Rosario Dawson (1979- ) is an American actress. She mostly plays supporting characters in Hollywood and independent films. In 2004 she won the Rising Star Award at the American Black Film Festival.
Among other things she was:
- Abernathy in “Death Proof” (2007)
- Becky in “Clerks II” (2006)
- Gail in “Sin City” (2005)
- Mimi in “Rent” (2005)
- Roxanne, Alexander the Great’s wife in “Alexander” (2004)
- Dina Lake in “Pluto Nash” (2002)
- Laura Vasquez in “Men in Black II” (2002)
- one of the Pussycats in “Josie and the Pussycats” (2001)
- Denzel Washington’s son’s girlfriend in “He Got Game” (1998 )
In 2005 she also played Julia in “Two Gentlemen of Verona” in Central Park in New York. I wish I had seen her!
Many of her films have failed at the box office, like “Pluto Nash” and “Alexander”. She has not yet starred in a film that made it big, so not everyone knows who she is.
She is from the Lower East Side in New York. For most of her childhood her family lived in an abandoned building there.
One day sitting on the steps in front of her building, Larry Clark and Harmony Korine walked by. Korine took one look at her and knew she was just the woman for a part in a film he was writing. That was her audition. That is how she became Ruby in “Kids” (1995).
It changed her life.
Growing up she did not dream of becoming an actress. Despite her beauty, she was something of a nerd: she wanted to be a marine biologist. She is one of those Star Trek fans who can speak broken Klingon!
She even loves comic books, something she got from her Uncle Gus, a comic book illustrator. She created a comic book with him, “Occult Crimes Taskforce”. The main character is based on her.
According to this blog she is one of the most beautiful women in the world. I love the way she looks, especially her eyes and lips. I am so glad she keeps her hair black – unlike, say, Jennifer Lopez or Beyonce.
People ask, “Is she black?”
Her mother is Puerto Rican, Black and Cuban, her father is Irish and Native American. So that makes her part black, part white, part Native American and part Hispanic! She is almost America in one woman.
When she was cast to be Roxane, Alexander the Great’s wife, some people got upset and said, “Why did they hire a black girl?” But an Afghan friend told her not to worry: she looks just like the women in his family, meaning that the woman Alexander married could have looked like her.
People say things like, “I don’t understand why she just doesn’t say she’s black – Puerto Ricans aren’t that brown!”
She says that race was not an issue for her, “until I got older and it became an issue for other people.”
She says her race sometimes affects what parts she is offered, sometimes not.
In 2006 she went with Jason Lewis of “Sex and the City”.
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She’s so pretty. With a lot of spunk! A true cool ass NYC chick.
Racially, she’s basically an Afro-Latino. Of course, with the resiquite admixture (European, Native).
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She a pretty girl!
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Before I wrote this I assumed she was just New York Puerto Rican, which means of course that she is probably part black.
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I agree, she is purty…
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Actually, it is incorrect to say she is black, white, native american, and latino. The reason being that black, white, and native american are races, and latino is simply an ethnicity. She is probably ethnically latino, and racially a mix of black, white, and native american. I have long noticed that the vast majority of Americans don’t understand the difference between race, ethnicity, and nationality. I have heard at one time or another, all of the following: “he is not black, he’s Dominican”; “I’m not white, I’m Portuguese”, “I’m not black or white, I’m Puerto Rican”.
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NOTE: I meant to say that it is incorrect to say that she is RACIALLY black, white, native american, and latina.
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I understand that Latinos come in black and white just like Americans do, but it was Rosario Dawson herself who said: “I’m Puerto Rican, Black, Cuban, Irish and Native American.”
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Okay, so in fact her mother is black and her father is white, racially. I am black, white and Native American, therefore I’m a black woman.
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She is gorgeous! I’d rather not label her because I feel that all of her ethnic (I don’t believe in ‘races’) mixtures have resulted in a beautiful individual. ^^
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I think she is basicully multiracially mixed on her maternal & paternal side & latino. I’ve been told i look like her.
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My opinion is that she is one of the MOST beautiful women on Earth. She has a transracial look… like Vin Diesel (I don’t think he’s hot though, just average) where you can’t pin point a main ethnic background to them, like they’ve got a world mix in them. Pity that the “one drop rule” labels both those people as “black”.
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“Transracial”=racially ambigious.
