Dark eyes can be striking due to its shape, size and a person's eyelashes (which further enhances the look). A good majority of African-Americans have dark brown eyes which appears black (depending on the lighting). I also find light eyes on the black race very striking as well because of the contrast with the skin color.
Below I will mention a few black entertainers/celebrities you may be familiar with that have that feature:
Tyra Banks
Rihanna
Michael Ealy
Shad Moss
Stacey Dash
Eva Marcille
Jada Smith
Willow Smith
Robert Ri'chard
Tanya Wright
Smokey Robinson
Raven Symone
Leona Lewis
Tya Dolla $ign
Tiffany Hines
George Wilson
James Earl Jones
Vanessa Williams
Terrence Howard
Stephen Curry
Wow, weren't some of those eyes very striking?
I know certain users will miss the point of this article and instead try to deny some of these entertainers of their Black heritage and shout that their eyes may be due to mixture.
Before I respond to that I will reveal the results from five DNA companies that tests your roots:
-According to Ancestry.com, the average African American is 65 percent sub-Saharan African, 29 percent European and 2 percent Native American.
-According to 23andme.com, the average African American is 75 percent sub-Saharan African, 22 percent European and only 0.6 percent Native American.
-According to FamilyTreeDNA.com, the average African American is 72.95 percent sub-Saharan African, 22.83 percent European and 1.7 percent Native American.
-According to National Geographic’s Geographic Project, the average African American is 80 percent sub-Saharan African, 19 percent European and 1 percent Native American.
-According to AfricanDNA, the average African American is 79 percent sub-Saharan African, 19 percent European and 2 percent Native American.
So, what did I learn from the results from the different DNA companies? That virtually no African-American is 100 percent Black. So yes, even if you have many generations without interracial mixing you will have some other racial group in your background from hundreds of years ago that can be traced with DNA testing.
So, to point out that some of these people may be mixed is irrelevant.
These people are embracing their blackness as any proud African-American would because
Funny how when you read eyes in your title and then look at the picture and your mind focuses on their eyes lol. Some of them I've never even noticed before lol.
Your eye, hair, skin, etc. colors are determined by many different genes. Generally speaking a race will share the same genes or at least the same variations of genes for these features. And stuff like your head hair color and body hair color are different genes too, so you can have differences in those.
So yes, someone is sorta kinda black can have light colored eyes, as someone sorta kinda European can have black eyes. Just because a gene might be dominant doesn't mean that the chances are impossible a different gene shows up.
Although I feel there needs to be a discussion on whether these people are actually "black" or if they're their own separate race. This might seem stupid at first but Latinos are considered a separate race when in reality they're just a mix between European and native ancestry, and they recognize this themselves. Because there aren't many black/white mixes out there as their are Latinos, it's hard to justify them as a separate race, but it could be possible.
Most of the celebs on here have two black parents. There's no discussion needed with that being said :). I just wanted to throw something out because I know how some users are on this site and will be quick to try to "take away" someones blackness.
I actually saw that happen on another mytake on here. So much people wanted to say that person isn't black although they clearly identity with the race and ARE that race.
Hate to burst your bubble but by calling mixed people black you're taking away their mixedness. It isn't right. We're our own people and deserve to be called what we are not what it's convenient for you to steal from us. Black people always want to call mixed people black when it's a benefit to them (i. e. Obama) but never when it's about our rights. We mixed people are not the same as you black people. Don't complain about your own racism and identity being stripped away when you do it to us. We shouldn't have to be grouped with you because we aren't you and never will be you. It makes no sense to call mixed people just white or just Hispanic or just Asian so why tf do you guys keep doing it in terms of black? It's evil and it's racist. You guys hurt us in ways you cannot imagine by doing so.
What part of most of these Blacks listed on here have two black parents , do you not understand? Since you classify as a mixed woman , then do so by yourself. I do not want to claim you as my own nor am I forcing you to choose. The very few mixed people I mentioned on here identify themselves as Black. You don't have a right to tell them what they want to be called and what culture they relate to more. , just like you wouldn't want someone to do that to you. You can choose to identify as whatever you choose but at the end of the day understand what the world will see you as especially when you look more black than anything else.
