How is Jessica African-American?
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sensationofeuphoria — 16 years ago(March 30, 2010 08:46 PM)
After that, I said I think it was good they chose a biracial person as her mother, since one of her parents actually IS biracial.
The actress who plays her mother is Gina Torres, and she is NOT biracial. Gina Torres is an American actress born to two Afro-Cuban parents. Her parents are both black Cubans, she's not biracial, nor does she look it. Jessica Szhor's character on
Gossip Girl
is meant to be half black, despite being a quarter black in reality.
I've known she was black since the first day I saw her on
Gossip Girl
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Obeah1 — 16 years ago(December 28, 2009 01:59 PM)
She does remotely look black. The problem is that in the U.S. people who are only part black are designated as black, and this means, when someone says J is part black, people automatically accept that to mean J IS black. I don't know why you expect a part black person to look like someone who's fully black. She can NEVER resemble a fully black person because she's only PART black.
She looks like someone who IS part black not just black. When I saw her I thought she was Afro-Hispanic (ie. Alex Rodriquez), but I was weary of saying anything since people from Latin America are ashamed of their African heritage and like to deny it (Sammy Sosa/Alex Rodriquez). Anyway, I was right, J is part black.
PS. Notice I never said she was black, but part black; and yes, she looks part black.
She's beautiful don't get me wrong but
she doesn't even remotely look black weird
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crow_watcher — 16 years ago(January 26, 2010 08:57 PM)
Is some people don't think Jessica's black is one thing. But if you want to go by the history in this country (USA) yes, she is mixed, but would be labeled black. I think people are judging her looks too much. If Jessica doesn't fit what their stereotypes of an African-American is, well then, she probably not a black person.
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ladyMoonEclipse — 14 years ago(February 24, 2012 12:42 AM)
first time i saw her, i thought she was an arab ,egyptian skin tone-ish but just saw episode where her mom is introduce love gina torres, and was like oh ok they're going with half white/black cool, but now i find out she's part hungarian which explains the exotic look!
what a great mix, i just love seeing kids from mix marriage, you never what you'll get but its always interesting & beautiful!
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activista — 13 years ago(March 30, 2013 01:26 AM)
@bestintheworld
Yes, mixed people DO exist. You don't know what the hell you're talking about. I have some mixed folks in my familynothing weird or unusual about it. Basically, mixed people are only strange or exotic to anyone who's never been around them,period. They're just regular people,like anyone else on this earth.