Here are the ten most gorgeous men in the world who are famous enough to have an article in the Wikipedia. See below for how the list was produced.
1. Oh Ji Ho (1976- ) is a South Korean actor. He made his name by starring in “Couple or Trouble” (2006) on Korean television.
2. Barack Obama (1961- ) is the current American president.
3. Johnny Depp (1963- ) is an American actor, best known for playing Jack Sparrow in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films (2003- ).
4. Keanu Reeves (1964- ) is a Canadian actor. He starred in the “Speed” and “Matrix” films.
5. Will Demps (1979- ) is an American football player.
6. Idris Elba (1972- ) is a British actor. He was in “The Wire” on American television.
7. James Franco (1978- ) is an American actor.
8. Paul Newman (1925-2008 ) was an American actor and is a Hollywood legend.
9. TJ Holmes (1977- ) is an American news presenter on CNN.
10. Boris Kodjoe (1973- ) is an Austrian-American actor. He was on the American television show “Soul Food”.
In time I will do a post on each one of these men. I already did one on Obama.
Honourable mentions: Michael Jackson (when he was black), Wentworth Miller, Morris Chestnut, Brad Pitt, Tupac Shakur, Hill Harper, Tyson Beckford, Shemar Moore, Russell Wong, Nigel Barker, Laz Alonso, Djimon Hounsou.
The top ten black men:
- Barack Obama
- Will Demps
- Idris Elba
- TJ Holmes
- Boris Kudjoe
- Michael Jackson
- Wentworth Miller
- Morris Chestnut
- Tupac Shakur
- Hill Harper
The following men did way better than expected (they did way better among voters than nominators):
- Oh Ji Ho
- Keanu Reeves
- Paul Newman
- James Franco
- Barack Obama
- Will Demps
These men did way worse than expected (they got way fewer votes than nominations and seconds):
- Chingy
- Omarion
- Blair Underwood
- George Clooney
- Derek Luke
- Mark Wahlberg
- Matthew McConaughey
Chingy and Omarion did not get a single vote even though they each got four nominations and seconds, beating out over 200 men to make it into the poll.
How I made the list: I hade three days of open nominations on my blog followed by four days of an online poll. Commenters were allowed any number of nominations and seconds, but voters could only vote for one man. There were 487 nominations and seconds for 253 different men. All those who were at least fourthed made it into the poll: 36 men. The poll got 264 votes.
Hardly a perfect process:
- Oh Ji Ho’s fans caught wind of this poll are started linking to it, driving him to first place.
- Because of the nature of this blog, the nominators mostly seemed to be black American women – not, admittedly, “the world”.
- Yet they did not seem to make up most of the voters. In fact, even apart from Mr Oh’s fans, this blog got ten times more hits from East Asia than it ordinarily gets.
In the end it produced a far, far better list than I could ever have done on my own or as a straight man. And better than People magazine or anyone from Hollywood could have done.
Thank you to everyone who took part (even if your favourite lost)!
See also:
- The data:
- The poll: Poll: The most gorgeous man in the world
- The nominations and seconds: Nominations: the ten most gorgeous men in the world
- The men:
- My own lists of beautiful women (done completely by myself, no poll, no nominations):
Abagond 
Um… Paul Newman isn’t with us anymore. He died in 2008.
And wait a second… Wentworth Miller is black?!?!?
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About the list:
I must admit I loved the whole “project”: nomnations, voting, discussing gorgeous men. Can’t wait for your posts on each of them!
However, I do believe nominations list represents this site demographic more truthfully.
In any case, I like the list. Only one of my favourites made it top 10, but I won’t complain! 🙂
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Thank you for the Newman update. I have a hard time telling if some of those old people are dead or alive.
Wentworth Miller’s father is black, so he is black at least by the good old One Drop Rule. I have no idea how he thinks of himself, etc.
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I had no idea about Wentworth’s father. Wentworth looks white to me. However, I am not the best person for judging someone’s race, and I am still learning how “one drop rule” works.
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Keanu reeves grew up in Toronto. He is Canadian. He never got American citizenship, just lives there
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Thanks. I thought Keanu Reeves was from Hawaii. In fact, he was born in Beirut, of all places!
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Oh, yes, I totally forgot about Keanu. He’s Canadian. But for a long time I thought he was from Havaii.
I don’t know much about most of these men, so I am relaly looking forward to individual posts and discussion.
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Hawaii. Sorry for the typo.
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Someone who died in 2008 is not an actor. He was an actor.
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Thanks.
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Oh Ji Ho is pretty good-looking. But my vote would have gone to Wentworth Miller or Michael Ballack. Too bad I missed the original poll.
This list is WAAAAY better than the usual ones; more according to my taste.
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I’m surprised that Denzel Washington didn’t make the list. He’s pretty much the ultimate in attractive male.
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I am surprised about Denzel, Michael Jackson and how Will Smith did not even make the list.
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I’m surprised about Michael Jackson. He was far more good looking than most people realized because he was a great combination of masculine and feminine. He had masculine jaw line and cheekbones, but soft eyes and dazzling smile.
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Lynette wrote:
The more I think about it, I’m not surprised that certain Black males did not make the poll. I’ve been reading this blog for close to a year now. I have gathered that many of the Black women drawn to this blog are attracted to White men. I always feel like an outsider here. However, I do enjoy the readings. I must admit I’m addicted.
Wow, is that true ladies. I have dated interracially before, but still find black men very attractive.
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I know Islandgirl, I have had a serious thing for Michael Jackson since I’ve been six years old. I used to believe I was going to marry him one day!
Guess that didn’t happen!
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Keanu was born in Lebanon to an English mother and father who is Hawain, Chinese, Portuguese and Irish. His father looks very Hawaiian.
He lived in various places, but as a young child, settled and went to school in Toronto. he’s very canadian. Was a fantastic hockey player (goalie)in Toronto. I think his nickname was The Wall, as very few pucks got past him.
I think the results are interesting, it doesn’t mean that Black women prefer White guys, Gorgeous is gorgeous. I love my Black men but with the fact 70 percent of us Black women never getting the chance to marry, we need to be more open and give other guys a chance. In the end, you will still have the privilege of bringing up a beautiful Black child, as our genes usually dominate.
Scientifically,women are drawn more into a guy’s personality, rather than looks and outside appearance. that’s why we may marry even older guys or not so atractive ones
Scientifically, men are drawn more to a woman’s physical appearance which is 1 reason why they never will marry a woman 30 years older etc.
So in the end
generally women for the most part go for what’s inside
genrally,men for the most part go for things like skin colour, weight , hair,
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I would draw no conclusions about black women from this poll. It is impossible to say what the demographics of the voters were or who voted for whom.