Beautiful! I love light eyes on darker skin. But then again... I like lighter eyes in general usually anyway. I have seen some very beautiful dark brown eyes though. One I would like to add to this list of light eyed darker skinned people is Brazilian and not sure of her exact ethnicity, but she has gorgeous eyes. She is on the Brazilian women's soccer team.
same. crazy she's almost 50. i remember first seeing her in the early 90s. i felt like she barely aged until recent years and even then it seems like she's barely aged
@madhatters4@Stacyzee I think when it comes to celebritiy crushes you kinda have to to take their political affiliations out of the equation , otherwise you are really limiting yourself lol j/k
i can't personally and it doesn't just happen in regard to political affiliations but also personality and stuff like that. take a person like paris hilton. a lot of people find her very attractive but i only see a stuck up superficial person and therefore don't find her attractive.
I personally didn't care much for her until she seemed to not care about Black issues. Didn't you make your whole living posing butt naked on Black magazines etc? Now you want to pretty much become a sell out to gain publicity. She's nothing more than a has been.
I used to have a MASSIVE crush on Robert Richards lol. And it's bugging me so bad that I know Tanya Wrights face but I can't place her. Gotta go to Google.
Eva and Tiffany are <3 With everyone else, I kinda feel like the light eyes go with the light skin, so it's not as 'rare' But to see someone with a slightly deeper skin tone have lighter eyes (especially that beautiful honey brown) <3 like pretty pools
Yes, the light eyes and skin blend more. Blacks have this tan yellowish hue about their skin (when they are considered light) but in comparison to whites they still are far darker them, so seeing eyes on that skin to me still makes it rare because of their background.
sometimes the lighter colored eyes can be really beautiful. sometimes it can be sort of off putting i guess depending on the skin tone or something... but generally it is really cool.
I was thinking "African-American" more as a way to represent her phenotype rather than where she is from in actuality. The funny thing is, Blacks living in America are pretty much all called African-Americans and a large amount of them are from somewhere else.
Okay, I get it. I didn't know that all Blacks living in America were called African-Americans, even when they're not American. Is there a specific reason for that?
Blacks become U. S. citizens after 10 years... so many do not take offense by being titled an American. Also, it's just the politically correct term to call someone Black off hand. If you were to see someone commit a crime.. you wouldn't know right away they weren't born here. You'd use the politically correct term to refer to them as an African-American. If someone tells you they'd prefer to be called otherwise... then do so. But none the less, it doesn't offend any one.
Thought leona Lewis was British. Rihanna is from the Caribbean. If you got those details wrong what else I wonder did you get wrong. Anyway I find the whole celebrity culture in America and other places sickening. Why worship on your hands and knees at anyone's feet.
I am an African-American woman. Wait! I am Caribbean woman. Most Blacks living in America have Caribbean background but we are referred to as "African-Americans" because that is the politically correct term to use. It does not make sense to walk up to each and every Black person and ask where they are from originally so they can classify them as African____". Many Blacks living in America are citizens and do not take offense to that term. If you want to argue calling Blacks African-Ameriacn... then we might as well argue the first part of that name too. The last African in my blood line was from hundreds of years ago. The term itself is just a politically correct term to call someone Black and that it is all. It does not in any way reflect their actual upbringing or recent culture.
Rhianna is not an American anymore than say Usain Bolt is. Its actually not politically correct to claim Leona Lewis is African American or to claim that an actual African is American. In fact Leona Lewis and many Black people from Britain might be insulted by what is considered as American ignorance. The rest of thd world is not America.
It would be far too much confusion to walk up to each and every black person and ask where they are from so you can classify them as African____. If someone wants to be called something otherwise, they will correct you and say I prefer AfricanBritish or wherever they are officially from. As a Carribbean black woman that is Guyanese and Bajan I take no offense in being called that. If I were to commit a crime right now, every one would put in my description that I am an African-American. They don't need to know my history... that's just the politically correct term to call someone Black and that is all. They can tweak it however they like, if they prefer to be called someone else. It's not a big deal. At the end of the day these people are still Black, no matter where they are from.
I mean, I never really got offended by the "American" part. If anything, I always questioned the first part. I haven't had an African in my family for hundreds of years. Yet I have to classify the same as my friend that is American born (With two parents from Africa) and I know nothing about their culture, food or language.
