She’s such a natural beauty

Props to Chocolaat!!!

She looks purdy!

Bein black is probably the best thing you can ever be, so can anyone tell me why this Zoe chick think she doesn’t wanna be black. She should be thankful she’s black, cause we have a hella lot of white people who wish that they were born black.

For all intensive this Zoe chic is Black. All the roles she has played have been Black females and I’m 100% sure that the casting directors in Hollywood see a Black girl when they look at her. Let’s get real, she can try and assimilate all she wants but she won’t be getting any Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jollie type of movie roles anytime soon.
Big Ups to Chocolaat for holding it down on this post.

BTW, this chic is not even light skin; she’s light brown at best.

When did being multiracial come into the mix???? There are indeed spanish people who are black RACE and ETHNICITY are different There are only two races black and white now there are several different ethnic backgrounds which is what Zoe fails to understand. If both of her parents are BLACK then so is she. She is a black hispanic. You see I know that several of you Mutiracial/biracial people are confused, angry or whatever but GET OVER IT!!!! In America and several other countries it is ALL about race and if people can easily identify you as black then that is what you are. No offense to whichever parent is not black but that is the way that society is so roll with the punches because it is not going to change anytime soon. I agree with several of you people, people want to be anything but black that is why we have no PRIDE!!!!!

I always get her and Joy Byrant confused they are both pretty though.

Preach #116!

If we were giving out money for being black, all that multi-triple-quadruple racial bullshit would be gone so damn fast…Give it up folks…You’re black, doesn’t matter if you’ve got a white mama, white daddy, green mama, or whatever the fuck color she is.

I’ve been reading comments on the Black and Latin mix since yesterday, some are pretty enlightening and others are just plain stupid.

All I have to say is… The “Blatino” term better not catch on, if it does you know white folks will come up a term to degrade “Blatino’s” just like they did with Africans (niggers, coons) and Latinos (spics, wet backs).

The term would most likely be a hybrid of two of the derogatory terms used to degrade our respective races; something like… SPIGGA. hahaha

Face it man, if you’re dark enough for them to have to ask if you’re mixed, chances are your ass will be labeled “black”. Anyway, last time I checked they weren’t treating Latinos any better than they treat blacks here in this Country, we’re all in the same fucking boat. So, if ol’ girl is quick to speak on her Latin heritage, it’s probably because they’ve asked, and I’m sure she simply takes pride in that half of her as well; it’s who she is.

What make Zoe Saldana any less Latina than jennifer Lopez? Both of them have african blood, zoe just has a whole lot more. Yes, she’s a black woman, but she is a Latina. That’s not about her being mixed race…that’s about her having a race and nationality. We would never argue over JLO calling her self Puerto Rican, so why can’t Zoe just be called Dominican?

You’ll never see white people arguing over a blog talking about “Halle Berry’s White”!!

I don’t know why we as black people still find the need to call everyone out on their blackness? It doesn’t come from a place a PRIDE, it comes from a place of SELF LOATHE. When people are proud of themeselves (like so many white people are) they try to be exclusive. The reason why Halle Berry’s not white is because white people determined that anything less than “pure white blood” is not worthy of “whiteness”. However we as black people squabble over people like Mariah Carey and Wentworth Miller, (who proboly have more white blood in them than anything) as if were BEGGING them to join us.

I’m black and I’m daaaammmn proud of it. Being black is a wonderful thing and I’ve never found the need to argue w/ people over their identity. If you don’t want to call yourself black…well then go do you! I still know who I am. Instead of making black a “catch all” for people who have been rejected from all the other races that are a part of them, we should treat being black w/ the same amount of pride and exclusivity that every other ethnic group does. So many people like to be black when it’s convient for them and that serves us no good.

sorry for the long post

I am in love with her !!!

@126 - Unlike some people I dont need to pay for sex but you your extensive knowledge impresses me about overseas prostitution ha. I have no interest going to Jamaica either anytime soon. I was with a guy who beat the living shit out of me so badly I can’t have kids for your information (he wasnt black) and last time I checked African men arent the only men who beat on and mistreat their women. True we dont represent black & white America but we do represent people who love each other regardless of what colour we are. Im simply commenting on the blog which Im entitled to do. But please tell me this would you love your mama any less if she was white or your papa? Have a great day!