But there are three reasons to believe that voters were less black on the whole than the nominators:
1. Links from Asia drove up traffic to the poll.
2. A link from Poll Daddy would probably bring in a more general American audience.
3. I have good reasons to suppose that lurkers on this blog are whiter on the whole than the commenters. On most posts 1% comment, 99% lurk, but on the poll 29% voted. That is an extremely high rate of participation.
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Mira,
Wentworth’s father is of African descent. He has described himself as black before and has been photographed with black members of his family.
Hence, his role as “Coleman Silk” in the film adapation of Phillip Roth’s “passing” novel “The Human Stain”.
Islandgirl,
Really good observation! Michael was always androgynous. He just pronouced it (quite artifically) as he got older for his “public image”.
Lynette,
Damn, I thought the same exact thing! This list doesn’t seem to match the list of who everyday black women (who are pretty diverse in themselves) would call the “most gorgeous man in the world.”
Funny, Aba usually breaks down the racial implications with all of the other “most beautiful” lists. What about here?
Does it say something that out of the 5 black men listed above, the majority of them (three) are sons of non-black women?
Do you guys think this whole “Eurocentric standard of beauty” affects how women of color judge men as it is said to affect that of their male counterparts ideas on women’?
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In a poll like this men who have a transracial appeal will do better than those who do not.
So black men who appeal to white and Asian women will do better than those who appeal mainly just to black women.
Likewise, white men who appeal to black and Asian women will do better than those who appeal only to white women.
I doubt there are many lists like this where the top white man is at #3. Four of the ten winners have a mixed background (Demps, Obama, Kodjoe, Reeves).
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Mynameismyname said:
“Funny, Aba usually breaks down the racial implications with all of the other “most beautiful” lists. What about here?”
Because of the way it was done, it is hard to break it down by race. I will probably do one just with black men and then split the voting by (self-identified) race (black, white, other).
“Does it say something that out of the 5 black men listed above, the majority of them (three) are sons of non-black women?”
I think it says that many voters were not black. Just like the list of “the most beautiful black women according to white people” is far more mxed-race than its black counterpart.
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Lynette:
I certainly do not see you as an outsider. You even guest-posted here!
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i’m glad paul newman made it
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Abagond, I must say that you have put together a very impressive blog. However, I have a problem with how you deal with the issue of mixed ancestry. You seem to categorize everyone with any amount of known African blood, regardless of physical appearance and cultural background, as black. You even labeled Wentworth Miller as simply black. You say that you do this because the prevailing racial categorization scheme in the United States is the “one drop rule.” However, this is not true anymore, if it ever was. From my experiences I can tell you that we mulattos, at least those of us who have prominent European features, are not treated or accepted as black by either blacks or whites. Black identity has become increasingly restrictive over the past few decades, and those mixed race people who look more ambiguous or white have huge and in many cases insurmountable hurdles to cross in order to claim it. That’s one reason why many of us want to form a new, biracial identity. When asked what we are (which happens on a frequent basis), we want to be able to provide an answer that will not result in us getting laughed at. This may be difficult to understand for someone such as yourself who is not racially ambiguous and has not experienced difficulties in finding an in-group. Furthermore, we cherish our public figures (e.g. Mariah, Wentworth, … ). They have helped to make us more mainstream and acceptable to the wider culture which until recently has been quite hostile to us. We do not appreciate when they are forcibly appropriated by monoracials (black or otherwise) in order to bolster group pride.
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Frustrated Guy:
I do know that there are people who are too white to be black and too black to be white:
https://abagond.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/biracial/
In Wentworth Miller’s case, I simply do not know enough about him. I said that he was black by the One Drop Rule but do not know what he considers himself. I left it open.
I was not making a stand on it, like I have elsewhere on this blog over Tiger Woods and Barack Obama:
https://abagond.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/the-blackness-of-tiger-woods/
https://abagond.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/is-obama-black/
I also regard Mariah Carey as black, though at first I thought she was white:
https://abagond.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/the-blackness-of-mariah-carey/
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The average Black in America has mixed blood. My background is East Indian & black but i’m proud to call myself Black. Being Black doesn’t mean you should have 100% Black blood. It means the Black part of you acknowledging a common bond with another person who has any quantity of Black blood. Muhammed Ali who considered himself Black found out he had an Irish great grandad. The beauty of this is that he honorably married his Black great grandmother. Just recently, Mumammed visited Ireland where his ancestral home town honored him. He acknowledged his Irish background but maintained pride in his African roots. Similarly when I watch Bollywood films,eat chappattis and rotis, I am akowledging my Indian roots while still being proud to be Black.
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If biracials should have a separate group, the group would look ambiguous. There are people with two Black parents who end up with a mixed looking child. Or a biracial couple who have a child who ends up darker. If the government made a separate category for mixed people, the members skin tone and hair would look similar to the rest of the population that would be considered Black. Then, if instead to have a separate group based on skin tone would take us backward to the “paper bag” and “pencil” in the hair test. As Blacks, we all will have different experiences, it’s not smart to separate ourselves. Darker skinned Black women are ignored alot in the media, passed over by men, get told they aren’t as attractive as the lighter sisters but they would never want to be categorized into a separate racial group because of their unique experience within the Black community.
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The problem though is that light complexioned biracials are considered non-black by blacks themselves.
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“Light skinned ‘bi-racials’ are not considered white by white people, so they are labeled as black, because white people will not accept them.
When whites don’t accept you they put you in the black category.”
I don’t find this to be the case anymore. The US is transitioning to a more Brazilian style of race relations. White people, at least the ones I know, will accept you if you look pretty similar to them and possess their cultural characteristics. I’ve completely assimilated into to the white social sphere (i.e. socially, romantically) even though I’m of partial African ancestry.
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Also, a person of mixed blood like me, East Indian/ Black won’t feel I have more in common with say a mixed person than a mostly Black person, especially if that mixed person is say mixed Black/ Italian. We would have nothing in commin except the Black part which would unite us, not the East Indian,Italian influence.
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don’t worry, frustrated guy, if you ever commit a crime, or cheat on your girlfriend you’ll be surprised because all of a sudden, you’re white friends will call you Black
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ugghhhhh! I knew this would come down to racial identity. Wentworth Miller from what I’ve read identifies as “mixed race” or “bi-racial”. However, I don’t think he would get highly upset at Abagond putting him under Black since he he does have strong Black identity from his father side of the family. Anyways, he is fine and he is mine. This list was indeed strange and there are many implications of why the list turned out the way it did. Many of the Black woman posters did discuss alot of Black males on here and their attraction to them and discussed more on the Black male celebrities. So I don’t think this list was a refection solely on their taste. This poll definitely reached out to the masses outside of this blog LOL
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frustrated guy,
Their was even more ambiguity in the south during Jim Crow. This is when those who had a white parent, who could have passed didn’t and those that had mixed ancestry where you could not tell if they were black still chose to live black.
