http://www.foxsports.com/ufc/story/ronda-rousey-s-great-grandfather-was-one-of-the-first-black-physicians-in-north-america-032316

Ronda Rousey's mom just dropped a nugget on the former champion's heritage and it's pretty awesome.

TMZ caught Rousey in LA recently and asked the UFC superstar what was the last movie she'd seen. Rousey politely told the cameraman that she would prefer to continue spending time with her mother and sister than conduct an interview, but momma Rousey was more than happy to answer.

"'Before His Time.' It's about my grandfather, Ronda's great-grandfather. They show it during Black History Month every year in Canada because he was one of the first black physicians in North America," Dr. AnnMaria De Mars told TMZ.

The documentary covers the life of Dr. Alfred E. Waddell, a Trinidadian doctor who immigrated to Halifax, Canada, after laying down roots in New York. His bio on the White Pine Pictures (a Canadian production company), says this about Waddell:

The son of a headmaster, Alfred Waddell set out for New York in 1923 with his young bride Amelia Maria, dreaming of becoming a doctor.

The couple worked menial jobs to support themselves in New York. In 1928 Alfred left his family to study medicine at Dalhousie's medical school in Halifax. Amelia Maria finally joined him with their 4 children. Graduating in 1933, he faced the suspicions of Halifax's white and black communities who regarded him as an "outsider." His practice took off slowly. Members of the Chinese community were among his first clients.

Despite his own hardships, Waddell treated many isolated people who had no access to medical care. Waddell brought medicine to far flung black communities; spoke out against injustice; and even billeted black musicians like Cab Calloway, when he could not get a hotel room. A champion of social equality, Dr. Waddell raised his children with ideas of fairness and earned the respect of an entire city.

Although he died of a heart attack before he could see many of the social changes he fought for, Alfred Waddell is remembered fondly his those who benefited from his advocacy.

Rousey and Dr. AnnMaria appear proud to be related to Waddell, and who wouldn't be?

I assumed it was the punching women in the face.


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

hell, the idea of 'regular white' is off generally.

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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Uh3IqDFCY

*scratches head*

she still cant use the black emoji

https://youtu.be/kvOMideZpU8?t=5s

*shrug*

It was traveling through her big toe when Holly kicked her, so this loss is on them *OTHER* drops. Sorry.

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Her great-father black. These are his offspring.
lol

Interesting story about him tho. I'll have to check it out.

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To me, she ain't Black enough to call me a nigga w/o me getting offended. Other than that, cool story!!

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Quadroons barely gets a pass, if any at all. So, anyone beyond that = non-Black.

She's an octorooon, at best, and that great-grandfather looks like he might have been a mulatto. If she wants to be black, she can be black, but this one-drop shit gotta end.

g-grandfather's wife was black too. In which case her grandmother/grandfather (I don't know which side of her tree it is) would be just black. In which case her mother is HALF black, which makes her 25%.

This is all interesting because all this time she has apparently known full well that she's got this relatively recent black ancestry, but she never mentioned it. This isn't like Bliss Broyard, who had no idea until she was grown that her father was a NOLA Creole.

She definitely presents as 100% white. But her mother sounded proud as hell of the black g-grandfather, which implies to me that Ronda was getting a healthy dose of blackness at home.

out of 4.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

best fight EVAR!!!