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My dad is a minister, and my mum is a worker with the less fortunate and the disabled. They're Nigerian natives. Their first language is Yoruba, and their second language is English.

— John Boyega

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My mother was English. My parents met in Oxford in the '50s, and my mother moved to Nigeria and lived there. She was five foot two, very feisty and very English.

— Chris Abani

My mom's a social worker, and my dad works in non-profit organisations.

— Seth Rogen

My dad's from Zimbabwe, and my mom is Danish, Irish, and Norwegian, so I have influences from a lot of different places.

— Tinashe

My dad is from Japanese descent, my mom is from Swedish descent and, through marriages and divorces, a pretty multicultural family - a lot of Spanish speakers in the family.

— Cary Fukunaga

My mum is West African, from Senegal; my dad is from Grenada. There was a huge controversy about them getting together.

— Estelle

My father is Indonesian Timorese, my mother Aboriginal Australian.

— Jessica Mauboy

✗Opposing Perspectives

My father is a retired army captain and banking software salesman, and my mother is an English teacher.

— Jim Parrack

I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.

— Wale

My mother, R. Rajalakshmi, taught at Annamalai University in Chidambaram, and during the day, I was well cared for by aunts and grandparents in the usual way of an extended Indian family.

— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic.

— Dayo Okeniyi