Maybe there are some black people in some remote part of Alabama or Mississippi who aren’t mixed, but I doubt it. Color doesn’t determine it, look at siblings where one is dark and, the other light, with the same parents.
The one drop rule is still evident; let someone in certain areas admit they were passing and see what happens to their career. You will note that most admissions come at the end of life.
Yes there is colorism in the black community, which originated from slavery. The white man’s way of keeping us divided. It also exist because many during slavery, like you, think their should be a separate category. Perhaps if America had been a Spanish colony.
It doesn’t really matter how you define yourself, you will get treated as you are perceived. If you grew up black, regardless of color, you were accepted, even if you were subjected to taunts of colorism. What would piss black folk is if you denied your blackness, regardless of what color you are,if you came from the black community.
Blackness is culture, state of mind, and not genetically definable. It may be only 20 or so genes out of 23,000 that determines what we look like.
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“It doesn’t really matter how you define yourself, you will get treated as you are perceived. ”
Very true. Many biracials are not perceived as black by anyone, including blacks, and that’s an important reason why many of us wish to identify as biracial. There’s alot of talk on this blog about white racism. It definitely exists. Forget “institutional racism.” I think older black-white biracial people like myself have probably received more overt racism from whites than anyone else, especially during the school years. However, we suffer attacks from the black side too. For instance, Spike Lee, speaking through Wesley Snipes’ character, made some nasty comments about mixed kids at the end of Jungle Fever. McGruder’s Boondocks cartoon is also notable for its slanders against biracials. Under these conditions, we cannot comfortably identify as black. In addition, white people seem to be much friendlier to us than they used to be, so it’s easier to identify as mixed race now.
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Also, in Brazil, they are horrific when it comes to colourism. When it comes to good jobs or media exposure, they wil outright deny colour differences and claim we are all one people, then pick the blond haired blue eye over the one with even slight African ancestry. Just look at most of their magazine covers, TV actors and who holds the good jobs… Mostly blond. Blue eyed ppl
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Wonderful results. Fyi, approximately 80% of all African Americans are of mixed ancestry. The idea of race just like beauty is subjective. That total includes myself. My mother is a Afro-Latina from Cuba. On her side of the family they have relatives whose skin color ranges that of Johnny Depp to Djimon Hounsou. They live in here in the states. Some live in Cuba while others left for the islands for St. Kixx and Jamaica. My granddad on my father’s side is a “White” American and my grandmother is African American. The diversity of skin color on my father side is similar to my mother’s side. I am African American because that is what America has labeled me. I am human because that is what I am.
There is no such thing as “mixed blood”, lol. In addition, race isn’t real because biologically there is only one race, the human race. Race is a social tool and a recent creation that was used to justify slavery. Race now is used to separate the powerless majority and retain power with the powerful minority. The old divide and conquer scam. It is such a waste of time to be a racist. Dating is like picking out a great place to eat. Who wants the same old menu when you can enjoy a buffet. Moreover, this list is a buffet. Yummy!
Btw, what is the typical African American woman’s opinion of beauty ??? I strongly disagree with the person who has decided that they speak for all African American women. Can I suggest that you speak for yourself.
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I should also say race was used to justify the acquisition of resources. Let people be who they are. Again love the results. 😉
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oh wow.. I was the first to nominate oh ji ho.
and my man made it to the top spot! 😀
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Frustrated Guy said:
“In addition, white people seem to be much friendlier to us than they used to be, so it’s easier to identify as mixed race now.”
When did this take place and how do you know? When was “used to be”? Like what year are you talking about?
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First of,
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!
Just for information,
Idris Elba’s parents are Africans (Ghana and Sierra Leon)
and Boris Kodjoe who has a proper african surname, his
father is from Ghana.
I was more suprised to see Barack Obama in that list,
He’s charismatic but not gorgeous to me.
Like Island Girl, I was expected to see MJ in higher
position, he had a such beautiful features.
I am really looking forward to posts on these men and
specially the ones on TJ Holmes, Idris Elba and Oh Ji Ho.
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“When did this take place and how do you know? When was “used to be”? Like what year are you talking about?”
Something definitely changed during the course of the 90s. I think it might have something to do with the large number of mixed race celebrities that popped up during the decade.
“Fyi, approximately 80% of all African Americans are of mixed ancestry.”
Yes, yes. We all know that. We also know that race is socially constructed. But the point is that alot of people are socially constructed as being of mixed or undetermined race, preventing them from being fully accepted by any group.
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Frustrated Guy said:
“In addition, white people seem to be much friendlier to us than they used to be, so it’s easier to identify as mixed race now.”
I don’t know about this frustrated guy. I think some White people are more accepting of mixed race individuals not because of them being mixed raced but because it’s another strategy of them being more comfortable in their racism. You having a White parent is better than you having two Black parents because they feel that they are not “really talking to a Black person” it makes them feel comfortable. So how is that really accepting of mixed raced people?
Another example of this is Wentworth Miller. Wentworth Miller experiences mostly second-hand racism and second-hand White privilege. Wentworth admits that he does not experiences the Black male experiences of racism [because he does not look Black] but he does experience second-hand racism where White people are very comfortable in expressing their deepest racist feelings towards Black people. He has a numerous occasions had to shut them down. However, due to his second-hand White privilege of looking more White in appearance, has allowed this type of treatment. Also I remember when I was on gossip site and the gossip site released family photos of his family. Particularly from his Black side. I’ve seen how his White fans tried to dissect his father side of his family to prove they are not really Black just so they can be comfortable in their own racism of blackness. Wentworth said his father is Black and they are on a quest to prove he really is not and made very idiodic arguments. Such as he is light skin so that he means he is not really Black. His father is an African-American man of mixed ethnic heritage like most African-Americans. I also heard some say “He looks more Syberian, he doesn’t look Black” LMAO excuses on supporting their racism of Black people. They can’t accept his Black hertiage so they dissect it to feel comfortable. So ask yourself? Are they really accepting of mixed race people OR they are tolerating mixed race people to use them to feel more comfortable in their racism?
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Most of these guys were on my top ten list with the exception of Shemar Moore.
@lucia:
oh wow.. I was the first to nominate oh ji ho.
and my man made it to the top spot! 😀
As I mentioned in previous posts, I was rooting for Oh Ji Ho all the way since voters were supposed to have only one vote. Or so I thought. I was hoping he’d make it to the top ten and he certainly exceeded my expectations.
