07.02.09
ENTERTAINMENT

Jessica Alba: "I Want My Baby to be Brown"

by admin | 02.15.2008 | 8:07pm | 76 Comments

In Latina's March 2008 cover story, Jessica Alba gets personal with Editor-in-Chief Mimi Valdés Ryan and directly responds to the rumors that have resulted in her now-commonly used nickname, "Jessica 'Don't Call Me Latina' Alba." Check out some of her revealing answers below, and don't forget to pick up the full story when the issue hits newsstands on February 19!

On her reluctance to walk the red carpet at Latin events: "I'll support those shows, but I can't go on the press lines and have people make me feel bad about myself. Life is too short. I can't change how I grew up, and I shouldn't have to apologize for it. I know I feel close to the Latin community, because that's what I grew up with."

On claims that she's proud to have cut loose from her Mexican roots: "I never said that. Cut loose from what? What the hell are they talking about? Why would I want to cut loose from the only family I know?"

On not learning to speak Spanish as a child: "I wish to God that my dad spoke Spanish to my brother and me, but he didn't grow up with it."

On confusing other men for her dad as a kid: "When I was little, I used to go up to black men and hold their legs, thinking it was my dad all the time. I'd wrap my arms around them, then look up and be like, 'Oh my God!'"

On being accepted for who she is in Hollywood: "I was always trying to figure out: How the hell am I going to be mainstream? How are people going to accept me? When are the going to get a clue that I am American, that this is what America looks like--people like me who are mixed, have different blood, mixed with different ethnicities? When are the people who are hiring for these jobs and writing these screenplays going to realize that?"

On what she wants her baby to look like: "I'm excited for my baby to be brown. I just have to believe the dark gene is going to survive. Cash and I are like, please!"

76 Comments
budz
07.01.2009
10:12pm
So she is french ? i think she just love the color of brown ? anyway i like her too... hihi....
Stevz
Stop Dreaming Start Action
bennyandhika
06.29.2009
5:45am
I actualy liked this article becase Jessica sort of tells how its hard to be accepted in the Latino Comunity when your a mixed race your ither not latino enough to fit in or u over do it to try and fit in .. im Mexican, Spanish,Gitano, and Native Amercican.. But un Like Jessica i was fortunate enough to be tought Spanish as a chiled. So in my opinion Jessisca is as much as Latino as any latino out regardless of wether she can speake Spanish or were she grew up .
Setelah melakukan persiapan selama dua minggu, sekarang saya bisa umumkan diadakannya kontes SEO

Stop Dreaming Start Action

dari JokoSusilo.com dengan hadiah total dua puluh lima juta. Mungkin ini adalah kontes seo Stop Dreaming Start Action dengan hadiah terbesar yang pernah diadakan di Indonesia.
masih menyangkut artikel sebelumnya berjudul

Rusli Zainal Sang Visioner

, ini adalah sebuah keyword yang dipertandingkan dalam ajang kontes seo yang diadakan oleh komunitas blogger bertuah Pekan Baru dengan memperebutkan hadiah total sebesar hampir 15 jutaan.
ashergben
06.29.2009
2:42am
this is really beautiful girls that i ever meet.. ilove you jessica regard rusli zainal sang visioner
frenchy_goya_platino
06.28.2009
9:17am
you know, most latinos here in america were born here in america; in america we speak english,right? i myself jus started to pick up on my roots recently. one thing for sure you have to love being latino to read on our history because its like a never ending story, a mystery, a puzzle that only latinos can put together boy like selena's father said in the movie, man it is exsausting being a latino american.
ryaanism
06.26.2009
1:03pm
"I was always trying to figure out: How the hell am I going to be mainstream? How are people going to accept me? When are the going to get a clue that I am American, that this is what America looks like--people like me who are mixed, have different blood, mixed with different ethnicities?" The funny thing is she IS mainstream... people don't really care that she's a latina or not... she's known for being an actress/celebrity and a hottie... that part of her identity trumps ethnicity, sure she isn't as white as Megan Fox but she's equally mainstream and accepted by the mainstream..
james090073
06.22.2009
7:15am
So in my opinion Jessisca is as much as Latino as any latino out regardless of wether she can speake Spanish or were she grew up
Investigations Logo Design | Retail Logo Design
james090073
06.22.2009
7:14am
The anachronistic white male quota system is no longer tenable as the nation strives to treat all Americans equally and to have a government all of whose branches have the consent and participation of the nation’s diverse populace.
Transport Logo Design | Fitness Logo Design | Service Logo
sjsteve.nicholas
06.23.2009
4:30pm
Having a french mother and a black dad from mexico is really not so easy to grow up, but still she couldn't learn spanish from her father. She answered the question being funny, but the failure part is not that hard! gmat
bennyandhika
06.25.2009
9:39am
We are talking jessica alba here not Christina Aguilera, Rosario Dawson, Cameron Diaz so d.go83 the comment you made was just as irrelevant. Stop dreaming start action dalam bisnis online memang sebuah kalimat motivasi yang harus di bangun pada diri seseorang agar bisa sukses di bisnis internet. Sikap seperti ini penting ditancapkan pada diri seseorang lebih-lebih ketika baru mulai terjun di bisnis internet ini, bahasa motivasi umumnya yang sering di gunakan adalah MINDSET (pola pikir). Oleh karena itu mari kita paksakan dan tancapkan sebuah kalimat motivasi pada diri kita Stop Dreaming Start Action Agar Sukses menjadi sebuah kebiasaan dan lama-kelamaan menjadi bisa (hasil perbuatan).

Setelah melakukan persiapan selama dua minggu, sekarang saya bisa umumkan diadakannya kontes SEO Stop Dreaming Start Action dari JokoSusilo.com dengan hadiah total Rp 25 juta. Mungkin ini adalah ontes seo Stop Dreaming Start Action kontes SEO Stop Dreaming Start Action dengan hadiah terbesar yang pernah diadakan di Indonesia.
un_mestizo
06.16.2009
6:27pm
FYI: 99.5% of latinos are of mixed race. Latino isn't a pure race, neither is Hispanic. These are cultural identities that group several inter-racial groups. Mexicans are mostly mixed between Spanish and Indians, Cubans are mixes of Africans and Spanish and Indian, Puerto Ricans are mixes of Indian, African and Spanish, etc. See the pattern? The Spanish had a simple empire-building policy, kill the men and marry the women. So, even the Philippines are populated by a mixed race. So, if Alba is concerned about the mixed race thing, she should feel right at home with every other Latino. We are all mixed, and we've been mixing for hundreds of years. As for her cultural dilemma, that isn't new either. I know many Latinos in Texas who are not in touch with their heritage. There is even a term for Latinos ignorant of their culture - "coconuts". It is very common here to find Latinos who don't speak Spanish. Basically, past Anglo racist attitudes drove many to try to assimilate into the "American" culture. It was easier if you were light-skinned, parents forgot their heritage and schools penalized cultural pride in schools. The result was broken cultural links that have rippled through the following generations. Maybe her kids will reunite with their heritage someday. Hopefully, they'll be brown and beautiful like her.
12345678next

SUBSCRIBE NOW AND SAVE 66%

Limachips built this