Dawson gets pegged as “Latina” or “multiracial” and Diesel is almost universally known as “racially ambigious”. Neither are seen as traditionally black, although they both got their start in the black regions of the film world.
It’s a pity for anyone to be or even perceived as “black”, isn’t it? Who would ever want to be black, right? I mean Keanu Reeves, for example, has a Chinese father yet is universally seen as white (like damn near all Eurasian celebs). Is that as big of a pity?
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*palms head*
what I meant was that it’s a pity that some people feel the need to squish them into a small box rather than allowing them to just be everything that they are.
and yes I do think it’s a pity that Keanu Reeves and other Eurasian actors sometimes are considered to be “white”, they are not just white, they are more than that, they are also asian.
don’t you think it’s a pity that people have to conform to labels when they are much more than just that?
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or ,mynameisnyname, maybe you like your neat little world with black, white, red and yellow (oh yes don’t I love that term, yellow for lack of courage and honesty and all round weakness) and you have problems viewing the world as more than just few baskets that you can put unique individual people in?
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and why does it even have to be Eur-asian and Afro-asian? I accept those words for now because people understand those words readily… does it mean that asians are secondary to Europeans and Africans?
I would never deny a person with African heritage that part of them I just don’t think it is ALL that is them, yet you seem to be ok dismissing the Asian part of Eurasian people?
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and wouldn’t you think I would know what transracial or any other word means before using it?
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I don’t think Eurasians should dimiss their Asian roots at all. They need to start celebrating it more, instead of assimiliating into whitness.
Yet, the reason why non-black interracial offspring can easily assimiliate into the white world and why no one is arguing that non-black interracials should have all of their “races” acknowledged is because of the concept behind “blackness”. Let’s not kid ourselves.
Why is no one pitying Reeves, Rob Schiender and countless other celebs because they are basically seen as “white” people? Isn’t denying part of your heritage a pity? So, why aren’t people on the internet “pitying” that, but they argue that Obama or Tiger Woods or Halle Berry are “biracial not black” when they do monumental things. What’s that about? I think you know the answer.
Also: racial labels are meaningless. You’re right about that. But because this country is structed by race, they carry a lot of relevance, for better or worse.
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I pity them because people are denying them their Asian heritage. And if they deny it themselves then I see it as an insult to the variance of the human race. I always would argue that people of multi-racial heritage who so happen doesn’t have African foreparents SHOULD acknowledge the parts that make them who they are and people should allow them to do so.
And Obama, Tiger Woods and Halle Berry ARE biracial, so no I actually don’t know what you are saying… perhaps you are trying to redefine science? However, I do consider them all to be Northern Americans.
Yes, there are social connotations to certain racial labels but it still doesn’t make someone who is half ethnically African, just “black”… they are both “black” and whatever mix they are. Socially constructed connotations DO NOT change the ethnic backgrounds of the foreparents that make up a person’s true ancestry.
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So are you saying I am wrong in pitying them for having people downsize their multi-ethnic heritage to just ONE?
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You’re deliberately ignoring what I was trying to get at. But I don’t blame you, it would reveal something very damning about this country’s racial structure if you would acknowledge what I was trying to get at.
What do you make of the multiracial ancestry of the great majority of black Americans? Do you think they should acknowledge their multiple strains? Or are they denying? What about a large chunk of white Americans? Should they embrace the African blood they have? Or is that a pity that many would rather drink rat poision than acknowledge that?
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No I honestly really don’t know what you are getting at. What I am reading is “if you have African blood in you, you should deny everything else!” OR “only an African person’s genes matter, the other parent is for decoration”.
Those great African Americans usually DO acknowledge their ancestry, it’s the media and general society who are mostly white who dismiss it. The so-called white people of partial African ancestry should also acknowledge that part of their heritage. I can say what they should or should not but at the end of the day it’s their personal story and it’s up to them. For your information, some lighter biracial American people used to pass as “white” and intermarry with other “white” people. Their decendents may appear “white” but they probably would have a significant amount of African blood in them.
And I don’t think it’s funny to make jokes about suicide, it a serious enough problem without people like you make fun of it.
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I don’t think anyone should deny their ethnicity, at all. I never said or implied that. To be honest, I could two damns, in which way.
I was touching on how blacks are so stigmatized in a way that non-blacks are not. For instance, there are people who will proclaim that it’s a ‘pity’ that a “multiracial” (which most African Americans are) person be called black. Yet such an arguement about a “multiracial” person who may not have any direct African ancestry is rarely made. That’s what I was trying to say and you knew that.
