“I find it offensive. It’s a way for people to separate themselves from African-Americans…a way of saying ‘I’m better than that.’ I’m black because that’s the way the world sees me.”

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Paula [Patton] knows what it’s like to be misunderstood. Growing up in L.A., the daughter of a white teacher and an African-American defense attorney, it wasn’t easy to fit in. “People judged me because I was light-skinned. [They’d assume] I didn’t want to be part of the black race,” she says. In fact, Paula, who has been referred to as biracial, says it’s a word she doesn’t care for. “I find it offensive. It’s a way for people to separate themselves from African-Americans…a way of saying ‘I’m better than that.’ I’m black because that’s the way the world sees me. People aren’t calling Barack Obama biracial. Most people think there’s a black president.”

Rory Evans, “Paula Patton’s Precious Moments,” Women’s Health, January 27, 2010. https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a19985167/precious-movie/.

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Paula Patton’s Precious Moments

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Paula Patton’s Precious Moments

Women’s Health
2010-01-27

Rory Evans

Precious star Paula Patton reveals all

As surprises go, this one was pretty sweet. Midway through her Women’s Health photo shoot at a New York City studio, actress Paula Patton is interrupted by the unexpected delivery of an enormous arrangement of roses and lilies from a not-so-secret admirer: her husband, R&B singer Robin Thicke, 32. “He’s so good about sending flowers,” she says with a smile. “He does it consistently.”

Yes, it’s nice to be Paula these days. Not only is the 34-year-old enjoying major accolades for her role as Ms. Rain, the heroic teacher in the emotionally powerful film Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire, but she and Robin are also expecting their first baby (they got the happy news not long before the aforementioned photo shoot; she’s due this spring). The actress curls up on a leather sofa in the studio and talks animatedly about becoming a mom. “You can get into that cycle of ‘What’s next? What’s next?’ ” she says. “But I thought, I want to have children, and I’m not getting any younger. But I didn’t know if it would be hard for me to get pregnant.” Not to worry. Shortly after going off birth control, Paula was with child, prompting Robin to brag about his supersperm. “He’s so proud of himself, it’s ridiculous,” says Paula with a laugh…

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