Why do people consider Adriana Lima "white" or "tan" when she's black?

[SamuraiFlamenco]

Mariah ain't black. I feel bad that white people didn't accept her growing up but, she aint one of us man. Her kids are however.

Damn that sucks, too black for whites, too white for blacks. Really the "do whites accept you" is the mark of being considered "white", but I know lots of mixed girls that were accepted, so IDK

 

[Malik]

Damn that sucks, too black for whites, too white for blacks. Really the "do whites accept you" is the mark of being considered "white", but I know lots of mixed girls that were accepted, so IDK

Mariah's damn near white. I don't believe her "i was discriminated" story. She probably just didn't think of herself as a white girl because her dad was a mulatto. There's Italians darker than Mariah. There's a bunch of ethnic whites that are darker than Mariah. See how she looks right here. Patrick Swayze is darker than her. You white. Deal with it

 

[skokiaan]

You do realize that this basically disqualifies a large percentage of African Americans from being black, right? Most African Americans are only, on average 65-70% "African"

 

[CinnaSlim]

• Ikr. Funny how Mariah who looks less SSA than she does and is lighter skin (same with Rashida Jones or Jennifer Beals) is said to be black but Lima isn't. Lima is of Japanese, African, White ancestry

None of those people except maybe mayyybe Rashida is considered Black. Even then Rashida's sis Khadijah is considered the "black" one.

 

[Heelish]

At a lot of responses here

 

[skokiaan]

i just hope these people are all 12-13yrs old coz if they older than thatwe are doomed

 

[Cabbage Patch]

Mariah's damn near white. I don't believe her "i was discriminated" story. She probably just didn't think of herself as a white girl because her dad was a mulatto. There's Italians darker than Mariah. There's a bunch of ethnic whites that are darker than Mariah. See how she looks right here. Patrick Swayze is darker than her. You white. Deal with it

Damn, alcohol really does make you blow up.

And Mariahs daddy is blatin. Have Latina washed their hands of her?

RIP Swayze - gone too soon

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

Overrated ass broad no matter what race she is.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Lima is barely even 'pardo' in Brazil.

Just even the term 'pardo' should indicate something...I guess that's what happens when your culture is hell-bent on black erasure.