WELL SAID 161!!!!

Center Stage, Crossroads, Drumline Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Guess Who, and Haven; These are the movies that I have seen her in. Beautiful girl, when she was on 106 and Park she said that she has to younger sisters.

this whole issue is ridiculous. someone from haiti vs. someone from the dom. rep. vs. someone from the u.s. are as different as the individual pieces of a bag of m & m’s. sure a haitian may be black skinned, but that person was acculturated in a different environment than say a person from queens, n.y. it is as much about culture as heritage and it makes me crazy to see and hear people bitch because someone stresses their upbringing as though that person is ashamed of their african heritage. if one black person gets loud and obnoxious in public and generally makes an ass of themselves, i certainly wouldn’t want to be associated with that particularly if i didn’t grow up in an environment that condoned that behavior. there are many different perceptions of what a black person is, both good and bad. that also means that blacks come from many different experiences that make up the whole person. we are different and there’s nothing wrong with that nor is it wrong to stress what differentiates us either. it’s okay to be proud of your black heritage and any heritage that you come from. it’s ridiculous that generation after generation goes thru this, mofos need to grow the eff up. i’m done, goodnight.

#163 Go on “Ms. Daisy”! I guess you told my black azz off! hehe! Just enjoy yo man and be vigillant like Beyonce! A black woman will follow him (stalk), go through his wallet and tell him he ain’t going to no damn club at 11:30 PM! hehe!

I’m sorry to hear that you’ve encountered abuse from the hands of a man! Thank God that you have found happiness and a new lease on life! Play the hand that’s delt to you and never underestimate the damage that white people do to minorities in America! As one who has overcome abuse, you should know that the healing can take forever!

So, when someone like Zoe comes along and trying to set the record straigt on her African heritage, I say…WTF? Zoe gets no free pass from me, but I’ll give you one for looking deep inside of yourself and realizing that a black man is the closest thing to heaven on earth! hehe! And, I’m sure there’s some medical science that will allow you to have a child…if not, you can have five of mine! hehe!

And, the answer to your question is, the issue here is not about love, but how I would respond to questions about mixed parents! I’d say…WTF!

#163 MrsCookieNzima ~

One mo thing and tell the truth, Cookie…you know you gettin some good dick! hehe!

Zoe looks lovely. I see no proble with her saying she is Blatino. She’s not denying she’s black. And white people also talk about their heritage too.

You are what you look like Zoe needs to wake up and smell the coffee. The BLACK coffee. And so does everyone else who wants to claim their ‘UNSEEN’ roots. Hell my grandpa was white you think anyone cares about that? And I’m sure not eager to tell everyone either. I like being Black period. And everything that comes with it. That’s really loving yourself. People are so ready to downplay their black side. “Oh I know I look Black as hell, but wait there’s more to me than that” Shut the F up, you ain’t trying to be nothing but a glorified nigga. End of story.

First of all, I like Zoe. But I think she has problems with being seen as a Black person. The main problem is when somebody says Black, they think of African Americans. You can be black and be from any country but of course your ancestors are from Africa. Cross culturally people of mixed backgrounds tend to be quick to identify with their Anglo hertiage and slow to admit their African hertiage. Zoe also has gone back and forth on the issue in past interviews. She has said before that she doesn’t view herself as any race and doesn’t like labels. That she doesn’t see a Black Zoe or a Latin Zoe, she only sees Zoe. But in Spanish interviews, she calls herself a proud Latina… WTF? You can’t have it both ways. that is some hyprocritical shit. She be a happy Blatina and deal with it… being Black has helped your career, given you an exotic look. I mean why else would they pick you to play Bernie Mac’s daughter?

Zoe is Dominican…for those that care.

@ 167 He may be my husband but dont worry I check his pant pockets when he in the shower, and his wallet too and he has a curfew too ha ha ha. He is the world to me.I came out the other side from my many years of abuse stronger. I lost site that God put me here for a reason so I couldnt let him down or myself. Every day I wake up I thank god Im here and am grateful for everything I am and have
@168 I been satisfied everyday for 3 years. He takes care of his business just as I do mine.