Thats the difference American born. These people are not Americans. Leona Lewis for instance is not American anymore than Justin Beiber is. Leona Lewis is a very proud British Black woman.
My whole point is just like how Leonia may get offended about the "American" part. Don't i have every right to be offended about the African part? That's erasing the fact that I am Guyanese and taking away from my culture I grew up with. The overall message here is that: The term is just another way to say Black. People could spend all day getting offended over a title, but its way better than being called an "N" word. Just tweak it to suit you if it bothers you that much and that is all.
well are you not of African descent? It would be like myself getting upset about being referred to as European when I both racially and of European origin. Maybe your right but the term African American only works in America and is likely going to offend non Americans.
If you look at Blacks and those from Africa , facially we look different. Yes , I am a descendant of Africa but aren't we all since that's our origination?
well Africa is a whole huge continent and have many physical differences between them all. Like you can't lump all Europeans as all the same as you can tell just by looking most of the time at a french, scottish, English, German, Irish, Polish, Swedish person their ethnicity. Or even the Chinese who are like 30 different racial groups. From what I have seen of America it is and has always been a racial melting pot and no one is really just descended from on group but from all these different groups. Id love to give some of those white supremacist guys a DNA test to see if they change their tune.
Pretty good except there are people on here who aren't American such as Leona Lewis. She'd more accurately be African-British or would identify herself as British (black) on polls and stuff if she was asked them here.
A lot of these celebs are mixed and Rihanna isn't even from America. African American as a term within itself is racist, and to call mixed people black and deny their mixedness is racist as well. Mixed people and black people are not the same and just because blacks in America have other people in their background doesn't mean they're mixed.
As a fellow African-American living in the U. S , the term itself is used to describe ones phenotype rather than the fact that they are American. If I were to commit a crime , no one would run behind me and ask me to speak first so they can hear my accent. They would immediately describe me as an African-American based on my identity. The thing is, a lot of blacks aren't even from the U. S but we accept this title because it is not offensive and one which intertwines us with our early roots. Something as small as an eye color does not change your blackness. Also, you are in correct a lot of these blacks on here have two black parents. Only a handful of these are actually directly mixed. In reference to your comment about mixed people , the ones list identify themselves as African American. It has nothing to do with denying part of themselves but more to do with being able to relate more to the culture , food and way they are treated in society.
African American is offensive and it's racist. No one else is called "(insert country) American." Only black people. Calling black people African Americans separates them from the rest of the population and dehumanizes them. I think African American is the modern version of colored or negro when describing black people. Especially blacks from around the world.
Out of all of the things Blacks fight for , being called an African American isn't one of them. Being called a n** is far worse and can get you killed. I disagree that it is racist , it didn't come about the same way in which the word n** did. It came about as a way to have us serve pride in our background. Can the word African American be changed? Yes, because unless we are directly from Africa ourselves or our parents , we haven't had that in our blood for hundreds of years. Is it offensive? No, it is a politically correct term to refer to someone who is Black.
I think they should just be called black, to me it's the most appropriate term.
What about non black people from Africa, who later come to America to start lives. Stripping them of the title of African American is unfair and unjust. Because the term African American should only be referencing people from Africa who later come to the U. S. for citizenship. To be African all that is required is to be born there, same with being in America. African is not a race, but black is. African American does not properly represent blacks anywhere.
Celebrities' appearances are often tinkered with and should never be used as examples of anything, including how good one can look at a certain age, or how light the eyes of a certain race can be. Contact lenses can do wonders.
I've seen childhood photos of these celebs. I highly doubt they were wearing contacts as toddlers. Some blacks are born with light eyes , it isn't always contacts.
It's possible. It is also possible to retouch photos. Or maybe they were born with light eyes and it is all legitimate. All I am saying is that you can't trust celebrities as examples of anything.
Yeah, that statement is true. The only photos I hold major accuracy in is the photos with the green or blue eyes. As for the light brown eyes, I know my eyes sometimes look like that depending on the lighting and they are dark brown.
a lot of these people are biraacial and not even American. AND noone is full anything because race isn't real ethnicity is. If these people want to be called biracial like Vanessa Williams. Leona Lewis, Robert ri'chard, Stacey dash, Shad dash and Michael Ealy we should respect them wanting to identofy as their DNA not what Pc society and racists want them to.