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I haven’t paid much attention to this thread, but I’m surprised to see Michael Jackson anywhere on the list. Michael Jackson???? I mean I love Michael and all but the dude hasn’t looked human since the early 90s.
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In the end it produced a far, far better list than I could ever have done on my own or as a straight man. And better than People magazine or anyone from Hollywood could have done.
People magazine is full of crap. When the lists for “50 Most Beautiful of, say, 2009” or “The Sexiest Man Alive” are put together, you see pretty much the same (white) celebrities or famous people over and over again. For example, Jennifer Aniston isn’t a bad looking woman, but personally, I don’t think she deserves top billing. And come on now. Julia Roberts?! She was on the “50 Most Beautiful” cover three times! What does that tell you? And then People magazine will throw in a few people of color for good measure. Got to hand it to so-called diversity. *sarcasm* What I really like about abagond’s “Gorgeous Men of the World” list is the variety of goodlooking men from various backgrounds. And that’s great! 😀
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“I also regard Mariah Carey as black, though at first I thought she was white:”
I seriously didn’t know mariah carey was even mixed when I was younger, i always just thought she was black. I have cousins who look just like her. She was very black looking to me when she first came on the scene. It didn’t occur to me that she was mixed at all. In terms of referring to someone who is mixed with black/white as black isn’t that technically correct, they’re not not black, they’re both black and white, so why is it incorrect to refer to someone as black if they are. If someone is japanese and korean, if you refered to them as korean, why would that be incorrect? I personally don’t like the terms black/white personally, they don’t make sense. No one is black and no one is white, we’re brown and most whites a pink or tan. Maybe if people got rid of the terms black/white and use what people actually were african and european, it wouldn’t eb an issue.
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Leigh:
That is just how I feel about the People magazine lists – and this list: true diversity as opposed to token diversity.
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Tulio:
The poll said “Michael Jackson (when he was black)”. I think most commenters were thinking of Michael Jackson circa 1985, not circa 2005. That could be a poll in itself: when Michael Jackson looked best!
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I knew wentworth miller was part black, he looks it. He can pass for white though,but he obviously aknowledges his african routes, so i think of him as being afropean. He is brown with african and european routes.
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michael jackson should have just stopped changing his looks during the thrille era and why’d he do that to his lips? He had nice lips and he messed them up…
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he looked good here
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paul newman had the nicest eyes
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i loved him on Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Dani:
Excellent comments about Wentworth Miller. The fact that whites feel that uncomfortable about his father’s blackness shows that the One Drop Rule is still part of their thinking, that simply “looking white” is not enough.
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I liked the variety of the men that were chosen. Overrall, the choices were very interesting. I admit I was surprised at the results but participating in it was fun. We need to do more polls like this. The next polls should be the most gorgeous black /white/asian men. We should use the same process. It was also fun learning about men I never heard before. Good times, Good times.
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Damn, Dani, you broke it down perfectly! Whites will find a way to hold on to their racism in any way possible.
I also remember that particular site that released photos of Wentworth’s black relatives. The reaction was very telling.
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Even though I am a perfectly hetereosexual male, I think one is blind if they can’t see that Michael Jackson, pre-1985 was a stunningly good looking person.
In fact, the entire Jackson family was/is stunningly beautiful.
If anyone doubted the beauty of traditionally black features, all they had to do is look at the Jacksons. Before the plastic surgery of course.
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To respond to an earlier comment:
70% of black women in the U.S. are NOT haplessly lonely and hard up for a black man hoping that someday, someway someone will put a “ring on it”. Please. Don’t let the media fool you.
Also, no one answered my question above.
Do “Eurocentric standards of beauty” affects how women of color view the beauty of men, in the same way that it affects their male counterparts’ view of female beauty? This list suggests that it does.
Although, the ethnic diversity is refreshing.
And another poster had it right, who doesn’t have a “mixed” background? Especially if you’re a Western black person?
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i am attracted to all men, so no not to me. I wanted Morris Chestnut, I also wanted Paul Newman, so eurocentric ideals really didn’t factor at all. I am just glad one of my guys made it.
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“Wentworth said his father is Black and they are on a quest to prove he really is not and made very idiodic arguments. Such as he is light skin so that he means he is not really Black. His father is an African-American man of mixed ethnic heritage like most African-Americans. I also heard some say “He looks more Syberian, he doesn’t look Black” LMAO excuses on supporting their racism of Black people. They can’t accept his Black hertiage so they dissect it to feel comfortable. So ask yourself? ”
You know i’ve seen people do the same thing with beyonce, try to make her more white than she is. Like because her mother has green eyes and light skin, but her mother is clearly black, I see people that look like her all the time. Some people do do that don’t they…
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mynameismyname
Yeah, I agree. I am not surprised at all that Michael Jackson was chosen. Michael Jackson was GORGEOUS during the Thriller era and before. I think people should watch Michael Jackson’s “Rock With You” video. He was absolutely stunning. I couldn’t keep my eyes off him. My cousin had a mad crush on Michael Jackson back in 1981. He stilled looked good. Seriously, people should go on youtube and look at Michael Jackson’s older videos, 1983 and before. In my opinion, before his color and features changed, he was one of my gorgeous men that ever lived. Especially between 1980 – 1977. Before that he was just a kid but he was a goodlooking teenager and young man.
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Thats some bull. Wheres Maxwell at? Seriously, hes STUNNING. *Fans self* Im starting to sound like a crazed stan
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mynameismyname
You are a man? I thought I was talking to a woman. LoL but It is good that a heterosexual man can appreciate a man’s beauty. I am a heterosexual female and I can do the same( appreciate a woman’s beauty). Yeah, and the entire Jackson family was gorgeous especially Michael and Janet.
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@MNIMN
This list proves that some black women have fallen for the Eurocentric standard of beauty. The list consist of three average looking at best white guys, black guys who appear to be of mixed heritage and only one chocolate brother. Sexy Morris Chestnut did not make the list but Johnny Depp did. Come on now are you kidding me? Everytime I think of Johnny Depp all I think about is him in that stupid pirates costume. The list is diversed in race but all the black men have the same look.
Also there are black people who do not have a mixed background. According to my great great grandmother my family is one of them.
And Michael Jackson was a very attractive man. He was a beautiful young boy and he grew up to be a handsome man. Even when his outer appearance changed he still was beautiful inside and thats what matters most.
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“Even though I am a perfectly hetereosexual male, I think one is blind if they can’t see that Michael Jackson, pre-1985 was a stunningly good looking person.”
Thank you myname!
He was extremely gorgeous!
How can you not see beauty in that?
Since this wasn’t my time, I realized just how gorgeous he really was on youtube.
