Lolo Jones Ethnicity – Pics of US Olympian Lolo Jones whose ethnicity is an exotic mix including French, Creole, African-American, Native American, and Norwegian descent.
The Lolo Jones ethnicity question keeps popping up because of her green-eyed exotic looks and firm, muscular physique, as seen in these pics.
At times, Lolo looks black and other times she looks almost like an American Indian in skin tone with her coppery hue.
Regardless of her ethnicity, Lolo is an outstanding 100-meter hurdles runner and was the favorite to win at the Beijing Olympics.
However, she hit the ninth of ten hurdles in the race and stumbled badly, finishing seventh.
“You hit a hurdle about twice a year where it affects your race,” said Jones, tears welling up in her striking green eyes. “It’s just a shame that it was on the biggest race of my life.”
“The hurdles were just coming up very fast and I just told myself what I always tell myself, ‘keep things tight’. But it’s kind of like when you are racing a car and going max velocity and you hit a curve, either you can maintain control or you can crash and burn. Today I crashed and burned.”
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August 19th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
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August 20th, 2008 at 7:50 am
I think that it is a shame that Americans are more fixated on a person’s race and ethnicity, rather than their achievement and accomplishment.
Since her ethnicity is the topic of interest, I would like to say that her blood line is no different than many African-Americans. FYI-most African American (regardless of their skin color) are either part caucasian and/or part Native American. People of African descent have been in the western hemisphere for over 400 years! Don’t you think after all of this time, that there would not be some mixing and matching among other races? African-Americans are a hogpog of many bloodlines but most of us choose to identify with one.
When her moment of triumph did not come to pass and her heart was broken, did her bloodline matter at all? No we say a hurt and disappointed human being.
On the other hand, did anyone cheer for or congratulate the her teammate, an American, who just happens to be of a more identifiable African descent? She brought home the medal for the USA and represented our country well. Don’t forget Dawn Harper represented as an American and won as an American, and not a Black women.
In closing, Dr. Martin Luther King dreamed of an America where people were measure by the content of character rather than the color of skin–based upon the inquiries I have read about Lolo Jones’s ethnicity, I think that Americans need to work on improving the content of our character so that we the “color” of a person is not such a significant point of interest.
This is written by a Amercian of African-Jamaican, Irish, Caribbean Indian, Cherokee Indian, Asian-Indian descent.
August 20th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
I so agree with everything “Born Jamerican Says”! Darker skinned Dawn Harper won the coveted gold for TEAM USA but who does today’s Washington Post (08/20/08) splash on the front page of its main news section?: Distraught Ms Lolo Jones who finished 7th. Don’t get me wrong, I am extremely proud of Ms Jones’ great accomplishments and athletic feats, not to mention my admiration of her drop dead gorgeous looks, but I think that our nation is unnecessarily obsessed with people’s ethnicity.
Like the millions of African & Caucasian Americans in our nation, I too am a mix of multiple ethnicities. I happen to be a 1st generation American born of Haitian parents who, aside from their dominant African traits have at least 1 European grandparent each (Denmark, France). I married a Caucasian South American man from Chile whose paternal grandfather was Italian and maternal grandfather was Welsh.
Here is a question for all those statisticians who make a living putting us in there categories: What does that make our American born son here in the United States? White? Hispanic? Chilean? Welsh (or British)? Italian because of his last name? Or Black because of the 1-drop rule? These are questions he had to grapple with once we relocated back to the US after having lived abroad for 17 years. For the first time in his life he had to define himself according to the rigid racial/ethnic categories found in those all so important boxes in college & job application forms.
Don’t even get me started with the “Latino” or “Hispanic” category as a race or ethnic background!
Here’s a fact these so-called learned PhD holding statisticians who make these categories up: The only thing that binds those they label “Latino” or “Hispanic” is the Spanish language they have in common. Spanish people (born in Spain) are European. Native Spanish speakers happen to come in all shades of skin: from the blackest to the whitest with all the shades of brown that fall in between. There are native Spanish speakers who are dark haired with dark & or light eyes, blond or red headed with blue, brown or green eyes, Negroid with frizzy or kinky hair, and even oriental/Asian looking with the straightest of jet black hair whom you’d think were born in Japan & not Peru! There are also those who have very marked Native American features.
They all are native Spanish speakers. How then can you categorize them as belonging to the same “race”? Why even try to fit human beings into your neat little ethnic boxes in the first place? For what purpose? Is this intended to UNITE or DIVIDE Americans? Why is it that we’re the only nation where it is so important to emphasize our DIFFERENCES rather than that which UNITES US?
… Just some food for thought!
Signed: A North American Citizen of the World, born in the USA & proud of it & who will not be defined by someone else’s definition of who I am.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:21 am
To answer the two previous commenters:
People mostly care about Jones’ ethnicity because of her exotic good looks.
If it is obvious that a person is nearly 100% Black, White, Arab, or Asian that makes the person’s ethnicity less interesting because it is obvious to everyone.
But in the case of people who are extensively mixed people are more curious about their racial/ethnic background.
Race and ethnicity DOES matter because it is literally in our blood, in our DNA; it is primal and deep, it is our roots, and in many respects is even deeper than our religion, language, political beliefs, or just about anything else because it far predates all of those things.
