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Teknontheou
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"Ronda Rousey is black (not Beelack, though)"
Thu Mar-24-16 03:10 PM by Teknontheou

  

          

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?

  

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No lie, something about her was very "not regular white" to me.
Mar 24th 2016
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that says more about you than Ronda.
Mar 24th 2016
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And what exactly does it say about me?
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      that your idea of 'regular white' is a bit off.
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           ^^
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           Only if you are unable to detect tongue in cheek.
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                yeah, that's me.
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thats funny because she looks SUPER european to me
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It's been known for a while her maternal side had Venezuelan ancestry
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...
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Not a huge surprise. Wonder what made him leave NYC for Canada?
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annnnnnd.....
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*can't breathe*
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lmao!
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lmao
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so now it becomes: That white girl kicked the crap outta her
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lol basically. Although I can't wait to forum war with this tidbit.
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That one drop of Black Blood in her was unscathed.
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veeeeeeeery interesting
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bout time for the 2016 racial draft combine
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But homie in the other post say "won't white folks annihilate themselves
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Now I understand the Floyd hate
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But..Can she call you a nigga?
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One Drop = Free pass
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      Not for me
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She white
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I did a quick read of his bio, and if I'm right, then her
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she isn't a quarter black. If so which fourth?
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      Her mother's black parent. That's one black grandparent
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she's trini, it's settled.
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she still got her ass beat tho'
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lol
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1. "No lie, something about her was very "not regular white" to me. "
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I assumed it was the punching women in the face.


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

  

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2. "that says more about you than Ronda."
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fuck you.

  

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12. "And what exactly does it say about me?"
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"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

  

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13. "that your idea of 'regular white' is a bit off."
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hell, the idea of 'regular white' is off generally.

fuck you.

  

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14. "^^"
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15. "Only if you are unable to detect tongue in cheek."
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"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

  

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16. "yeah, that's me."
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fuck you.

  

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6. "thats funny because she looks SUPER european to me"
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17. "It's been known for a while her maternal side had Venezuelan ancestry "
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WHAT'S GOOD *****? What's REALLY good?!?!????!!! Ha HA!
http://40.media.tumblr.com/d8e2daf9f3f37244cd05436bcdf05973/tumblr_mt4qibKq4c1rgam01o1_1280.png

  

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3. "..."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Uh3IqDFCY

fuck you.

  

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4. "Not a huge surprise. Wonder what made him leave NYC for Canada?"
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*scratches head*

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5. "annnnnnd....."
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she still cant use the black emoji

  

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7. "*can't breathe* "
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https://youtu.be/kvOMideZpU8?t=5s

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11. "lmao!"
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23. "lmao"
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Coolin...

  

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8. "so now it becomes: That white girl kicked the crap outta her"
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*shrug*

  

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9. "lol basically. Although I can't wait to forum war with this tidbit. "
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10. "That one drop of Black Blood in her was unscathed."
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It was traveling through her big toe when Holly kicked her, so this loss is on them *OTHER* drops. Sorry.

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18. "veeeeeeeery interesting"
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<--- Big Baller World Order

  

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19. "bout time for the 2016 racial draft combine"
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In a generation of swine, the one-eyed pig is king.
-Hunter S. Thompson

  

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20. "But homie in the other post say "won't white folks annihilate themselves"
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too?"
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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21. "Now I understand the Floyd hate"
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22. "But..Can she call you a nigga?"
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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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25. "One Drop = Free pass"
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31. "Not for me"
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Quadroons barely gets a pass, if any at all. So, anyone beyond that = non-Black.

  

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24. "She white "
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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.

  

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26. "I did a quick read of his bio, and if I'm right, then her "
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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.

  

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27. "she isn't a quarter black. If so which fourth? "
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28. "Her mother's black parent. That's one black grandparent"
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out of 4.

  

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32. "she's trini, it's settled."
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www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

  

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29. "she still got her ass beat tho'"
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best fight EVAR!!!

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30. "lol"
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