Taye Diggs caused a social media firestorm when he revealed he didn’t want his biracial son to identify solely as African-American. But in reality, there are a host of mixed celebrities who are absolutely comfortable with their African-American identity, and proudly celebrate their melting pot backgrounds.
As American continues to brown, here’s a gallery of celebrities who are proud to represent their Blackness fully.
Black & Proud: 32 Mixed Celebrities Who Identify As African-American was originally published on globalgrind.com
1. Bob Marley
2. Lenny Kravitz
3. Barack Obama
4. Tracee Ellis Ross
5. Alicia Keys
6. Drake
7. Klay Thompson
8. J. Cole
9. Matt Barnes
10. Blake Griffin
11. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
12. Logic
13. James Blake
14. Nicole Ari Parker
15. Boris Kodjoe
16. Jesse Williams
17. Meagan Good
18. Paula Patton
19. Wentworth Miller
20. Mariah Carey
21. Sade Adu
22. Gugu Mbatha-Raw
23. Maxwell
24. Lisa Bonet
25. Halle Berry
26. Misty Copeland
27. Jurnee Smollett and Jussie Smollett-Bell
28. Rashida Jones
29. Soledad O’ Brien
30. Victor Cruz
31. Prince
32. Maya Rudolph
