Halle Berry is regarded as the first African-American to win an Academy award for Best Lead Actress. Technically, she is only half African-American, her mother is Caucasian. Physically, if she looked more Caucasian than African American the media probably wouldn't label her the "first." So is she really the first black actress to win best lead or the first bi-racial African-American to win best lead?
2006-09-24 09:55:27 · 12 answers · asked by r3d2 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I think she is the first bi-racial, im pretty sure there was an african american who won before she did. I just cant remember who it is right now.
2006-09-25 01:32:27 · answer #1 · answered by uparmoredninja 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to this's country's original "slave days' belief, if you are even considered 1/16th of black, or damn sure not white!!!!
Still to this day, many europen whites "German, Austrialian, Russian, Irish, etc. and even some White americans will tell you out right, anything mixed with white is no longer pure white.
Hence the reason for Hitlers, inability to create a pure white race. Someone mixed the cream and cinnamon way to many times.
I belief Halle Berry title given by the Accadmy awards is well deserved. Remember she was born here!!!!! Therefore she really is African-American!!!! This is not because who her mother is but, because of who her father is and where she was born!!!!!!
2006-09-24 10:06:24 · answer #2 · answered by dreamangel20051 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can never understand you Americans. If someone is born in the USA, their parents were, and their parents, and their parents, and their parents, then even if they're black surely they are 'Americans' not 'African Americans'. Their ancestors may not even have come from Africa. Do you also have 'English Americans', 'Irish Americans', 'German Americans', 'Chinese Americans' and so on? If Halle is of what you used to call 'half breed' or 'mixed race' then shouldn't she be 'English-African American' or 'African-English American' or whatever combination you can think of. If an American goes to Africa and lives there is he American African if white or African American African if black?
Crazy or what?
2006-09-24 10:01:18 · answer #3 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hattie McDaniel won for best supporting actress for Gone with the Wind so that makes Halle Berry the first in the best lead actress.
2006-09-25 06:12:14 · answer #4 · answered by ranjolie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is common for society to label a mixed-race person as the race that is not white. So yes she is the first black woman to win an Oscar in that category.
2006-09-24 10:04:39 · answer #5 · answered by limgrn_maria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nicely they are both very attractive yet id ought to flow with halle berry because she has that undying elegance about her no count number how previous she will be able to get or the circumstances and fads change she will be able to continually be attractive and megan fox is a attractive lady too yet she is the now type of attractive she's fairly and outfits ordinary yet they way she consists of herself is kinda undesirable in all her roles so she will be able to vanish with time
2016-11-23 19:30:23 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see where your coming from, but you have to remember that the African American side of her is apparently the most dominate side of her.
2006-09-24 09:59:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and i guess she classifies herself as Black woman not White and i am sure growing up with any color in her skin. People were very quick to remind her that she was not White. That is how the world is unfortunately.
2006-09-24 09:58:21 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To my knowledge, she has always represented herself as a Black actress, so she should be credited as one.
2006-09-24 09:58:40 · answer #9 · answered by Pundit Bandit 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes!
No further comment is needed.
2006-09-24 09:56:58 · answer #10 · answered by Jon Buquor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