And the way he moved onstage enhanced his appeal.
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Leavemethinking,
So, I am not the only one who noticed that.
Out of curiousity, is a “brotha” who is “chocolate” more authenthic, perhaps? I’m only asking because I notice a lot of black people seem to allude to this.
Of course, there are some black Americans who don’t have a mixed background. But they are a smaller minority. Yet they do exist, per your family.
I agree, MJ’s spirit remained beautiful even if his bafflingly altered face no longer was.
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MNIMN,
A black man who is chocolate could be more mixed than one who look so called “mixed”. Not all people of mixed heritage look the same. Not all Africans look the same. Take Kenyans for example there are many tribes and each tribe may look different yet they are all Kenyans.
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mynameismyname said:
Damn, Dani, you broke it down perfectly! Whites will find a way to hold on to their racism in any way possible.
I also remember that particular site that released photos of Wentworth’s black relatives. The reaction was very telling.
Yes! wasn’t it pathetic seeing some of the White commenters try to hide their racism by dissecting his Black father’s heritage like that? When some of the people called them out on it they get largely defensive. Most of the time it’s his Black fans like me who do it LOL. I mean just the mention of his father being Black held so much of a uncomfortable feeling. This is almost as pathetic as a journalist who tried to break Obama’s ethnic heritage. Some journalist said Obama is 50% White [Yeah since White people are fully white by appearance *saracasm* As you can see his White mother’s DNA is never really dissected] 44% Arab[Yeah because of the terroist attacks against him][6% African just to piss Black people on him “not really being Black”] LMAO yeah White people are more friendlier and accepting mixed race or bi-racial individuals.
Even though I am a perfectly hetereosexual male, I think one is blind if they can’t see that Michael Jackson, pre-1985 was a stunningly good looking person.
In fact, the entire Jackson family was/is stunningly beautiful.
If anyone doubted the beauty of traditionally black features, all they had to do is look at the Jacksons. Before the plastic surgery of course.
Yes! I was on some forum that posted all the Jackson photos [pre-surgery] and I was so amazed of how beautiful the Jackson family was. Rebbie was a bad chick man lol. Michael was so beautiful and it was a shame that he never saw it. However, Jackie Jackson was fine!
Do “Eurocentric standards of beauty” affects how women of color view the beauty of men, in the same way that it affects their male counterparts’ view of female beauty? This list suggests that it does.
This is a very good question. I’m going to say no and yes. Now for me no. I tend to find find people attractive through bone structure. When people say, “I find dark skin or light skin men or women” attractive or “I love blue or brown eyes attractive on men or women” It’s usually oversimplifying beauty. I’m going to give you an example. This girl I know told me she found dark skin men to be attractive. I asked her okay do you find Flava Flave to be attractive because he is dark skin? she said, “Hell no” lol. So when people point out specific phenotype traits to be attractive they are oversimplifying it because those specific traits that some people find to be attractive is not always what you are going to find attractive in every individual who has that trait. So when I look at people it’s bone structure and eye shape. More so than skin color, eye color, hair color etc. Now do I believe that some women find their preferences through the eurocentric beauty standards? Yes! I’ve heard some women say that they want to procreate with a White man so their children will be prettier. Very ridiculous and self-loathing especially for a person of color. However, I still believe that eurocentric beauty standards tends to be placed upon women more than men since men are more visual than women. That doesn’t mean women don’t like no sloppy looking man, however, I think a man that is provider is more on top of their list than looks.
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mynameismyname said:
Out of curiousity, is a “brotha” who is “chocolate” more authenthic, perhaps? I’m only asking because I notice a lot of black people seem to allude to this.
I believe that a chocolate brotha is considered more authentic because their dark skin exhibits more masculinity and they tend to fulfill the “tall dark and handsome” description. Which is why colorism is different from men and women. I tend to believe that is ridiculous. I do not understand why a skin color exhibits a personality trait or a certain behavior.
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dani
Exactly. Black men are considered tall, dark and handsome. Dark skin is considered masculine while light skin is considered feminine. Which is why black women, especially dark skinned black women, suffer so much. People shouldn’t be so attached to skin color when they think of masculinity and feminity.
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^^
“Suffer”…hyperbole, perhaps?
Leavemethinking,
I posed that question because you noted that the other black men on the list “looked obviously mixed” besides one “chocolate brotha” who I guess doesn’t…because of skin color alone?
But you’re absolutely right, skin color doesn’t really tell you much about someone’s actual historial background. Considering the fact that it’s extremely common amongst black folks, whether multi-generationally mixed (like most black Americans) or pure-blooded (like most Native Africans) to have a TJ Holmes and an Idris as siblings. And they’d share the same genetical background, of course.
Dani,
Good point. Except I don’t think South Asian women are seen as “less beautiful” here in the States. And like black folks, the vast majority of them are pretty dark. Why is that I wonder? Why is the darkness of South Asians an non-issue? But it’s such a loaded one for people of SS African descent?
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@ Dani
I agree with you dark men are stereotyped as more masculine. I thought he meant more genetically black. The reason why I voted for Morris Chestnut is because he is good looking to me. I pointed out the one dark skinned man because this list reminds me of other lists where there was only one dark skinned woman if any.
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@MNIMN
I understand what you mean. I should have said how some percieve them to look like. But Barack Obama, Will Demps, Boris Kodjoe are biracial so I was right for the most part.
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Mynameismyname said:
Dani,
Good point. Except I don’t think South Asian women are seen as “less beautiful” here in the States. And like black folks, the vast majority of them are pretty dark. Why is that I wonder? Why is the darkness of South Asians an non-issue? But it’s such a loaded one for people of SS African descent?
Now you know why? LMAO see South Asian women are stereotyped as having that "good hair" they are considered to have the most desired hair texture. Not only that their facial features are considered to not be as broad like Black women. Most of all they are not Black to many LOL. So that alone saves some South Asian women of not being unattractive to many. Although many South Asian women are dark skin and can be as dark as many Black women but they do still get a pass of being attractive. Shoot it was a Black woman that mistaken me and another South Asian student of looking alike. That was strange. I've been compared to looking like another Black woman but not a South Asian woman.
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I have to admit that although I think this list is diverse, I do not agree with the rankings and the choices.
Oh Ji Ho is a cutie but I would choose Russell Wong over him.
Barack Obama is handsome but the most beautiful man in the world? I don’t know about that. Plus he reminds me too much of my Uncle Frank lol
Johnny Depp has always been a cutie so he can stay. As well as Keanu Reeves.
Will Demps can stay that body and that smile. Oh yes Idris is so sexy he can stay. I love his british accent and his eyes.
