Is Harry Belafonte Biracial

Though Belafonte’s mother was from Jamaica and his father from Martinique, both his mother’s mother and his father’s father (a gentleman named Bellanfanti, from Marseilles) were white.

What is Harry Belafonte's ethnicity?

His mother was the child of a Scottish Jamaican mother and an Afro-Jamaican father, and his father was the child of a black mother and Dutch-Jewish father of Sephardic Jewish descent. Harry, Jr. was raised Catholic.

Where does Harry Belafonte come from?

Belafonte was born in Harlem to emigrants from the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Jamaica. When his mother returned to Jamaica in 1935, he joined her, living there until 1940. He left high school to serve in the U.S. Navy in the mid-1940s.

Maya Lin-Takahashi

Maya Lin-Takahashi

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Maya is a hardware enthusiast who tests and reviews smart home devices, smartphones, wearables, and audio gear. She focuses on practical consumer value and build quality.

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