25 Celebrities You Won’t Recognize As BlackPEOPLE25 Celebrities You Won’t Recognize As Black ADVERTISEMENT Hollywood has always tried its best to keep things fair and balanced – like how they try to complement the color of black and white in the industry. Although it has indeed realized its plan to some extent, many biracial celebrities still seem to have a hard time because people perceive them as white – lock, stock and barrel. Believe it or not, these 25 celebrities are actually black. 1. NICOLE RICHIE Nicole Richiesource All of us know that Lionel Richie isn’t really Nicole Richie’s father, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have any black genes in her blood. Peter Michael Escovedo, her biological father, was actually Afro-Mexican. Next comes Wentworth Miller, the Prison Break hottie!

25 Celebrities You Won’t Recognize As Black

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Hollywood has always tried its best to keep things fair and balanced – like how they try to complement the color of black and white in the industry. Although it has indeed realized its plan to some extent, many biracial celebrities still seem to have a hard time because people perceive them as white – lock, stock and barrel. Believe it or not, these 25 celebrities are actually black.

1. NICOLE RICHIE

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All of us know that Lionel Richie isn’t really Nicole Richie’s father, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have any black genes in her blood. Peter Michael Escovedo, her biological father, was actually Afro-Mexican. Next comes Wentworth Miller, the Prison Break hottie!