9 Black Celebs Who Do Not Identify as African American

9. Karrine Steffans

The video model and author of the Vixen book series says that because of her Caribbean upbringing on St. Thomas, she doesn’t identify as an African-American. Steffans said, “I think people forget, I’m an islander. I’m not African American. I don’t have like African American struggles. I just don’t. I don’t have the same history. So, and I’m not even trying to be facetious…There’s a serious mind state that comes with being Black in America and being a Black American. And the history that comes with that.” We’re confused because St. Thomas is a part of the United States, but we can understand what she’s saying about her island upbringing being different from being raised as a Black child in the continental US. Steffans proves that racial identity is much more complicated than people think.