August 21st, 2008 at 10:43 pm
why are darskin people always try to group all of us together–im swedish creole black and native american…we are different U are the ones obsessed with color because U are the ones always making a big deal out of it…people wonder about her ethnicity because she ius uniique looking and gorgeous–its not something you see everyday…don’t try to minimize her uniquness or beauty by saying that all balcks are mixed..obviously blacks look different than africans because there is a mix in there…but don’t you dare say that she is just like all african americans in terms of mix…by trying to include her within your race you are belittling your own bloodline…why are so so desperate to include her with you????? why do all black people do this??? because yo admire her looks and think that by making her seem to be your race that it some how brings u up…
August 21st, 2008 at 11:49 pm
I didn’t think that she was trying to includer Lolo in the black race. She was just trying to make a point that we are all Americans. America is the great melting pot afterall. All of us are a mix of something because immigrants came from many different countries to America, and we were all mixed together.
I, myself, am a Jew under traditional Jewish law because my biological mother is a Jew. I was adopted at birth, however, and I have never practiced the religion, nor do I look Jewish (by the traditional standards of someone with pointy nose, squinty eyes, curly hair [the Semitic look]). Other than that, I don’t know what my background is, nor does it really matter to me. I am proud to call myself an American.
Even Jews, however, just like Hispanics come in a wide varierty of looks and skin colors–from Gene Simmons who is darker skinned to Jerry Seinfeld or Jon Stuart who are lighter skinned. There is DNA evidence, however, unlike with Hispanics, that show that we are related genetically.
On a final note, I agree that the only reason that people were inquiring about Lolo Jones’ ethnicity because she is gorgeous and has somewhat exotic looking features. So it was purely out of curiosity, not a racist issue. I think that comments were taken out of context and blown out of proportion.
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:20 am
Good Morning Sick of This,
Yes people are intrigued with Ms. Jones’s beauty, yes-in my opinion she is a very attractive woman-and after her tragic failure-perhaps she can pick up the pieces of her life and try out for Ms. American or do some modeling. Based on what I have read, none of the above written comments seem to be belittling nor to the seem to be a desparate cry to have Ms. Jones identify with one particular race. Those above writtten comments were merely stating historic and modern day facts. If you or someone like you chooses not to identify with a particular race, especially the African-American race than that is your business. It is not offensive or scathing in anyway. I think that a person has a right to self-identify with a heritage they are proud of-and the fact of the matter is that every since blacks and white have come in contact with one another–black and whites have been intermixing and producing offspring . Some of those offspirng are light some are dark–with varying degrees of attractiveness. As an Black person, I think it is safe to say that we, as a race, are not clamoring for numbers or recognition (especially if you a talking about identifying with a beuatiful woman who is currently identified as “the one who lost the race of her life”) I do not think that her apprearance or her bloodline is of any comfort to her now.
By the way, they are plenty of beautiful, well-accomplished people (living and dead) who identify with being African-American (only) whther they are very fair or very dark, it does not mean that there is anything wrong with there perspective. Moreover, persons of Afrcian heritage (and who identify only with their African heritage) have championed excellence in human rights, civil rights, technology, business, eudcation, and many other mediums besides athletics and entertainment, historically and currently, in America and abroad. Not because they happen to be “black” , instead it is because, they were driven to succeed. They also had a desire to better the quality of life for society as a whole. Born Jamercian referenced Dr. King, a “darkie” (meaning a dark-skinned person) and whose physcial attributes may not be very striking or intriguing, merited accomplishements that benefited all of humanity for generations to come. He challenged us Americans to look beyond the exterior and look and ones character, potential, and contribution to the humanity. Based on your comments-it seem like you, like many other Americans, are failing Dr. King’s challenge.
It seems like you are the one with the problem-Are you and your family afraid of the dark?
In this society, people with darker skin (especially if they are black) are subject to disadvantages, offenses, and predjudices that lighter skinned people may not encounter,but, keep in mind beauty is in the eye of the beholder and beauty eventaully fades away. Accomplishement and achievement are evident, document and meritable. Ms. Jones’s accomplishement is andmirable, however, blacks don’t “need” her to be considered acceptable, beautiful, or accomplished. Apparently white and/or Native Americans saw something beatuiful, acceptable and accopmlished in black people otherwise bi-racial, multiethnic, and varying degrees of “blackness” would not even exist. You and your family would not have come to be if whites and/or other races found blacks contemptable.
As the beautiful Ms. Jones is returing to home after her tragic loss–the beautful Ms. Harper will return home in “gold medal” triumph.
So “Sick” if you do not think Ms. Harper is beautiful, if you do not want to be “locked in” to the same racial/ethnic category as Ms. Harper–that’s cool, nobody is forcing you to and as a black person I am relieved that you don’t want to (unfortunately, we have enough “fools” amongst our ranks who are full of hatred–we do not want to add you to the list). I am happy for Ms. Harper because she won and served her country well-she may not have been the prettiest woamn in the race but she will go down in history as the winner! SAY IT LOUD–I AM BLACK AND I AM PROUD!! AND VERY PROUD OF ALL OF OUR AMERICAN ATHELETES!!!!!
March 21st, 2009 at 11:40 am
I’d do her…in a heartbeat!
March 22nd, 2009 at 9:59 am
she’s a right tasty wench, she is…
March 22nd, 2009 at 10:53 am
run lolo run
March 22nd, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Lolo is the epitome of sexy!
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December 17th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Goldie. Well said.
I would add that the danger having these conversations is that many of the people that decry the mention of race do not have an understand or take notice of the implementation of race in our society. Change is not as simple as ignoring that race exists. Change requires a reevaluation of the fundamental elements of our society and how they were built on racial differences and how those racial differences still inform and affect us today. We got here in 400 years and moving in another direction will not happen over night; nor will it happen by closing our eyes. Change will require recognition, action and among other things sacrifice.
It’s easy to rant and rave on a blog about how blacks need to get over race. But can you challenge the race-based (and quite possibly subtly racist) attitudes of people in your own very white life?