There's 20 people on this list. Only 5 are bi-racial on this list. Michael Ealy , Robert Ri'chard, Shad Moss (those you mentioned) have two black parents. But anyway I agree with your overall point. Your response seems as if it is directed to RelentlessHippee.
Oh and by the way African-American term is a politically correct way to call someone Black. I live in America and can't tell you how many of us are called that based on purely our phenotype. No one has time to ask each and every Black person where they are originally from , so this is what we get termed. Sometimes people play with the words a little and may say they are Afro-Cuban or African Cuban if they wish not to be called American.
stacey dash is half white hispanic, Vanessa williams has awhite father, Leona Lewis is a English woman with a white British mom, Michael Ealy has a white mom, robert has a white mom, Shads mom is mixed. I listed all biracial people
I dont see what black people have to do with biracial. Biracial means more than one race. Not black with a 23rd great grandma who was raped by a slave owner. Yes, African American has to do with jim crow and the one drop rule to keep 1/2 black.1/4 black children from claiming their white fathers land. And you can always tell a biracial person from a black person anyone who can't is ignorant.
Um, michael ealy has done many interviews about being biracial and his white mother. He even did an interview with him being biracial and getting shit from black women for marrying a white woman. the fact that you brought up shad mosses father either suggest you aren't biracial or ignorant of how biracial people can look. Jerome Boateng is biracial but looks more black his brother looks arabic. mulatto people can look whiter than the white parent, arabic, Asian... etc 66.media.tumblr.com/...lwto74BudF1qgc6fao1_500.jpg
"You're Ignorant to how biracial people can look" because you clearly stated that at first glance you can see that someone is bi-racial. You're pretty much stating they all have one set look. How can you SEE that people are bi-racial? Some people have to TELL you that they are because it isn't always obvious. You speak about Micahel Ealy's white mother yet you don't even have the interview to show this information you claim I provided information stating that he has two Black parents and his life while growing up. I bet because he's light skin with blue eyes.. you thought you could SEE he's bi-racial. Shad Moss I linked both of his parents to show you that they are black. Lets hypothetically speak and say that his father did have mixture in him (along with black), that'd make Shad Moss 75% Black and 25% Other... so how is that even bi-racial? Bi-racial means half and half. I don't want to go back and forth all day about who is mixed and who isn't... it's stupid and an idiotic discussion
um, well one. Im not here to hold a class. So stating evidence isn't something i need to do if you want to stay ignorant thats on you. I said Boateng looks more black NEVER did I said he didn't look mixed. Either your wanting to twist my words to fit your beleifs or you have bad comprehension skills. And Shad has literally just gotten shit from the black community for finally claiming to biracial not black. Seriously, your feelings is making you illogical. LIKE i said stop calling biracial children black. They are what they are especially if they choose to to be called biracial. RESPECT their racial identity and dna
You do understand that there are people that are a certain race that deny it all of the time? Lets take a look at Rachel Dolzeal she's never felt like a white woman, swore she has had black relatives when in fact she's white. Although there's proof she is white (photos of her biological parents), like there's proof Shad Moss is black (photos of his biological parents) , we should just allow these people to call themselves whatever they choose. There's a difference between ACTUALLY being mixed and identifying with a race, vs not being mixed at all and denying what you are (which Shad clearly is doing). I even know of someone I grew up with who had two black parents, now he's on facebook saying he's mixed with White, Japanese, and Black. I should "respect" that he suffers from self hate and is having an identity crisis according to you. I call people like you Comment Riders. You don't have the ability to read a topic and formulate an opinion of your own.
Instead your read other peoples comments, choose one you like the most, and then take on a tone in the same manner in which that person does. It's pathetic really. I am done with this "discussion" is that's what you want to call it. Good day!
dude "nstead your read other peoples comments, choose one you like the most, and then take on a tone in the same manner in which that person does. It's pathetic really. I am done with this "discussion" is that's what you want to call it." dude where tf did this come from you need help for being 100 percent delusional and paranoid and pulling shit out of thin air. again stop being so emotion
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