Tony Roble's Ethnic Background

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I recently read a thread about the "rumor" that Minnesota Fats was Etta James biological father. This got me to thinking about another thread I read about good "black" pool players. On that list were Joyner (who some claimed was actually partly or mostly Native American) and a couple other names I can't recall. I dont remember seeing Tony Robles name on the list of "black" pool players.

Being from Louisiana, I am of very mixed ancestry myself. I don't consider myself "black", but I don't deny my African heritage. Furthermore, the reason the "one drop" rule was adopted to label anyone of any amount of black ancestry as "black" was based upon racist views, which I won't and don't promote.

Tony Robles and I share lots of the same facial features. We have similar skin tone and, from pictures I have seen, the same hair texture. So I was curious about his background. Does anyone have any knowledge?
 
axejunkie said:
I believe he's of Puerto Rican descent.
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That's what I hear, but it's kinda like saying he's of American descent. Puerto Ricans come in lots of different racial flavors.

pj
chgo
 
Patrick Johnson said:
That's what I hear, but it's kinda like saying he's of American descent. Puerto Ricans come in lots of different racial flavors.

pj
chgo
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Is Robles a Latin surname?
 
Patrick Johnson said:
That's what I hear, but it's kinda like saying he's of American descent. Puerto Ricans come in lots of different racial flavors.

pj
chgo
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Puerto Rico, like the contintental US, has a number of people descended from Africans brought over in the slave trade. Based on physical appearance, I'd speculate that Tony has at least some ancestors that are African-Puerto Rican.

-Andrew
 
insanepoolgod said:
Is Robles a Latin surname?
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Yes, "Robles" is a Spanish surname. "es" or "ez" added to the root means "descendant of". My grandfather's surname was Rodriguez which is basically the same format.
 
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Jude Rosenstock said:
Yes, "Robles" is a Spanish surname. "es" or "ez" added to the root means "descendant of". My grandfather's surname was Rodriguez which is basically the same format.
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Now, that's funny. You don't look Spanish.
Doug
 
Smorgass Bored said:
Now, that's funny. You don't look Spanish.
Doug
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Well, that only puts me at 1/4, however, I have been stopped on the street several times by people who thought I was Spanish. That usually happens if I'm in an area of the city that's populated by a lot of Spanish speaking people.

I think you have to be in a certain frame of mind and by that, I mean, I live in New York so people usually see how I look Ashkenazi but I'm pretty certain if I were in Spain, people would think I was Spanish. I mean, put me just about anywhere in the Western World and I'm just going to blend right into the population.
 
Jude Rosenstock said:
Well, that only puts me at 1/4, however, I have been stopped on the street several times by people who thought I was Spanish. That usually happens if I'm in an area of the city that's populated by a lot of Spanish speaking people.

I think you have to be in a certain frame of mind and by that, I mean, I live in New York so people usually see how I look Ashkenazi but I'm pretty certain if I were in Spain, people would think I was Spanish. I mean, put me just about anywhere in the Western World and I'm just going to blend right into the population.
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Huh? what's that
 
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Jude Rosenstock said:
Well, that only puts me at 1/4, however, I have been stopped on the street several times by people who thought I was Spanish. That usually happens if I'm in an area of the city that's populated by a lot of Spanish speaking people.

I think you have to be in a certain frame of mind and by that, I mean, I live in New York so people usually see how I look Ashkenazi but I'm pretty certain if I were in Spain, people would think I was Spanish. I mean, put me just about anywhere in the Western World and I'm just going to blend right into the population.
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Well, to me, you remind me of Angelo Maggio in "From Here To Eternity" and Victor Franko in "The Dirty Dozen."
So, that would make you Italian.

Doug
(I hate to be the one to have to break it to you like this)
 
Smorgass Bored said:
Well, to me, you remind me of Angelo Maggio in "From Here To Eternity" and Victor Franko in "The Dirty Dozen."
So, that would make you Italian.

Doug
(I hate to be the one to have to break it to you like this)
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He doesn't look that tough to me!

Jim
 
Smorgass Bored said:
Well, to me, you remind me of Angelo Maggio in "From Here To Eternity" and Victor Franko in "The Dirty Dozen."
So, that would make you Italian.

Doug
(I hate to be the one to have to break it to you like this)
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Well, I grew up in an Italian neighborhood, if that means anything. Oh and yes, some of the kids naturally thought I was Italian. "What, you're not even HALF Italian? Wow." They're a very inclusive people.
 
The bottom line is, people will see what they want to see. When you say something like what the original poster said, it's nice. It's always good to recognize similiarties than differences. Whenever anyone has ever wondered if I had a similar background to them, I always took it as a compliment.
 
insanepoolgod said:
Furthermore, the reason the "one drop" rule was adopted to label anyone of any amount of black ancestry as "black" was based upon racist views, which I won't and don't promote.
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I salute you for taking this stance. It is not a very popular position these days, but it is the only one that really makes sense. Every time I hear someone described as "black", it smacks of racism to me.

Mark
 
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mbvl said:
Every time I hear someone described as "black", it smacks of racism to me.

Mark
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What I REALLY hate to be called is, "the fat bald white guy that was just knocked out of the tournament two places out of the money." Grrrrrrrr

Doug
( I'm starting to think it's my REAL name.....dammit ! )
 
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