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Well, maybe I should have changed “black” to “ONE SINGLE BOX” and I wouldn’t even have heard a peep from you. And I don’t appreciate that you are implying that I am ignorant and racist. It is everything that my whole living stands against.
Or maybe YOU are the one that stigmatizes “black” people. There is nothing wrong to be “black” AS WELL AS something else. You are saying, they should only be black and thus denying their whole being.
YOU know exactly what I mean and you’re still trying to argue with me.
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To be honest, I could two damns, in which way.
It is a long history of people not caring that undeserved privilege still occurs today.
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omg… the word is “misleading” I should have used “misleading” and “one single box” and none of this would have happened… geez
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LOL, Therese.
We’re not arguing, just engaging in mature discourse that involves a very loaded topic.
When did I ever imply that people of African descent shouldn’t embrace their other heritages?
We’re all racist to some degree. Few are immune. How could you be when you live in a race-based society? You meant exactly what you meant when you made the initial comment about it being a “pity” to “just” be called black, when you have other ethnicities running in your vein. It was most likely unconscious on your part, but you weren’t misintrepetated (sp?). But it’s okay, to harbor such beliefs. You know why? We live in a country that promotes such thought. You’re only human, you couldn’t help but to absorb such viewpoints.
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mature? well, I admit to try to be as NOT racist as I can… and I was very tempted to call you a very pre-school name
and yes it is a pity, a pity that people are ok with misleading us. I honestly mean that I do not mean that to be black is to be less are you WERE implying.
and I don’t live in your country.
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When did I ever imply that people of African descent shouldn’t embrace their other heritages?
you are saying that they (multiracial people with part African ancestry) are just “black” and I have issue with that… maybe THEY don’t, but I do. Maybe it’s not my business but it still bothers me.
and of course it bothers me that Eurasians are usually identified as “white” because THAT implies that to be Asian is to be less.
and that rat poison joke still bothers me. really not funny to be so flippant about suicide.
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Are you white, Therese? If so, that may inform your viewpoint. If you’re not a US citizen, then where are you from?
Well, most African Africans are multiracial by bloodline, so do you have issues with them being labeled as “just black” as well?
I pointed that Dawson and Diesel, the two Hollywood examples you initially brought up, are not seen as traditionally black, so where did I ever say that they are “just black”? Don’t put words in my mouth, sweetheart.
The rat poison comment was sarcasm on my point. I’m sorry to offend you; that wasn’t my intent.
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Why should it matter whether I am white or not? But for the sake of truth. No I am not. Are you white? that would explain the tone of overcompensation in your arguments.
I’m from a country very similar to the US… but still not the US. It’s called Australia, an atlas might help you.
No one is “just black” or “just white”, that’s why I always use these thingies “”” when I use the terms “white” and “black” unless I’m talking about paint. I don’t even like the term “African-American” unless it refers to an African who decided to settle in America. I use “Americans of mostly African heritage” which is wordy and not exactly academic material. Of course the word “black” is much easier, and visually “black” of the American variety people are range from lightly tanned to dark brown.
I have seen the two actors referred to as black… the actual sources, oh gee I dunno, trashy magazines not worth identifying (can’t remember to identify) but very influential none the less.
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and don’t call me sweetheart
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If race doesn’t matter, then why does it matter so much to you what “multiracial” people (again, most black Americans) call themeselves or are percieved as?
I don’t need an atlas to show me where Australia is. And given that country’s history, it makes sense that you have a similar view of “blackness” and “race” as an American.
Being of African descent, is much more than skin shade. You’re in Australia, you know that Aboriginal people range from lightly tanned to dark brown, as do many South Asians. And East Asians. So, color becomes irrelavant. It’s interesting that the shade of a black person’s skin gets accessed more than any other race but ….
Okay, I don’t have to call you sweetheart. Trust me, I can call you something a lot worse but I wouldn’t stoop to that level. There’s no need to.
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I prefer to use plain old HUMAN but people like you wouldn’t understand.
With words like multiracial, biracial and transracial the categories of simple “black” and “white” is weakened. And one day we can all simply be just humans.
You still haven’t told me whether you are white or not, after asking me and I’ve told you that I am not.
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HUMAN!