James Franco and Paul Newman? That was a big surprise. Out of all of the White men they make it? Not even Brad Pitt made the list he makes everyone list. I think Paul Newman and James Franco are attractive but not the most beautiful men.
TJ Holmes and Boris Kudjo are cuties pies but I don’t know they would not have made my list for some reason.
I do agree Morris Chestnut, Blaire Underwood, and Denzel Washington should’ve been on the list because they are fine. Hell even Derek Luke and my new boos Nate Baker and Mehcad Brooks.
As far as White men Matty boy [Matthew McConaughey] should’ve made the list. I watched “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” and was so amused of how fine he is.
Oh yeah Nigel Barker is sexy. I watch ANTM because of him and Tyra goofy self lol
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Yeah Matthew Mcconauley is gorgeous. People need to see him in movies to appreciate him. That picture of him didn’t do him justice. But of the black men that should have been selected, I stil say Chingy, Derek Luke, Taye Diggs, and Laz Alonso. And yeah, I think Russel Wong and Jet Li are more attractive than Oh Ji Ho. But I agree with Barack Obama and Paul Newman. Johnny Depp is cool. My mother thinks he is handsome. But you know, to each his own.
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morris chesnut is hot
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Mynameismyname said:
“I don’t think South Asian women are seen as “less beautiful” here in the States. And like black folks, the vast majority of them are pretty dark. Why is that I wonder? Why is the darkness of South Asians an non-issue? But it’s such a loaded one for people of SS African descent?”
In India, dark skin matters hugely. They have been colourist for thousands of years. But in the States I think it is the “anything but black” thing.
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Leavemethinking,
Exactly. It’s all perception when it comes to what looks “mixed”. As well as who is “dark skinned”. (Obama, for example, IS dark skinned to many non-blacks). And yes, like we both have pointed out, three of the five “brothas” are products of interracial parentage.
Dani,
Your personal list reads more like who I hear everyday black women commonly cite as “good looking men”. LOL. I hope it doesn’t sound like I’m stereotyping but it seems more realistic.
Abagond,
Of course, skin color is a huge deal on the entire continent of Asia. Can’t emphasize that more. Yet, I just find it interesting that it doesn’t seem to matter how dark non-black “ethnics” are in the U.S. Not as much as it matters for black people. It goes to show you that this has less to do with “actual skin shade” and more to do with the “overall connotation of being black”.
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i am glad keanu made the list! he is such a hottie. i like that paul newman is on there, too bad robert redford didn’t make the poll though, i always preferred him over paul newman.
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i am one of few in this world who doesn’t get the craze for johnny depp, i just don’t find him all that good looking at all….
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Why am I not surprised?
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About Wentworth Miller:
I never said it’s a bad thing he had a black father. I never said he was white. I just said I didn’t know he wasn’t white; in fact, he looks pretty white to me. I see guys like that on the street all the time (ok, he’s better looking perhaps, but there’s nothing in his appearance that made me think he wasn’t white). He isn’t really my type, but he is a handsome man.
Of course he should be proud of his family. I guess it was horrible for him to listen all those racist jokes, and people trying to prove he wasn’t black, etc.
Well, in my mind, any person whose parents are interracial couple is biracial or mixed. But that’s just me. I understand it’s different in America and I understand there’s one drop rule.
Johnny Depp
And Johnny Depp isn’t really “white” white. The highest ranking white man n this list is, who? James Franco? Paul Newman?
The voting and results
I was surprised by the results. It was really different than nominations, and I guess that’s because demographic was different, and we had Oh Ji Ho fans voting…
So yes, I think splitting voters by race is a good idea here. It would be interesting to see the difference between black, white and Asian woman’s lists.
For example, here’s my Top 10 list:
1. Johnny Depp
2. Blair Underwood
3. Bob Marley
4. Idris Elba
5. Barack Obama
6. Oh Ji Ho
7. Boris Kudjoe
8. Maxwell
9. TJ Holmes
10. James Franco
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The dark skin of South Asians comes straight from Africa. It did not evolve independently over time. Because their ancestors never left the tropics after they left Africa, there was no reason for them to lose their dark skin.
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Mynameismyname said:
“It goes to show you that this has less to do with “actual skin shade” and more to do with the “overall connotation of being black”.”
I agree with that completely.
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I am surprised that Blair Underwood, George Clooney and
Matthew McConaughey did so poorly (maybe I am too brainwashed by People magazine). And I am even more surprised that Denzel Washington did not make the cut for the poll – whereas Barack Obama did. I am not surprised about Michael Jackson, though: too many people remember the later Michael, not the early Michael.
I was rooting for Maxwell because if I could look like any of those men, it would be him.
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Blair Underwood is gorgeous. Well, at least to me. He has amazing eyes. One of the most gorgeous (famous) men I’ve ever seen.
Matthew is… Okay, I guess. I loved him in “Contact” (one of my fav films), but I don’t consider him to be that gorgeous. Maybe he’s just not my type.
George Clooney? No way! I don’t find him attractive. At all. He looks like someone’s dad. I never understood why women were that crazy about him.
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ERE,
That’s crazy! It proves my point though.
Abagond,
Why Maxwell of all people? I’m just curious.
I think Pitt, Clooney and the others you named are kind of “cliche”. The mainstream media pushed them as “sexy”, not the people themselves. Most white female starlets, Halle Berry, J.Lo and the like, would be their female counterparts in that regard.
I am also surprised that Denzel didn’t make the final cut. In an actual list, he defintely would. Next to LL Cool J, he’s the man who I’ve heard women “drool” over the most in my life experience.
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I love when people try to tell me the definition of “blackness” and how some of us have been brain washed. African Americans come in all shades. Skin color should not determine if someone is less authentic than you are. Ms. Angela Davis happens to be a fair skin African American woman. Does that make her less authentic? Clarence Thomas is a dark skin male does that make him authentic than Angela Davis? Who needs white sheets when we have people of color trying to authenticate each other.
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Kisha,
I completely agree with you!
Unless you alter your complexion, you have no choice as to what shade you are. That’s no different than white people treatment of minority based on something that they didn’t choose.
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I am really sorry if this is going too off topic but i saw some things in the comments which interest me.
I have always wondered what it is about black blood that makes it ‘stronger’ than other blood.
for example I am three quarters white and roughly a quarter or so black yet often talking to friends in america they refer to me only as ‘black’.. what is it about being black that makes that quarter more important than the other three quarters?
growing up as a child partially in italy and partially in africa, it was not like this. In both places I was nearly always thought of as ‘white’ (because it makes up the majority of my ancestry and my apperance) or failing that mulata.
please do not misinterpret what I am saying.. I have no probelm with being called black.. I am very proud of my black ancestry but I sometimes get confused about why the one drop rule makes sense.
hope my comment makes sense if people can shed the light on this I would apperciate it
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Race isn’t a biological fact, it’s a social construct. There’s no such thing as “black” or “white” blood to begin with. However, genes that are responsible for physical features often associated with black race (dark skin, hair colour and often texture) are dominants. Which means child whose parents are interracial couple will probably look more like his black parent. Sometimes, he (or she) won’t. (We talked about Wentworth Miller, for example).