Why does every post on concrete loop end in a light skinned/dark skinned or race related arguement.

^ B/C topics that hit home usually stay on the mind and generate the most conversation. “Race in America” is a topic that’s on A LOT of Looper’s minds.

Carrington is a punk-ass bitch who is ashamed to be black. Other people have tried to tell your punk ass that you ARE BLACK even if you have a white daddy. But you want to play that privileged biracial game where you try to distance yourself from the black community by claiming “other” but let me tell you, to white folks, you are still a N*****.

I am really sick of the bi-racial/multiracial community’s shame over their black roots. BE BLACK AND PROUD, and by the way bitch, if you knew anything about BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY you would know that All African-Americans are multiracial otherwise we’d be Africans.

Anyone can look at a biracial person and tell by their features that they are mixed (oohhh, it’s so politically incorrect to say mixed) but in AmeriKKKa, if you have one drop of black blood, YOUR ASS IS BLACK nigga!
And Latinos are notorious for hating their black roots, so if punk-ass bitches like Carrington, Tiger Woods, and Zoe Saldana don’t want to claim us, then f*** them.

If Nicole Ritchie, Jasmine Guy, Mariah Carey, and Halle Berry can say they’re black, WTF is wrong with you?

Everyone can t

#98, First how are you calling someone ignorant when you can’t even spell the word? Second, since you brought Jesus into it, he sure as hell wasn’t a white man. Third, why would anyone want your Jesus when you’re cursing, insulting and trying to evangelize in the same sentence? Fourth, who cares what the white man thinks? Nobody is talking about that shit, we’re talking about what BLACK FOLKS THINK when other BLACK folks with their IDENTITY ISSUES try to claim they’re not black just because they’re mixed. ONE DROP = BLACK BABY! BE BLACK & PROUD.

Carrington, Miss Number 33, listen: you are very deluded. You can decide for yourself what you are: it’s called self-determination. Why would anyone look at a biracial person and call them white when it’s obvious they’re black? If you have the tiniest drop of black blood, black folks know that you’re black. Mariah Carey may have fooled the white community (until she got away from Tommy Mottola’s control and “came out”) but she didn’t fool us, and neither do you: YOU HATE BEING BLACK but you are, so deal with it.

#95 said: “Sad part is, the MAJORITY of you mf’s take more issue with the REALITY of someone ELSES nationality than you do with those drug dealers in your neighborhoods and SOME of your HOMES that are destroying many of our precious BLACK communities!”

Hey, bitch, I am a proud, BLACK DREADLOCK, NOT BLONDE DREADLOCK, NOT WEAVE, NOT BLUE CONTACT PROUD BLACK WOMAN. The fact that you said “YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS” reveals your distance from the black the community, which is fine: you don’t want us, we don’t want you.

When you GROW UP you’ll find out that Mommy and Daddy can’t protect you from the world. You need a community. Now, I have no problem with you embracing your white and black heritage, but what you’re trying to deny is your ISSUES with being black. Traditionally, the black community has embraced biracial blacks (and vice versa) because the white community didn’t AND STILL DOESN’T accept them as white. You stay in your little world with Mommy and Daddy. What you gonna do when they’re gone–go running to the black community like OJ. F** him and you too.

“OK.. SO WHAT IF SOMEONE CALLED JENNIFER LOPEZ WHITE?? AND SHE QUICKLY RESPONDED.. IM NOT WHITE IM PUERTO RICAN… WOULD SHE RECEIVE THE SAME HATE MISS ZOE IS RECEIVING???”

Apples and Oranges. Bad example you gave. People here have ISSUES because Zoe said she hates being labeled (black) yet labels herself blatino when the truth is she’s a black woman from a Latin country. A better example is: if Jennifer Lopez was white and Latino but LOOKED Latino and when people asked her if she was Latino she said I’m Whitino, then people would be calling her a crazy ass self-hating latino, just like we’re calling Zoe and CARRINGTON crazy ass self-hating niggas.

STFU MrsCookieNzima and go suck your husband’s black dick. You jungle fevered bitch.

