Carol Channing admits to being 1/2 black
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Diamond97 — 12 years ago(October 31, 2013 08:33 AM)
Wentworth Miller isn't a "white" person who has admitted to black/African American ancestry. Wentworth acknowledges that he is "biracial". His father comes from a very prominent black Memphis family, the Pinkstons
Okay. Sorry. My mistake. You're right. Wentworth never tried to pass. -
wondernita — 19 years ago(June 10, 2006 12:41 AM)
by - romadiva on Wed Apr 19 2006 06:53:57
Carol is an octoroon. Her dad is mulatto
Her father was NOT a mulatto. If he were she would have mentioned it. He was a light-skinned black man as it states. Meaning two black parents. Carol Channing is a Bi-racial/Black Woman. -
aq_23 — 18 years ago(September 05, 2007 06:44 PM)
I think you should check out these boards
http://www.gossiprocks.com/forum/miscellaneous/26876-black-parents-can-have-white-kids-too.html
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/mulatto/vpost?id=1109621 -
Eva1-1 — 16 years ago(July 31, 2009 06:36 PM)
I will excuse your ignorance, as it is not entirly your fault. If you really believe this, please explain some of these folks.
http://onedroprule.org/about1567.html -
Isle1970 — 18 years ago(October 24, 2007 01:27 AM)
If her father was so light-skinned as to be able to pass for white, he likely was less of a percentage bla2000ck than a mulatto would be. I believe mulatto means half and half (black and white), i.e., Halle Barry is a mulatto (black father, white mother). She is nowhere near light enough to pass for white because her father was not a mixed black-at least not apparently so.
Someone mentioned that Carol was an "octoroon", which would make her an 1/8 black I believe. That would mean that her father was 1/4 black. Neither of these percentages is mulatto though.
Carol's father could have been born of two very light-skinned black parents, but that also would not be defined as mulatto. If one of his parents was light skinned and had a child with a white person, he could be called mulatto technically, but his complexion wouldn't match the usual description.
In the end it doesn't really matter because even though the "one-drop" rule was no longer in place, most people married within their own race (for legal reasons among others). That being the case, Carol's father's parents were likely very light-skinned themselves (but not light enough to pass) and living as blacks, while he had the complexion to choose.
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