On the other hand, there’s “one drop rule” in America. I don’t know much about it, but it looks like you’re considered to be black (and just black) if you look like at least some of your ancestors were black.
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best looking known men of all times are
1.christopher williams 1990s
2.blair underwood
3djimon housou
4.salieu jalloh
5.brad pitt
6.george clooney 1990s
7.muhammad ali between 1960 to about 1975
8.steve reeves former mr universe
9.steven strait
10.miles davis
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Lucia:
The One Drop Rule is strange, but my guess is that the thinking behind it goes something like this: Being black African is so terrible and shameful that having even a bit of black blood will mess you up for good.
I once had Anne Curry and Bipasha Basu on my list of the world’s most beautliful white women. They looked white enough to me – but to white commenters they were not “pure” Europeans and therefore had to be removed. Wow.
I have a post on the One Drop Rule:
https://abagond.wordpress.com/2006/12/04/one-drop-rule/
And it was brought up in the latest post:
https://abagond.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/race-is-social/
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^ thankyou for the explanations abagond
I will take a look at those links.
I guess the fact that I look very mediterranean played a part, people are usually surprised when I tell them my i’m part black.
In fact I remember with some americans, when I first met them they presumed I was just full Italian and they ‘treated’ me like that. However as soon they found out I’m part black they first start freaking out..”omy goodness this cannot be true etc.”. But then when they accepted it (after I showed them a picture of my grandmother, because of course they ‘needed’ proof!) suddenly I was no longer Italian, simply black.
And they started to ‘treat’ me like a black person and apply stupid incorrect stereotypes to me.
really strange
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Sounds like the America I know.
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The One Drop Rule is strange, but my guess is that the thinking behind it goes something like this: Being black African is so terrible and shameful that having even a bit of black blood will mess you up for good.
Native American activist Ward Churchill had a good take on this: blacks were property. Whites wanted to maximize their property. Indians were property-holders whose property whites wanted, so their numbers needed to be minimized.
This is why you have a one-drop rule for blacks and a minimum blood quantum for native americans in the same society.
Racism is a multifaceted and wonnerful thing, ain’t it? [roll eyes]
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“Sounds like the America I know.”
lol. true.
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If any previous comments were directed to the question I posed in response to another poster’s comments:
I never, ever claimed that someone’s shade of skin determined their “racial authenticity” or racial makeup. A poster, like many other people, appeared to insinuate that it did and I simply challenged that notion.
BTW, nice avatar, Islandgirl!
P.S.: When will all of the talk of “one drop rule” end?! Is being seen as black seen as THAT much of a taint?
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@Lynette & islandgirl:
You two ladies are quite lovely. 🙂
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It was super hard for me to vote. I had to flip a lot of coins
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Myname, Lynette and Leigh, thanks!
You already know that I think you ladies are very pretty.
myname, you’re a mystery.lol
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Good results. Not too surprised that an Asian was number 1. I would assume that well over 1/3rd of the world’s population are of Asian descent. I know Black Jamaicans who have Chinese/East Indian heritage, although they “look” Black.
Still surprised, however, that Denzel was in none of the top 10 lists. Oh well!!!
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Islandgirl,
I’m loving the picture girl! 🙂
I haven’t read all of the comments, but I don’t know if the breakdown of lists by race would yield much useful information. I don’t think Black women have a “type” anymore than White women do. I know I had a really hard time picking a favorite, but my vote went for Wentworth Miller.
I think Top 10 lists are problematic in that the results always come down to exposure, especially since the selection pool is essentially infinite. Some of the men in the nomination thread were really good looking, but I had never heard of them, so even if I thought they were fine I was less likely to cast my vote that way than for someone I’ve been exposed to through popular media. The only pseudo-accurate way (and even that label is a stretch) to measure the relative ideas of attractiveness of people who frequent this blog (even defining the voting pool is difficult) would be to present a list of 30 men or so and leave those as the only options for voting. But even that would be biased by men Abagond picked (even if he picked them out of a hat there wouldn’t be an equal chance for every male to end up in the selection pool). Sorry I’m running off on a Stats tangent–the moral of the story is that attempts to dissect this list are pretty much moot because who ended up on top has nothing to do with attractiveness (though I think Oh Ji Ho is a cutie). 🙂
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No problem, Islandgirl.
As far as how I look…let’s just say that if any of you saw me, I’d easy be in the top ten list above. 😉 LOL.
Jasmin,
You pretty much broke it down pretty well. I can also add that “demographic” of the contributing people has a lot to do with the results of any list.
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i am surprised that maxwell did not make the list. he is fine as hell! lol and i’m glad that denzel or brad made that list because they are not attractive to me one bit. hollywood may find them attractive but i don’t. as for michael jackson, i’m actually surprised he didn’t make the list. but i guess because of his surgeries he’s done, people didn’t want that on the list but if you look bad at his early days, that man was beautiful. period. from his voice to his skin, eyes, lips, and whatnot that man had it going on. he did have masculine and feminine features as well. such a shame he never saw himself as a good looking man because there wasn’t anything ugly about him at all. even latoya at one point. i’ve seen pictures of her before the surgeries and damn, she was so beautiful. i’m a straight black woman but i was like wow. all the jacksons family look good but mainly michael stood out the most. i still think michael should have been on the list because even though he did get surgeries, what he spoke about and how his music was and a kind person he was made him beautiful. but i bet if he had one surgery on his nose and had to deal with his skin condition, he would look better than half of the men on this list. least that’s what i think. i think michael sexist eras were off the wall, thriller and bad. even as a kid he was beautiful. besides michael, i do like the fact boris is there and really don’t care for johnny but he was good looking in his younger days.
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meant to say didn’t make the list. and meant to say look back at his early days.
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Although this isn’t at all how I envisioned the results, I like the list. I enjoyed all of the different representations of beauty- from vanilla to dark chocolate! Mmmm.
I’ve stated before that I am an equal opportunity dater. However, my one vote went to Morris Chestnut. He is perfection personified, to me!
So, in answer to mynameismyname’s question: no, I haven’t adopted a eurocentric idea of beauty. A black man with a chiseled body, long dreads and a goatee still drives me to distraction! LOL
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Google images of Ryan Gentles. He should’ve been nominated. I had a brain fart and didn’t think to add him.
