base talk Celebs you were shocked to find their ethnicities

[suburbannature]

Ariana being white was such a shocker to me back in the day   

[Thin White Duke]

I was shocked to find that Sarah Paulson was a Lesbian.

[Khal]

2 hours ago, Letters From Adi said:

It was only recently that I learned Cynthia is Igbo,

I mean, 'Erivo' is not a Yoruba-sounding name to start with?  

[Frozen99]

most definitely about ariana and mariah.

[Siberian Tiger]

Mariah, Halsey, Zoe Saldana

 

[pearlmercury]

darren criss being asian was a shock

[ICLDXU4HS]

44 minutes ago, Maneater said:

When I was young I thought Beyonce just had a tan 

This just vividly reminded me of several of my classmates being convinced Rihanna was a white woman around the time Umbrella was smashing.

[thatsmydemi]

 

Iconic and also explains her singing talent. It all makes sense since then  

[James_Joint]

Logic and Halsey being biracial.  
 

Ariana being not biracial.  
 

 

[ainadalkaz]

33 minutes ago, pearlmercury said:

darren criss being asian was a shock

yeah, him being half filipino surprised me nn

 

on the other hand, mikey madison being of east european jewish descent (and not at least half asian) was also a surprise

[OrbitNumber1]

When I learned Vanessa Hudgens wasn't Latina.

[argentite]

Mark-Paul Gosselaar is Dutch and Indonesian.

[Vermouth]

2 hours ago, Pluto6 said:

- Freddy Mercury being Indian

 

- Bruno Mars not being black

Freddie was of "Indian descent" in the sense that his family were from there back in the day, but they were in turn of Parsi descent I believe. Parsis were originally of the Zoroastrian faith who first left Persia for India hundreds of years ago ( Parsi simply means "Persian"), and so were a religious and ethnic minority within India.

 

Freddie himself was born in Zanzibar in what is now Tanzania when it was a British colony (his family presumably having migrated from what was British ruled India at some point).  He was sent to British public ( ie exclusive private fee paying ) schools just to add to his personal hinterland and hence probably why he spoke with a pretty "cut glass" posh accent.

 

The man had a fascinating background, which one thinks must've played into who he was and who he became.

 

 

Edited Thursday at 12:59 PM by Vermouth

[Badgalbriel]

Bruno is my only shock. Otherwise, I don't really try to guess people's ethnicity cause I'm from Brazil and everyone here is mixed-race. 

Edited Thursday at 01:01 PM by Badgalbriel

[Erreur2 La Nature]

Ecuadorian father and I think her mother was German, Irish... I was in shock when I discovered that as a kid

[Radical Pessimism]

Rihanna has some Irish in her blood

[umich]

I really thought Roman Reigns and The Usos were Black  

 

[Mezter]

Taylor Lautner, Rita Ora and Alessia Cara all just being White still doesn't register for me

[JustHoran]

Rita Ora instantly came to mind

[popmusicisdead]

Miranda Cosgrove NOT being part Asian 

 

Edited Thursday at 03:31 PM by popmusicisdead

[Aristede]

I was surprised to learn that Pete Wentz and Wentworth Miller were half black. And I was pretty surprised to learn Jaeden Martell is half Asian. On the other hand, I thought Jordan Peele was fully black but he has a white mother.

 

I also thought Mikey Madison was Asian, Alessia Cara was half black, Alex Wolff was Pakistani, and Taylor Lautner was Native American. 

Edited Thursday at 03:38 PM by Aristede

[popmusicisdead]

5 hours ago, Mordecai said:

I thought Olivia Rodrigo was latina, especially with the last name

 

3 hours ago, OrbitNumber1 said:

When I learned Vanessa Hudgens wasn't Latina.

Filipinos have a 6th sense with these things so i knew they were both part-Filipino the second i laid eyes on them. it's not always perfect tho.

i remember when Camp Rock came out people were swearing Demi Lovato was also part-Filipino 

[Rogue_Redux]

I grew up thinking Teena Marie was a black woman on the radio. 

[Rogue_Redux]

2 hours ago, umich said:

I really thought Roman Reigns and The Usos were Black  

 

Fr! Especially Jey. 
 

@Symmetra

[umich]

6 minutes ago, Rogue_Redux said:

I grew up thinking Teena Marie was a black woman on the radio. 

She might as well have been. She will always be invited to the cookout based on "Portuguese Love" alone.