That’s more like it. No “black”, no “white”, no “Asian”. Just plain ol’ human. Finally, someone sees the light. I yearn for the days where race isn’t the stucture of Western society and we can finally just revel in what we are: HUMAN. Flesh and blood. We all bleed the same.
Am I “black” or “white”? I can answer that in the best way. One that both of us can agree with:
I’M HUMAN!
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That’s so not fair. Ok, what would the majority of American (of European descent) society label you in racial terms on first glance then?
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You continue to contradict yourself.
You vehimentely go on about how race doesn’t exist (which it doesn’t) and how it doesn’t matter (which deep down, it doesn’t) yet you then ask someone about their race!
Pick a position and stick to it!
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oh… I thought you were asleep.
I’m not contracting myself… I just want to get an answer to something that you had no issue asking ME!
and why did you ask if I was “white”??? that’s just bizarre because I’m not…
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mynameismyname post #26 – We’re all racist to some degree.
I couldn’t explain it before… but someone else has now Power, Bigotry and Racism @ Womanist Musings – I can’t be racist.
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mynameismyname Says:
“She’s so pretty. With a lot of spunk! A true cool ass NYC chick.
Racially, she’s basically an Afro-Latino. Of course, with the resiquite admixture (European, Native).”
I agree!
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mynameismyname Says:
“Racially, she’s basically an Afro-Latino. Of course, with the resiquite admixture (European, Native).”
Even though she has a lot of mixture, the most apparent is her African heritage. As far as being Afro-Latina, she does somewhat resemble another Afro-Latina actress, Lauren Vélez. Both are beautiful women.
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Eric You are so correct most people are not aware that a race and an ethnicity is completely different… I am so sick of people asking if I am Latina and if I say no the next thing are u sure ? First of all If you are likely from the Caribbean, South America or Central America…. You are mostly mixed based on Colonialism I wish people could get it together and be really educated. If we could understand that most of us are the same and just. divided by who conquer us we would be stronger as a whole…Yes my race is Black, Amerindian,Chinese and East Indian & I will never deny my ancestors…..
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Eilse said:
If we could understand that most of us are the same and just. divided by who conquer us we would be stronger as a whole…
I like that.
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Before I wrote this I assumed she was just New York Puerto Rican, which means of course that she is probably part black.
She’s Black Irish…
and yeah.. I’m joking…although the name Dawson is Irish…
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To Elsie:
Black, Amerindian,Chinese and East Indian..
Sounds like Trinidad.
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Interesting…I never thought that Rosario was that mixed. I always thought she was bi-racial (1/2 black , 1/2 white)…Or “a light skinned black girl” as some would say. I would not put her into the “racially ambiguous” category since I think that her dominant features are black. I have actually seen bi-racial people who look like her. In my opinion, someone like Jessica Alba looks more racially ambiguous (but then that’s subjective). To me, when someone looks like one dominant race, they tend to be placed in that category and described as that, with “a mix”. So many people in the world are mixed but are just placed into categories. I think society doesn’t want to accept such diversity since a whole new list of “races” would have to be construed. And our psychological implications to use “scripts” to label people that blend in with each other cause us to want to use racial labels. Without even thinking, you notice someone’s dominant features and say “black, white, asian, etc). Imagine someone like Rosario not wanting to label herself…She would just be told “Oh you’re black…mixed black…”
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I don’t really find her special but she does have a kind of freshness and natural mix with a very expressive face.
She’s also a very good actress.
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You know Nubiah,
You’re one of many people who I’ve heard say that Rosario is “nothing special”. I know some people who’ve seen her in person and they’ve had the same impression about her. At least physically. I’m wondering if she’s just one of those types who is more photogenic than pretty.
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I think you right Myname, she’s more photogenic than pretty(like Alicia keys).
I have noticed most of Latina actresses( Rosario, Zoe, Salma, Eva…) date mostly white men, I have nothing against this, in case someone is wondering. It s just an observation.
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Nubiah,
I made the same observation on this very site!!! I made it on Zoe Saldana’s entry on this blog.
Wow, do we share the same mind?
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There are also several Black actresses who are married to White men (eg. Garcelle Beauvais, Alfre Woodard, Aisha Tyler, etc.).
It’s important that BW (including Afro-Latinas) know they have the same options to date and/or marry whomever they want regardless of race, just like NON-BW.
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mynameismyname Says:
I made the same observation on this very site!!! I made it on Zoe Saldana’s entry on this blog.