I don’t know how any woman could look at this brotha and not drool.
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I voted for Michael Jackson. He was the first celeb I ever fell in love with. I’m surprised he didn’t do better as well. 😦
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This is a big surprise! In my top ten Oh Ji Ho wouldn’t made it (he is cute, not gorgeous), i would rather choose Russel Wong.
Here are my top ten gorgeous men from the list:
1-Morris Chestnut
2-Boris Kodjoe
3-Blair Underwood
4-Maxwell (i prefer him with the big puffy afro)
5-Shemar Moore
6-Taye Diggs
7-Will Demps
8-Common
9-Nigel Barker
10-Tyson Beckford
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@D&nni
Your list is exactly the same as mine puffy afro and all!
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I like Cree Summer too. She was hot back in the day and her curly hair made her that much more sexy. I’d love to get tangled up in that.
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Since when did Cree become a man? This is a list of the top ten gorgeous men after all.
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@ Im white
Why dont you get a life and stop commenting off topic
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It’s a great post Man, you really are a good writer! I’m so glad someone like you have the time, efforts and dedication writing, for this kind of article… Helpful, Useful, and Charitable.. Very nice post!
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I think Gerard Way should be listed on the Top 10 Most Gorgeous Men In The World.
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chingy and omarion did not get a single vote: that is because they are not classy or classically handsome men. they also are too into the hip hop style which i don’t think appeals to most grown women. also think that george clooney is overrated.
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You know what I just noticed? Both of my initial nominees in these “most gorgeous” polls got second place. I first nominated Barack Obama for this list, and he got second place. I first nominated Takeshi Kaneshiro for the “most gorgeous East Asian men”, and he got second place. Someone doesn’t want my men in first place — it’s a conspiracy!
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Tyson Beckford honorable mention? He’s like a God made out of chocolate. And guys, where’s the delicious Gary Dourdan and Terrence Howard (I love the yella fellas). And if there’s dead guys what about the most gorgeous white man that ever walked the earth Jon Erik Hexum? He was hands down the hottest caucasian guy I’ve ever laid eyes on ever. What about the latino men? Co’mon ladies!
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poetess, Gary Dourdan and was nominated, but didn’t receive enough nominations to end up in the poll.
There will be more most goegeous men nominations in the future, though. So if you want to see those men on a list, you should stick around.
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My picks are Lenny Kravitz (Hottest Black Man Alive!), Sid Vicious, Axl Rose, Marilyn Manson, Nikki Sixx, Liam Gallagher, and Gackt.
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I know none of them are on the list, but none of the men tickle my fancy expect for Jonny Deep. He’s such a beautiful man. I also vote for Prince.
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wow, Michael Jackson made it, but what’s with the (when he was black) line, I mean, he was gorgeous even though he became white
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^ Really?? When he altered his face and skin, he looked so scary to me.
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IAN SOMERHALDER is the hottest, sexiest and gorgeous man on earth… (in my opinion) 😉
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First off, any list that does not include Daniel “Sexy Beast” Henney is not reputable as the list of Ten Most Gorgeous Men. I mean, c’mon! That man is just delicious!
http://www.squidoo.com/daniel-henney
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Secondly, I need to start watching CNN *drool
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Finally, here’s how the list should have gone:
1) Daniel “Sexy Beast” Henney
2) Fazza3 AKA Sheik Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
3) TJ Holmes
4) Rain/Bi
5) James Franco
6) Lee “I-hate-ABC-for-Canceling-Pushing-Daisies”Pace
7) Johnny “Grand Daddy of Hot” Depp
8) Jason Momoa (guy from Johnson’s Family Vacation. Yeah, you know the one!)
9) Henry Fonda
10) Bob Marley
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No whites, or is it one white Well, I suppose as this is a pro minority thread
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If you are including gorgeous men that have already passed away, then you have to include Elvis Presley…
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[…] was perusing a blog the other day and came across this; Top ten. Well, here’s […]
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I tend to think unconventional looking men are far more superior.
1. Sidney Poitier
2. Robin Gibb (may he rest in peace)
3. Malcolm Gladwell
4. Don Cheadle
5. Lee Thompson Young (the only “young” black man that i would seriously consider cheating with )
I like nerdy type men. Too bad they are all taken and i am too.
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@Grenada spice girl
This must be technically incorrect, as his father was a Hawaii-born American and his parents divorced in 1966. He got American citizenship at birth. Where he was born and where he grew up is irrelevant.
(http://travel.state.gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_5199.html)
In order for him not to have it now, he must have officially renounced it.
Now, in order for him to transmit US citizenship to HIS children, his must establish a physical presence test in the USA for a minimum period of time after the age of 14. Since he lives in the USA, this should not be an issue either, and he can automatically transmit US citizenship to his children, regardless of the nationality of the mother, where the child is born and where the child grows up.
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The people that made this list are from the nearest MENTAL hospital nearby.
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^ Yes people are mental because what YOU like isn’t listed. Pull your head out of your @$$ from time to time.
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I think justin Bieber is the most gorgeous man on this earth
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As to Keanu Reeves, Jefe is correct, Keanu was born in the US state of Hawaii. He did, however, grow up in Canada and, consequently, considers himself to be Canadian.
Mel Gibson, as I recall reading, was also born in the US, but was relocated at 14 years of age to Australia by his father, who did so as a way of enabling his sons to dodge the Vietnam war draft. As far as I know, Mel Gibson is an American who considers himself Australian, as I’m not sure if he ever became a naturalized Australian or not.
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I think it’s time to do this again. People Magazine compiles their list every year. You should update your most beautiful men and women every year, too. And you should open it up to different eras. 1965 Sidney Poitier is far superior to 2012 Keanu Reeves…and I’m a fan of Keanu’s looks.
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Sorry, but I NEVER said that Keanu was born in the US state of Hawaii. I said that he father was, and therefore Keanu was a US citizen at birth REGARDLESS of where he was born by virtue of having an American father.
Keanu was born in Beirut, Lebanon and grew up in Canada, but was born to an American father (and therefore, an American since birth). In order to transmit US citizenship to any child HE might have, he has to establish residency in the USA, which I believe he has.
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Oh, my apologies, Jefe! I should have double checked before I posted that comment. You’re correct in that Keanu Reeves
is an American by virtue of his father.
The point that I was trying to make (though rather clumsily) is that Keanu was born with American citizenship regardless as to which nationality he chooses to identify. I’ve known for a while that his father is Hawaiian and, now that you mention it, I also recall reading somewhere that Keanu himself was not born in the States but in Lebanon.
Again, my apologies for misrepresenting your comment.
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Totally disagree. With ALL your choices.
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