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“What I think is that that’s something she’s going to have to decide. I’m not going to put a label on it. I had to decide for myself, and that’s what she’s going to have to decide—how she identifies herself in the world. And I think, largely, that will be based on how the world identifies her. That’s how I identified myself…If you’re of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself, and I think that’s often hard for us to do…I identify as a Black woman, but I’ve always had to embrace my mother and the White side of who I am, too. By choosing, I’ve often [wondered], ‘Well, would that make her feel like I’m invalidating her by choosing to identify more with the Black side of myself?’”
- Halle Berry discussing her and her daughter’s race in the latest issue of Ebony.
March 2011 issue of Ebony
“You were only good for one thing. Thanks for the donation.”
Halle Berry’s apparent remark in an email to Gabriel Aubry, the father of their daughter.
Saab Story: There’s nothing sad about Elie Saab’s Spring 2011 haute-couture collection unless you consider the fact that mostly none of us can afford it. This season, he once again wowed the fashion crowd with his brilliant knack for beauty and fantastic taste. Halle Berry was onto him 10 years ago when she arrived to the Academy Awards in one of his gowns. Today, I wouldn’t be surprised if every Hollywood starlet bitch slaps their stylist for not selecting a gown from this flawless collection. I know I certainly would.
“Never mind what you’ve heard. Halle Berry was not the first black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. She was actually the 74th white one. And never mind all this talk about America electing its first black President; Barack Obama is actually the 44th white man to hold the job.” - Jeffrey Kluger
