Twitter insists Ariana Grande is black

Anyone who knows Ariana Grande knows that she’s Italian-American. Do we need to remind you of her nonna?!

However, some fans have started a debate online about her true ethnicity. Because she’s tan, they assume she’s black.

https://twitter.com/chaymaraj/status/998380900772728832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbabe.net%2F2018%2F05%2F21%2Fariana-grande-ethnicity-black-white-italian-57711&tfw_creator=babedotnet&tfw_site=babedotnet

ariana grande is the sammy sosa of our generation. I cannot believe it I love my Black sister and I hope she learns to love her Blackness
— s (@moisturizedRN) May 20, 2018

https://twitter.com/wxmxbles/status/995402248938315776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbabe.net%2F2018%2F05%2F21%2Fariana-grande-ethnicity-black-white-italian-57711&tfw_creator=babedotnet&tfw_site=babedotnet

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ARIANA GRANDE

98% BLACK
1% HISPANIC
1% ASIAN
0% WHITE
— david (@witcheaux) May 17, 2018

https://twitter.com/sodieevolved/status/993970309316468736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbabe.net%2F2018%2F05%2F21%2Fariana-grande-ethnicity-black-white-italian-57711&tfw_creator=babedotnet&tfw_site=babedotnet

These same people also believe that Ariana bleached her skin to be lighter after seeing her new TIME cover.

https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/997150336866435072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbabe.net%2F2018%2F05%2F21%2Fariana-grande-ethnicity-black-white-italian-57711&tfw_creator=babedotnet&tfw_site=babedotnet

bleach your skin all you want sis but you’re still a nigga https://t.co/wFWDlc4ATx
— s (@moisturizedRN) May 20, 2018

Some even went as far as photoshopping her as a black woman.

https://twitter.com/ridiculousluvs/status/998311846783410176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbabe.net%2F2018%2F05%2F21%2Fariana-grande-ethnicity-black-white-italian-57711&tfw_creator=babedotnet&tfw_site=babedotnet

https://twitter.com/minajimpact/status/994660044166844416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbabe.net%2F2018%2F05%2F21%2Fariana-grande-ethnicity-black-white-italian-57711&tfw_creator=babedotnet&tfw_site=babedotnet

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Obivously, the entire thing is a joke. Right? Surely people don’t actually think because she is tan, can sing and is friends with Nicki Minaj she’s all of a sudden not Italian……

Help us out.

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