131-133 Hey Gianni, guess what, you are dark skinned because AFRICANS came to ITALY. (Hannibal anyone?) I’m not saying you’re black, because clearly you’re Italian, but I AM saying that MANY SOUTHERN ITALIANS (Sicilians, etc.) have African ancestry even it’s wayyyyy back, and that’s why so many Italians have issues with black folks.

Guys,let me add some info, I’m of white cuban decent. The truth is that latin & hispanic term only applys here in The United States. Even though I am White I’m lumped into the hispanic catergory as well because I’m Cuban. If I was in Cuba, Puerto Rico, or Spain. I’m White. If Zoe was in Cuba, Puerto Rico or Spain, She’s Black. So it’s more of a cultural thing, like when an individual of Indian decent from the carribean (trinidad) says that there indo-carribean.

Hope this helped.

CONCRETE LOOP…THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING AND SHARING WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT…
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
JEWEL

it’s a sad and appaulling fact that it’s easy to say that a person who states they are part black and whatever is quickly dissed and claimed to be black.. yet when a person who doesn’t automatically look black but looks white like wentworth miller and states to be part black is automatically percieved as black..at the end of the day colour is only skin deep.let people say what they are without criticising.

Zoe Saldana is a good looking latina and latinos are not a race, we are a ethnic group which is diffrent and we can be white or black or brown or red what ever but were latinos. Latinos are people that have blood of latin people which are the france, spain, italian and any romance speaking people or blood. My last name is Saldana and it is a jew surname from spain. there even a town in spain that is called saldana. Saldana in italian is saldino.

“Guys,let me add some info, I’m of white cuban decent. The truth is that latin & hispanic term only applys here in The United States. Even though I am White I’m lumped into the hispanic catergory as well because I’m Cuban. If I was in Cuba, Puerto Rico, or Spain. I’m White. If Zoe was in Cuba, Puerto Rico or Spain, She’s Black. So it’s more of a cultural thing, like when an individual of Indian decent from the carribean (trinidad) says that there indo-carribean.

Hope this helped.”

No, it does not. If she were to be in the islands she would not be considered “blcak”, maybe in the Cuba of yesteryear, but not today. They don’t recognize racial classification in Cuban Socialism.

Latino is a race TO US, maybe not to the Americans (arrogantly read: “U.S.” as if the rest of us are not “Americans”)…….but, we perceive our own history through our OWN eyes, not the eyes of U.S. so-called “African-Americans” and so-called “Anglo-Americans”. Our history, culture and just about everything else is strikingly different than the U.S. perception of what is deemed “Black”. People weren’t called “Black” until the Europeans brought us over to the “New World”.

If Latino/as want to perceive their CULTURE as more important than “race”, this is their right. No one tells U.S. African-Americans what they should call themselves, so they most certainly cannot tell us what we should call ourselves.

U.S. people are extremely arrogant and they perceive that the rest of the world, no matter how different it may be, should follow suit. Please. They can keep their anger and murder each other as they have already been doing.

Zoe, you are the best. You are beautiful and inteligent and a hard working women. ZOE SALDANA YOU ARE THE BEST. And I love you just the way you are.

@ #11

Latinos don’t view the world like African Americans do. Don’t ASSUME that just because YOU say she is “black” that Latinos will have this same perception. “Black” was a LABEL created by Anglo-Americans to separate people of African descent. The consequent “one-drop” rule was employed to create MORE slaves out of people and ergo have a larger labor force.

Do NOT assume that Latinos subscribe to this way of thinking. She is “black” to YOU, but to many Latinos she is LATINA.

Funny how everyone is saying that she doesnt want to be Black she herself has said that she classifies her self as such, here read a quote from Zoe herself from IMDB:

When I go to the D.R., the press in Santo Domingo always asks, “¿Qué te consideras, dominicana o americana?” (What do you consider yourself, Dominican or American?) I don’t understand it, and it’s the same people asking the same question. So I say, time and time again, “Yo soy una mujer negra.” (”I am a black woman.”) [They go,] “Oh, no, tú eres trigueñita.” (”Oh no, you are ‘dark skinned’”) I’m like, “No! Let’s get it straight, yo soy una mujer negra.” (”I am a black woman.”)

