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19 Mixed-Race Celebrities Who You Might Not Have Realized Have AAPI Heritage
Nicole Scherzinger’s Filipino heritage came as a surprise to numerous internet users last year after she posted a candid TikTok about her background.
She has long talked about her mixed-race heritage, writing of her grandfather in 2021: "i can't help but think about the discrimination he faced daily having a black wife and 6 bi racial children (and 20+ mixed race grand and great grandchildren)...i owe it to him to continue to fight for justice and equality for my communities as well." Former Fifth Harmony singer Dinah, who is of Tongan, Samoan, Fijian, and Danish descent, told Teen Vogue in 2023: “I feel like I've always been in this race trying to figure it out by myself as a Polynesian woman in the mainstream world...I'm not shying away from who I am anymore. Keanu, who has Chinese, English, Irish, Native Hawaiian, and Portuguese heritage, previously told NBC News: “My relationship to my Asian identity, it's always been good and healthy.
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