I just checked your comment, I couldn’t say it better. I completly agree with you.
Wow, do we share the same mind?
Apparently oui.
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Laromana,
I agree in certain way with you, but if they ( the latinas included the black ones) really date someone regardless of the race, why the men always appear to be white?
Why not Latino, Asian ….. some of them are sexy.
Don’t you think , this reveal a certain state of mind, even everybody can have his preferences.
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Nubiah,
I disagree with the assumption that Afro-Latinas who prefer to date WM have something against NON-WM.
I believe Afro-Latinas should be free to prefer/not prefer men of ANY race without being judged for it just like all other races of women on the planet.
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Laromana,
As you can read it, I’m talking about all latinas( black, non black, mixed-race…).
The funny thing is, I also noticed when it comes to black women in IR , some black women are very nice to them compared with Black men in IR.
If I was talking about Kim Kardashian or even Coco or any non-black women in IR with black men, the comments would be different.
I don’t judge anyone to be in IR, after all that changes nothing in my life but I can make an observation when something becomes a phenomenon.
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Nubiah,
I meant to say ALL Latinas but it doesn’t change my main point which is that anyone (Latinas included) is entitled to their preference/non-preference for any man, regardless of race, without being judged for it. Also, Latinas are in dating and/or marriage relationships with men of ALL races (not just WM).
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I should’ve mention in the Saldana thread that I also find it interesting that these successful “Latina” actresses usually mate with white men who are LESS SUCCESSFUL than they are, when they reach a certain level.
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and most of time unattractive, when it comes to white men they are less picky in lot of ways(except maybye Salma).
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Exactly, Nubiah.
These patterns clearly indicate that there is a very specific state of mind that these women possess. When you learn the history of Latin American countries, it’s not surprising that they have this pathology. Not at all.
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As a Latina, I know from firsthand experience, that Latinas marry men of ALL races, regardless of the general racism that exists in Latin America.
As far as whether the WM some Latinas marry are “ugly” is open to debate. Also, successful non-Latina actresses are also in relationships with men who are LESS SUCCESSFUL than them. That doesn’t prove anything, one way or the other, about Latinas and their relationships with WM.
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Also, I wouldn’t judge the preferences of SOME LATINAS for WM as a “pathology” since ALL LATINAS I’ve known in my life respect, admire, and appreciate Latino men, whether they marry them or not.
This is not the case for CERTAIN men who ONLY date/marry women OUTSIDE their race while they demean, degrade, and disrespect ALL woman of their OWN race. This practice is a TRUE pathology.
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Myname,
I learnt the Latin American history and I think so do you.
you can see how racism affected their concept of beauty and privileges.
It’s defined as giving favored status to those who are of lighter skin complexion than those who are darker.
( even they want us to believe ,they are color–blind). My ass
the preference for whiteness continues to dominate and this one is equated with beauty, power, and superiority.
I could developed more but I am still in the process of learning English.LOL
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I agree with you that Latin America has definite issues with racism/colorism and is not color blind by any means but you are wrong to make the assumption/judgement that because SOME Latinas prefer WM (which they are entitled to as are women of ANY race), ALL Latinas are closed to dating/marriage to NON-WM. This just is NOT TRUE and I say that as a Latina who, in my lifetime, has seen Latinas marry men of EVERY race.
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you can tell shes part native american which gives her a different look to most non-latino mixed half white & black people. however there are quite a few mixed half black & white girls around that don’t look that different to her. rosario’s facial features actually show more black and native indian than white to me. you can also tell from her hair that she is mixed.
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I know someone who looks just like her and she is not Puerto Rican or anything – she is just half black, half white (white mother, black father). Not sure if she is part Native American, but she does have the same sort of hair, though maybe a bit more wiry.
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I have a cousin who looks like her and is half black / half white. I have a lot of cousins. LOL!
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Rosario Dawson without a doubt is a very breath taking woman to see, and be near. She with out a doubt will have bigger roles, in movies. In listening too her speak surely she must have some South Carolina roots. As a film producer I know of several up coming roles that she could be in. This lady is a quiet pragmatic, and innovative beauty that will be able to fit in many roles in the future including Hispanic film, Black film, and all inclusive film. High accolades too this very beautiful, lovely, breathtaking lady.
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I haven’t seen “Alexander”, but I’ve heard it’s not much of a movie.