So btw can we get over it already, huh?!? Great actress, beautiful BLACK woman, as she herself says.

Zoe Saldana is an Afro-Latina. Get it? She is not ‘black’ because ‘black’ is a color, not a culture. You can find many people who look ‘black’ in all areas of the world. Even Indians from South Asian are sometimes darker than any African American. But are they ‘black’? No, they are Indian. Just like Zoe Saldana is an Afro-Dominican, or Dominican. In the word “Dominican” it is already implied that she is African. It is also implied that she is Carribbean, she is American, she is Spanish, she is American Indian, she is French, she is Portuguese. Stop using the word ‘black’ to define someone, because you are forgetting the roots that person cherishes and loves. And in the meantime, ‘black’ people, call yourselves people of African descent. Cuz whether you were stolen, you escaped, or you flew here, you know the roots. Don’t deny Africa and expect someone not to deny ‘black.’

Oh, and big ups to Carrington in Houston. You are speaking the truth, and I’m happy you are intelligent AND cultured. People of African descent need to start reading more history books and stop trying to corner people into identifying as ‘black’ when ‘black’ doesn’t even exist. Its culture and tradition, not color that people experience.

Peace

she’s black ?
and here i thought she was just a very bright actress now i have to see her in the new star trek movie to check if she is black huh?

White people do talk about their heritage just like black people. Most white people claim to be irish in the same way that most black people claim to be native american. In fact most white people can trace their ancestry back centuries all down to the name, nationality, and trade, and they enjoy being able to do that. I personally wish I could say that, but I’m also proud to say that I am a black woman with a blinding, blazing bright future. It’s not where you’ve been, or even where you’re at, but it’s your destination that matters.

I don’t understand how all of you criticize her for saying that she is latina, because technically she is. She’s not trying to deny that she has african decent, she’s just sick of talking about it because people would rather talk about her ethnicity than her talent. Also same thing with Christina Millian, she is cuban, but has dark skin, she’s still latina. I am bi-racial, mom is hispanic, dad is black. But what bothers me the most is how all these black girls are always saying that they “got indian in their family.” Whatever!

Okay I typically don’t post my thoughts on these sorta blogs - most of the times they are filled with hatred ignorant commentary - but because I feel so attached to this particular topic, I felt compelled to add my 2 centavos.

American blacks are really a trip. Do you honestly think that if someone considers themself afro-latino… afro-hispanic or any name that acknowledges your latin roots.. you are not acknowledging your african heritage? Honestly, most Afro latin cultures are more connected to their AFRICAN roots simply because of the difference in history and the fact that the africans in the central and south american areas were able to preserve their connection. To constantly narrow your view of africans in this world by depositing them in that… silly ‘oh they are just black’ box… is not acknowledging the diversity of african people across the WORLD.

The bottom line is their are similarities that make us similar.. BUT their are fundamental differences as well. I myself am a mixture of african and latin roots. I acknowledge both and I don’t feel myself any better for it!

Black Americans for a good number of reasons.. .make a huggge friggin deal about race, culture, complexion, texture of hair..etc. more than I have noticed in other african/latin cultures. In parts of Central and South America.. being Mulatta is common and there is not this type of dissection of color, complexion, hair.

You know what else, I don’t care of some ignorant fool gets rubbed the wrong way by my post and rants and raves about whatever they feel like it or some wannabe intellect that tries to prove me wrong by offering and paraphrasing some new book they just bought.

I came to this country at 4 years old.. didn’t speak a lick of English.. and singled out by blacks in this country for not being ‘black enough’. My mother is a deep dark creamy beautiful chocolate brown, speaks with a thick caribbean/spanish accent and caught hell for it by american blacks… singling her out .. treating her as an outsider for no good reason. As soon as an African person is famous and well known.. THEN those ignorant black people come up outta the wood work and talk smack about how this person is black, etc etc…

Some of you ‘African Americans’ really do Africans from all over the world a disservice by reinforcing ignorant beliefs of non blacks held by people all over the world.