (Pisces)
Mother:  Jewish, Irish, Russian

Father: African-American
On her mixed background:

"I'm back to that place where I'm like, 'You know what? I'm black, I'm white, I'm Jewish, I'm Irish, I'm Portuguese, I'm Welsh, what the f**k ever.' To me it's so inconsequential," she told theinsider.com. "People still say things to me like, 'Oh my god, you're black? I would've never guessed that.' And I just think, I can't help your ignorance. There are bi-racial people who look like me or who look like Alicia Keys or who look like Halle Berry. I'm so proud to be so many things."

Jones is best known for her portrayal of Louisa Fenn on Boston Public, Karen Filippelli on The Office and Kate Frankola on Unhitched.

Interesting fact: She is the youngest daughter of media mogul Quincy Jones with his former wife, actress Peggy Lipton.
 
 


 

 
FEFE DOBSON, Musician                                                                                                           
D.O.B.: 2/28/85 (Pisces)
Mother: Irish, Dutch, English, Canadian Indian

Father: Jamaican
On her mixed background:

 ''Being biracial, my mom being white and my dad being black, I always found it hard to know who liked me, what I belonged to. I had problems with it,'' Fefe told the Associated Press. ''Knowing that they saw it as a beautiful thing was really what inspired me to just feel confidence in this business ... (to) not feel ashamed of being a dark-skinned girl doing rock 'n' roll.''

Interesting fact: She played Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz in the fifth grade and feels an affinity with Judy Garland.

Dobson is winner of the "Canadian Radio Music Award for Best New Solo Artist"
 

 

 
BORIS KODJOE, Actor/Model                                                                                                       
 D.O.B.:3/8/73 (Pisces)
Mother: German

Father: Black, Ghanian

On his mixed background:

"Me and my brother were always the only black kids," he said about his experience growing up in Germany. "Racism is universal, but it's very different in different cultures. Where I grew up, racism was more about ignorance and a lack of knowledge than a controlled and focused prejudice. So, I was subjected to the type of racism where people called me names, but I had a lot of great friends, too.

"Overall, it was a great environment to grow up in. The place I was raised was in the Black Forest and looks like The Sound of Music. We had a great childhood, full of fun and outdoor adventure. It was very sane and well-rounded. My mother always told us we were perfect the way we were, and that we wouldn't have to worry about what people said because there are just a lot of ignoramuses in the world, and that you will encounter them until the day you die. That was her approach, and now when I look back, I can really appreciate it."

Interesting fact: 

  • His full name is Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe

  • Fluent in English, French and German. He can also speak some Spanish.

  • Daughter, Sophie, was born with spina bifida.

 
 

 

 

ROD WOODSON, former American football player                                                          
D.O.B.: 3/10/65, (Pisces)
Mother: Caucasian

Father: African-American

On being mixed:

“Society wants you to choose so many times: Are you black? Are you white? Are you a Democrat? Are you a Republican?” Woodson told Cantonrep.com

“God made us all of one blood and spirit. You people who have mixed marriages, tell your children  ... we don’t have to choose. God made you what you are.”

Interesting fact: 

  • In 1987, Woodson was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers as the 10th overall draft pick.
  • In 2007, he was ranked number 22 on USA Today list of the 25 best NFL players of the past 25 years.
 

 

 

RUSSELL WONG, Actor/Model                                                                                                   D.O.B. 03/1/63 (Pisces)
Mother: Dutch American

Father: Chinese

 
On his mixed background:

Interesting Fact:

  • Wong supported himself through college by working as a dancer
  • He appeared in music videos with David Bowie, Donna Summer and Janet Jackson
  • People magazine named him one of fifty "Beautiful People" in 1995.
 

 

 

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