Roxana wasn’t black- bit Rosario Dawson fits the character description. Were people upset with casting of Colin Farrell? (I know I was). He’s Irish and not Macedonian/Greek. He doesn’t even fit the descriptions about Alexander left by contemporary sources. And Angelina Jolie? People were upset about her playing Colin Farrell’s mother, but not because she was cast to play a woman of Epirus. All those casting choices are more laughable than Rosario as Roxana.
On the other hand, Alexander and Roxana are often seen- especially in America- as first interracial couple (which, technically, wasn’t even interracial relationship), so maybe they wanted to emphasize that.
It’s stupid to cast 100% white people as characters who weren’t white, even though they were mostly white (for example: Alexander Pushkin, Alexandre Dumas, etc).
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Never heard of this person??
However, would someone like to say how does she classify herself…(Just had a quick glance at some but not all the responses if the question has already been answered)
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I don’t really find her special but she does have a kind of freshness and natural mix with a very expressive face.
I was going to say the same, except I don’t think she has any freshness. Before my SO said he would take her as his wife if he wasn’t with me, I actually thought she was kind of bad looking because she has such strong bone structure that makes her appear somewhat masculine to me. But now I see a little what he sees in her, she does photograph well and has a very unique, dynamic personality. However, I still believe she’s one of those people that probably look awful without make-up, as that first picture shows.
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Ok guys ok guys ok…There’s no need to rush to your keyboard with a response.
With regard to:
“Never heard of this person??
However, would someone like to say how does she classify herself??”
he he he
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“Her mother is Puerto Rican, Black and Cuban”
Ugh… I freaking hate when people describe their ancestry like this when you ask them about their RACE. With a description like that her mother could be 100% Black to mostly white!
Oh and even though I know arguing over race is dumb(everyone has their own classifications). She isn’t black to me. I don’t believe you can be pale with straight hair and still be Black. Her face is undoubtedly African though.
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I think it is her hair: no one would think twice if they saw her walking down the street in an Afro.
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“Ugh… I freaking hate when people describe their ancestry like this when you ask them about their RACE. With a description like that her mother could be 100% Black to mostly white!
Oh and even though I know arguing over race is dumb(everyone has their own classifications). She isn’t black to me. I don’t believe you can be pale with straight hair and still be Black. Her face is undoubtedly African though.”
In the US context, there seems to be three popular definitions of a “black” person:
(1) Physiognomic. A black person is someone who is visibly of Sub-Saharan African descent (i.e. possesses dark skin, tightly curled hair, etc).
(2) One Drop Rule. A black person is someone who possesses any amount of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, whether it’s obvious or not.
(3) Ethno-cultural. A black person is someone who is descended from slaves held in the US and has at least partial origins in the African American ethnic formation.
Dawson might be considered black according to (1); definitely black under (2); but not black with respect to (3) because her mother is Afro-Latina and not African American.
Most of the people I know personally seem to subscribe to (1). However, many of the comments I’ve been reading here and elsewhere online indicate that (2) and (3) are also widely held views. However, (3) is probably becoming less and less plausible due to the globalization of black identity and the mass assimilation of immigrants from the Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa into the African American ethnic group.
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“Dawson might be considered black according to (1); definitely black under (2); but not black with respect to (3) because her mother is Afro-Latina and not African American.”
Meaning that the descendants of West African slaves in latin countries where not Black?
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I believe Rosario is a beautiful woman. So much talk about RACE and how it defines us. What matters here is the culture you grew up around. What foods you ate, the music you listened to. The way you were brought up. That is what makes us unique and interesting. I would love to know more about what she grew up listening to. Who where her idols growing up? What was her favorite foods? We are all such a beautiful mix. Let’s take in every bit of the colorful spectrum that we are.
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Abagond:
Don’t fall into the “Latina” trap that a lot of us get sucked into. Rosario Dawson and other spanish women need to choose a side. They can’t continue giving the middle finger to their african roots, and at the same time, run around yacking about latina this, latina that. Abagond, allow me to inject some truth serum to the convo. Spain is in europe, not central and south america. Spanish is a language, not a racial classification. There is no such thing as a latino, latina, hispanic, chicano. Spaniards hail from europe, blacks from africa, and indians from the americas. As black people, we need to get right on this issue. Replacing one form of white racism with another form is not kosher to me.
