Hai…

It may sound strange, but I don’t see any issue with the comments Jessica has made. I’m almost certain she would never have intended to insult anybody. I believe it is one of those ‘multi-faceted’ comments that can be easily interpreted in the wrong way. She is proud of her heritage (regardless of whatever ‘hang-ups’ she may have had in the past) and is hoping that those cultural features will be reflected in her baby.

It’s similar, in some way, to a family being proud of a particular nose shape that is prevalent throughout the generations, and hoping that their baby might continue that genetic tradition! It doesn’t mean that they dislike other nose shapes – they’re just proud of a feature of their family that gives them a sense or pride and belonging!

I completely understood what she meant and I only hope that others can read her comments in the same way that I did.

I am an American but my ethnic heritage is Mexican. I speak Spanish and my skin is..hmmm not Crayola brown more like a nice mocha….it doesn’t matter. Jessica didn’t mean anything bad by saying she wanted a “brown baby”. I know that it may strike some people strange but it’s one of those cultural things. I have admired friends babies and said what beautiful white skin your baby has…I meant it! The baby had this beautiful white/pink complexion. What’s wrong with that?? I want a little “brown” baby too…lol…that doesn’t mean I’m a rascist…I truly love people of all colors and races and share my life with them. Our heritage is a part of us, we should not hide or assimilate out of it due to shame or fear. Be proud of your heritage and claim and support and defend your nationality…be a good American….love this country and this culture and our norms and standards and claim it as your own as well. Having connections/family/friends of different backgrounds goes a long way in understanding what other people mean when they say something we don’t understand. I think the majority of people who make rush judgements on other people are not exactly the type of people who are concerned in elevating their their thought process to that level.

I’ve never really understoond Jessica’s comments in the past. She is sooo LATIN looking and has a latin last name! I think she is just starting to realize how the comments she’s made in the past have affected how people view her.

I am not surprised jessica made anther not so bright comment, if you ever read interviews the girl has given through out the years she doesn’t come across as the brighest light blub. She seems to wanna sound so important and smart, that it comes out the total opposite. I have never heard any of my friends or family call their babies white or brown, just plain weird IMO.So now she wants the baby to learn spanish, she used to say she didn’t know any spanish because her parents wanted her to feel american and that she is american. Considering all her movies have bombed lately, maybe she should stop giving interviews and just lay low or find a good PR to help her sound better when she speaks.

ITA, Keyara (except for the first sentence). Jessica’s face may be cute, but her personality is ugly. For someone who goes around talking about “Mexicans spreading their seeds and popping babies out” as if she is so above that way of life(and then proceeds to get pregnant by a man she wasn’t even engaged to at the time) and demanded that people not call her Latina, she has no problem grouping herself in with Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Diaz as one of the only Latinas who can greenlight a film. And the way she goes around publicly making fun of other celebrities (saying Eva Mendes isn’t in her league because she can’t carry a film herself when her past few films have failed critically and commercially and that Zac Efron looks like a girl with too much make-up) is no better in my mind than much of Paris Hilton’s behavior.
Even people on her message boards say they’re getting sick of her and her holier than thou attitude when all she’s really known for is a cute face and a hot body. She comes across as a total brat, and if she doesn’t grow up fast, her child is quickly going to become more mature than she is.

I feel bad for this girl.She always says what she thinks everyone else wants to hear, but it always comes back to bite her.At her thinnest, I recall she started saying how she wished she was thinner.She says she wants to not be known as a sex symbol, but then comes all the mens magazines and the stories about one night stands and “do you have to be here??” the next day quotes. Maybe she was trying to be funny when she said all those bad things about Mexicans etc. I think Mexicans and latinos are now rejoicing in the fact that she has become exactly what she was making fun of them for.All these contradictions make her an open target I guess

Well said Becky and Amanda May. Might I suggest that we give Jessica some slack? To me, the brouhaha surrounding her comments just proves the mess that we’ve gotten ourselves into….clearly, there are social expectations that she will behave a certain way or make certain statements regarding her ethnicity, and when she doesn’t conform to those expectations, she gets attacked. In my opinion, she has absolutely no obligation to either ignore or proclaim her ethnic background.

I am of mixed race (as we all are, really). If I were to put a label on myself, it would take several seconds to spit out! I am interested in the cultures of my background, but first and foremost I consider myself an American, because I actively subscribe to our shared ideals and culture. American identity is flexible — it encompasses ethnicity, religion, and other “divisive” characteristics. As we all know, this is not the case everywhere in the world. To me, being American means that we can all make our own choices about how we see ourselves. Lest I sound too PollyAnna-ish, I’m not discounting the ugly legacy of racism and other social problems that require serious discussion and collective work. But after living abroad for several years and seeing the way that diversity is unworkable where I am, I am more glad than ever that I am an American and am able to transcend labels at home in a way I can’t elsewhere. So it kinda makes me sad — and lose faith — to see that Jessica Alba is caught in a trap with no escape.

Jessica Alba is an example of what happens when children are not brought up to love their ethnicity. In interviews, she said her parents didn’t speak Spanish to any of their kids so they could grow up “American” and not as latina americans. Most likely in her youth she was trying to be american but now as she is older is appreciating her culture more. But its very obvious that she has an identity crisis and issues with skin color.

Now contrast that to Nicole Richie, who is 1/2 Mexican 1/4 black and 1/4 white. She has always maintained that she was raised as a black girl and self identifies as one. So now even though she colors her hair and could easily pass for a white girl, its not a big deal and public doesn’t give her grief for it because she obviously doesn’t have a racial identity crisis and it shows.

Thankyou Erica, for clearing that up. Genetics can be a tricky and facinating thing. So whatever parent or ethnicity, or combination Cash and Jessica’s baby is going to take after the most, the one thing I am betting on is she (or he) is going to be gorgeous.