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My dad would call me his Cuban princess because I had really dark olive skin because I was always in the sun; but I don't really go in the sun anymore, so that is why I am so white.

— Bella Thorne

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I come from a mixed background - my mom's black, my dad's white - and I traveled around the world.

— Tia Mowry

My father was dark skinned because he was Tatar. Sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian.

— Irina Shayk

My father was a dark-skinned brother, but my mother was a very fair-skinned lady. From what I understand, she was Creole; we think her people originally came from New Orleans. She looked almost like a white woman, which meant she could pass - as folks used to say back then. Her hair was jet-black. She was slim and very attractive.

— Ice T

Sure, I've listed myself as Cuban-American. That's my heritage and my background.

— Ted Cruz

I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American.

— Jon Secada

My mother is black and my father is Filipino. I got the best of both worlds.

— Cassie Ventura

All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white.

— Muhammad Ali

My father has fair skin, and my mother is dark, and I'm kind of cafe au lait.

— Lela Rochon

✗Opposing Perspectives

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess.

— Mariah Carey

I'm black. I'm Latina. My mom is Cuban. Afro-Cuban. My dad is white and Australian.

— Soledad O'Brien