Tyrone
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Rosario is gorgeous, physically one of my favorites. And yeah, Alexander was a crappy movie (Oliver Stone has done much better in the past) and Colin Farrell with a lousy dye job did a horrible acting job. 😉 Overall, the casting sucked.
She also wrote a comic book, but I haven’t read it, I believe it’s a bout a female (look alike) detective.
She looked stunning again in Sin City, yet another crappy movie.
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@ Tyrone:
I agree with your statement, “Spanish is a language, not a racial classification.” You are right. But I think what it is, is culture. Even in Africa, there different tribes and languages.
I’ll give you an example of myself, my family is Bajan, I am American (1st generation). I prefer to say I’m of Afro-Carribean descent or Black. I emphasize “afro”-carribean, cause I want it to be known not every “West Indian” is Afro, they can be Indo, or whatever else. I shy away from saying African American or Black American, cause I automatically think of “hood people.” Sounds weird coming from someone 1st gen who isn’t heavy into their family culture, but I guess the best way to explain it is: the media.
When I see crazy talk shows with Black guests or raunchy Black sitcoms, they sound kind of “country,” a country accent is identified with America…then my mind thinks about a plantation field. As for Blacks on tv who don’t have the country accent, but the “round the way” accent (think Tischina Arnold or “Sheneneh” on “Martin,” its more Northeast). Always loud and brash.
I can think of lots of good Black sitcoms…Family Matters, Sister Sister, Girlfriends, My Wife and Kids…I would say White people aren’t watching these shows, but that wouldn’t be too accurate, they do, not as much as us though. I will say its VERY easy to find stuff showing ignorant Blacks, and its mostly American, Carribean, actual Africans, and Afro-Europeans that get off the hook (as far as I see online). That why they get stereotyped as working harder than there American brethen. Is that a way to divide us? ha, there’s division in Black community already with out the whole African diaspora issue.
But, I digress. Anyway, I know people who have a tatt of Puerto Rico or Jamaica and hardly go those places, but they rep it out of pride of that heritage, and they are 1st gen American. I think people like feeling exotic, so they get a kick out of discussing their whole family tree.
I even heard Puerto Ricans don’t care for Dominicans and vice-versa; Chinese don’t care for Japanese and vice-versa.
British and Irish people are mostly White and they’re divided (or are they cool now? I dunno).
*I totally forgot this post was about Rosario, hope I didn’t go off topic.*
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*Mostly Americans being shown, but Afro-non-Americans dirty laundry isn’t aired as much.
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I hope you’ve done some research on being hispánic since 2008. Hispanic is not a race. Most hispanics are mulato or mestizo. Many are also purer blacks, afro-indians (zambos) and purer native americans. Many are also purer europeans. They do their best to hide more obvious blacks and native americans from the tv screens. There are many purer black puerto ricans. The thing with all latin americans, besides haitians, is that mulattoes often refuse to identify as black and cannot imagine themselves as black. Mestizos also refuse to identify as native american and cannot imagine themselves as native american. To call a mulato negro is an insult. To call a mestizo indio is also an insult. Additionally blacks trying to somehow soften their blackness through using specific tones take being called prieto as an insult. Indians who have estranged themselves from native languages and tribal associations take indio as an insult. They are filled with a more natural and innate self hatred in that they admire the white hispánic as the perfect hispanic, they praise those closer to that ideal and have hopes of achieving it through their children. The white tales Solace in not looking indian, the indian in not looking black and the black in not looking asiatic (latín América has recieved a good amount of east asían inmigración, some of whom have partially hispanicized. Resistance to aculturation is due to heavy stigmatization of asían facial types as unattractive and comical as well as strong connections to asían countries of origin)
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From what I read from ger biographies the father that is mentioned is actually her stepfather
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She has the same first name as my mom. May she RIP. It’s a great name!
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I’ll always love her for her role in Descent. She also played Dolores Huerta in the new Cesar Chavez movie.
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She looks black racially. Just black. I would have never guessed her to be anything else racially.
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The first time I saw her was in Men In Black 2 and I remember being so excited seeing her Claire Temple character appear in so many Netflix Marvel episodes. Looking at her IMDB just now, it’s amazing how many things she’s been in!
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She’s black. Afro Latina.
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Not sure why “Alexander” is something to be proud of. IIRC, she was unclothed in that film. Appearing unclothed in public (which includes in a film that is shown to the public) is low-class behavior.
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